I'm not sure if this is a confession or a boast, but I haven't a drop Irish DNA in me, except what might perhaps have been clandestinely inserted in my lineage by a renegade Irish monk wandering around Teutonic lands in the Middle Ages. (They did save civilization, after all. See Thomas Cahill.)
That said, I acknowledge (as I did at Mass this morning, in conjunction with the Gospel on foregiveness), the debt we all owe to St. Patrick -- and his willingness not only to forgive his captors but his passion to share with them the greatest possible gift: Jesus Christ. Without him, and that persistent act of forgiveness, what would any of us be doing today? Certainly not what we're doing now; that's for sure.
In the spirit of St. Patrick, I'd lke to share this most wonderful rendition of the quintessential Irish poem/song. (No, it's not "Danny Boy"!)
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