Happy St. Patrick's Day!

"May you have the hindsight to know where you've been
the foresight to know where you're going
and the insight to know when you're going too far." --Irish Blessing

Note: I didn't take this picture. I wish that things were this green here! I borrowed this picture from the Internet. 

I'm not Irish at all, but doesn't everyone get to be a little bit Irish on St. Patty's Day? Actually, St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland wasn't even Irish.

St. Patrick's Day is commemorated on March 17th because that was the day of St. Patrick's death. As the story goes, St. Patrick (who was first a priest) used a shamrock to teach the Holy Trinity. Also as the story goes, he drove some snakes out of Ireland. Despite the fact that St. Patrick's Day fall during the religious and subdued season of Lent, partying people were given a one-day pass to celebrate this holiday. The Irish holiday as well as other traditions spread to other countries as Irish immigrants moved to other parts of the world.


click here to find out more about this spring holiday: http://www.theholidayspot.com/patrick/historyofpatrick.htm

"May God grant you always...
A sunbeam to warm you,
A moonbeam to charm you,
A sheltering angel, so nothing can harm you." --Irish Blessing