![]() ![]() How did I get this wisdom, that was not mine before? I did not know the number of my days, or have knowledge of God. He answered my prayer in such a way that in the last days, ignorant though I am, I might be bold enough to take up so holy and so wonderful a task, and imitate in some degree those whom the Lord had so long ago foretold as heralds of his Gospel, bearing witness to all nations. You did it so that, whatever happened to me, I might accept good and evil equally, always giving thanks to God. ![]() I can say now: Who am I, Lord, and what is my calling, that you worked through me with such divine power? You did all this so that today among the Gentiles I might constantly rejoice and glorify your name wherever I may be, both in prosperity and in adversity. Today I can offer him sacrifice with confidence, giving myself as a living victim to Christ, my Lord, who kept me safe through all my trials. Igive unceasing thanks to my God, who kept me faithful in the day of my testing. This excerpt from his autobiographical work called the Confession makes clear that eternity was what he lived for and what he sought to bring to the pagan Irish - the Kingdom of God as ushered in by Jesus Christ. It is the day that Patrick, the missionary bishop who evangelized Ireland, passed from this world to eternity. Patrick’s Day has been celebrated on March 17 for fifteen hundred years. ![]()
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