St. Patricks Day Blessings: A Journey and Link Up

Hello!  Several years ago I began wonder how St. Patrick's Day was and still is celebrated as a religious holiday, and decided to start a linky to inviting those who celebrate St. Patricks Day as a Holy Day, not just a holiday, to share their ideas, traditions, crafts and reflections on St. Patricks Day.

I skipped doing this for a couple of years, but wanted to start out again.  Starting a little late, so please ignore the "1st" start date at right.

I'd love to see posts about...

• St. Patrick or the History of St. Patrick's Day
• Christian St. Patrick's Day Traditions
• Relevant St. Patricks Day crafts or activities
• Relevant religious art
• Reviews of films or books about St. Patrick or St. Patrick's Day.
• St. Patricks Day Devotionals
• Irish Blessings
• Discussions of anything about this holiday from a Christian perspective.

Also ok...

• Clover crafts, especially three leafed clover crafts
• Traditional Irish recipes
• Other St. Patricks day crafts, recipes and activities that, while not religious, could be enjoyed by someone celbrating this as a Holy Day.

What isn't appropriate...

Though posts don't have to be specifically religious in nature for this linky I'd prefer not to have posts focused on beer, luck, and leprechauns, unless they are discussed from a Christian perspective.
Examples:

• NOT APPROPRIATE: A recipe for green beer, just by itself.
• OK:  A post which discusses how drinking has been part of Christian celebrations including St. Patricks day, which also happens to have a recipe for Green Beer. 

If you have more than one post that you'ld like to include, feel free to post as many as you'ld like.  Old posts are fine too (just don't repost one I already have)!  A link back is appreciated but not required. If you like you can grab the button code below:

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I'd also like to invite you to...

Join My Daily Journey Through St. Patrick's Confessio

Visit the Links from the Previous St. Patricks Day Blessings Linky






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Other St. Patricks Day Link-Ups

Throwback Thursday

St. Patricks Confessio: Section 1 - 5

Leading up to St. Patricks day I decided to read 4 - 5 sections of St. Patricks Confessio daily until I had finished it.  Will you join me as I read?  I will post quotes from each days reading, and possibly some thoughts on it, each day.   The text is free online, and 5 sections aren't very long, as each section is only one paragraph, and sometimes only a sentence.  I will be sharing a quote from the text each day, and some thoughts, and would like to hear yours as well.  It is available free online so I hope some of you will join me in reading this.


The sections I've already read are listed below...

- Day 1:  Sections 1-5 (Below)
- Day 2:  Sections 6 - 10
- Day 3:  Sections 11-15
- Day 4:  Sections 16 - 22
- Day 5:  Sections 22 - 25
- Day 6:  Sections 26 - 32
- Day 7:  Sections 33 - 34
- Day 9:  Sections 35 - 39
- Day 10:  Sections 40 - 44
- Day 11:  Sections 45 - 47
- Day 12:  Sections 48 - 53
- Day 13:  Sections 54 - 58
- Day 14:  Sections 59 - 62

Confessio:  Sections 1 - 5

Section 1-3 introduces St. Patrick's kidnapping and the beginning of his faith.  In section 4-5 he talks about the trinity and his reason for sharing the Gospel. The following things he said about God really spoke to me.

He guarded me before I knew him, and before I came to wisdom and could distinguish between good and evil. He protected me and consoled me as a father does for his son.

...He is the one who was not begotten, the one without a beginning, the one from whom all beginnings come, the one who holds all things in being.

Click below to find the entire text of

St. Patrick's Confessio

I'd also like to invite you to discover more ways to
celebrate St. Patricks Day as a Holy Day, not just a Holiday
by perusing the links at the St. Patricks Day Blessings Link-Up.

Also linking up with
Motivate and Rejuvenate
Throwback Thursday

DISCUSS:  Are you reading the Confessio?  Please share your thoughts about what you read in the comments below!

More Than All These Things....

I've been exploring One World One Heart...and enjoying meeting bloggers from around the world, and seeing some much beautiful art along the way.

But one line in from one of the blogs I visited, In The Light, struck more deeply....

She said, "I'm a freelance writer, occasional speaker, and now and then painter with a growing interest in photography.  But God has my heart more than all these things."

But God has my heart more than all these things...

I wish I could say that.   That I'm an artist, writer, mother, wife...but that God has my heart more than all these things.   But in truth so many things even more trivial than those things have my heart more than God.

I pray that God will change my heart so that is it His...more than all these things.