Contemplative Haven: Feastday of St. Patrick 
Feastday of St. Patrick
We generally hear of St. Patrick as being a missionary, driving the snakes out of Ireland and teaching the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.
Not as much is said of the fact that St. Patrick was a man of deep prayer, and a contemplative. Yet he was.
This is Croagh Patrick, Ireland's Holy Mountain, formerly known as Crochan Aigh, "the mount of the eagle." St. Patrick stayed there for forty days and nights in contemplation, prayer and fasting.
This is an aerial view of the summit of the holy mountain. We can see St. Patrick's Oratory which was built in 1905, and make out the Celtic Hillfort of pre-Christian days, which archeologists discovered in 1994.
And this is a short video about St. Patrick and his writings.
This is an aerial view of the summit of the holy mountain. We can see St. Patrick's Oratory which was built in 1905, and make out the Celtic Hillfort of pre-Christian days, which archeologists discovered in 1994.
And this is a short video about St. Patrick and his writings.
HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY, EVERYONE!
Okay, okay, being three-quarters Irish, I just couldn't resist: I'll Tell My Ma
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