St. Patrick’s day

Picture: @croach_patrick_ireland

“All nations whom You have made shall come and kneel down in worship before You, O Lord, and they shall glorify Your name.” Psalms 86:9 AMP

On this day, in March 2020 we arrived in Ireland just in time for the celebration of the life and legacy of St. Patrick. It was also the first day of Lockdown which left the Irish people stranded with faint memories of gigantic parties in the past. This leaves one thinking; what is there to celebrate about St. Patrick now after all the years?

St. Patrick led a significant era in church history making Ireland known as the land of “saints and scholars”, yet today on ground level devotion to religion is waining, and secularism is rising.

Research indicates that Ireland is the least evangelized country in the English-speaking world. In a nation of nearly 5 million people, re-born Christians make up less than 1% of the population and there are presently more than 50 towns with no evangelical church.

The mountain that bears his name – Croagh Patrick where it is said he had fasted for 40 days in 441AD, will however testify for years to come that:

“His (God’s) praise remains unto ages of ages.”