St. Patrick

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This is from the end of one of Partick's letters:

I would write these words of my defense again and again if I could. I declare in truth and with joy in my heart - before God and his holy angels - that I have never had any motive in my work except preaching the good news and its promises. That is the only reason I returned here to Ireland - a place I barely escaped from alive.

My final prayer is that all of you who believe in God and respect him - whoever you may be who read this letter that Patrick the unlearned sinner wrote from Ireland - that none of you will ever say that I in my ignorance did anything for God. You must understand - because it is the truth - that it was all a gift from God.

And this is my confession before I die.


This was Patrick's real heart. I only pray that I would approach life in the way he did; to tell of the good news. I also love his heart for the Irish and his forgiveness for what they did to him.

Thanks Patrick for taking a chance on those that are usually forgotten.

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