爱尔兰圣派特节 St Patrick's Day 🍀
Wishing you luck of the Irish
Happy St Patrick's Day!
雪儿有爱尔兰的血统，每年到St. Patrick's Day 🍀，她都感到很自豪。
小时候，她学跳爱尔兰舞蹈，穿着我给她做的小裙子 
雪儿去参加爱尔兰舞蹈比赛，得了很多奖牌
有软鞋和硬鞋，相当于芭蕾和踢踏舞的区别
雪儿和她的爱尔兰娃娃有相近的小裙子和卷卷发
每年三月份，雪儿就把小Irish Dancer娃娃摆出来
一小段雪儿和朋友们跳爱尔兰舞的影像，她正式比赛时不能录像摄像，只找到这段夏天表演的
The month is March, the day seventeen,
Let's skip and dance on Erin's Green
All on St. Patrick's Day.
Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
圣派特节St Patrick's Day这一天，爱尔兰人游行欢庆，穿绿衣，喝绿啤酒， 传统食品是Corned beef, 土豆圆白菜，虽然每年都落在四旬期（Lent）的斋月期间，这个欢乐的庆节破戒，能歌善舞的民族跳起爱尔兰舞。
今天我们要去孩子们姑姑家，不仅为庆祝爱尔兰节，还要提前庆祝圣若瑟节。每年3月19日是St Joseph’s Day，意大利庆节。圣若瑟是圣母玛丽亚的丈夫，主耶稣的义父，他默默奉献一生，意大利人奉他为主保。下周二圣若瑟节，新教宗方济将在梵蒂冈圣彼得广场就职弥撒加冕，为他祈祷。今天特别想到生重病的派特舅妈，是她同名庆节，为她祈祷。
点击这里看≪派特舅妈和她的巧手爱心≫
先生的姥爷是爱尔兰人，姥姥是意大利人。Nona(意大利语姥姥)走了整整十年了，她的音容笑貌还浮现在眼前。今天大家聚会也是为庆祝她的人生。老太太非常幽默，我刚到这个家的时候，Nona捂着嘴悄悄说，“我83啦。。。从来不告诉别人。”老人家幸运地活到92岁高龄。先生小时候在他姥姥的灌输下，每年圣派特节才能当一天爱尔兰人，其他的日子里他都是意大利人。他们说意大利的血是有毒的，只要一滴，就把你变成百分百的意大利人。今天呢？万物复苏的春天，绿意盎然，每人都会有些爱尔兰的幸运！
今天圣派特节，有关圣派特里克的介绍：现在大家这么爱戴他，他成了爱尔兰的象征。很多人都以为他是爱尔兰人。其实他父母是罗马人，驻扎在苏格兰，他十四岁被爱尔兰人抢去做奴隶，牧羊到二十岁。一天他梦到主给他指路叫他回家，跑到海边遇到船回到苏格兰与家人团聚。后来他梦到爱尔兰人说，“圣洁的年轻人，回到我们中间吧！” 他进入修院成为神父，后来听从神召把福音带到爱尔兰，传教四十年并献身在那里。
St. Patrick of Ireland is one of the world's most popular saints.
Apostle of Ireland, born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland, in the year 387; died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, 17 March, 461.
Along with St. Nicholas and St. Valentine, the secular world shares our love of these saints. This is also a day when everyone's Irish.
There are many legends and stories of St. Patrick, but this is his story.
Patrick was born around 385 in Scotland, probably Kilpatrick. His parents were Calpurnius and Conchessa, who were Romans living in Britian in charge of the colonies.
As a boy of fourteen or so, he was captured during a raiding party and taken to Ireland as a slave to herd and tend sheep. Ireland at this time was a land of Druids and pagans. He learned the language and practices of the people who held him.
During his captivity, he turned to God in prayer. He wrote
"The love of God and his fear grew in me more and more, as did the faith, and my soul was rosed, so that, in a single day, I have said as many as a hundred prayers and in the night, nearly the same." "I prayed in the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from the snow or ice or rain."
Patrick's captivity lasted until he was twenty, when he escaped after having a dream from God in which he was told to leave Ireland by going to the coast. There he found some sailors who took him back to Britian, where he reunited with his family.
He had another dream in which the people of Ireland were calling out to him "We beg you, holy youth, to come and walk among us once more."
He began his studies for the priesthood. He was ordained by St. Germanus, the Bishop of Auxerre, whom he had studied under for years.
Later, Patrick was ordained a bishop, and was sent to take the Gospel to Ireland. He arrived in Ireland March 25, 433, at Slane. One legend says that he met a chieftain of one of the tribes, who tried to kill Patrick. Patrick converted Dichu (the chieftain) after he was unable to move his arm until he became friendly to Patrick.
Patrick began preaching the Gospel throughout Ireland, converting many. He and his disciples preached and converted thousands and began building churches all over the country. Kings, their families, and entire kingdoms converted to Christianity when hearing Patrick's message.
Patrick by now had many disciples, among them Beningnus, Auxilius, Iserninus, and Fiaac, (all later canonized as well).
Patrick preached and converted all of Ireland for 40 years. He worked many miracles and wrote of his love for God in Confessions. After years of living in poverty, traveling and enduring much suffering he died March 17, 461.
He died at Saul, where he had built the first church.
Why a shamrock?
Patrick used the shamrock to explain the Trinity, and has been associated with him and the Irish since that time.
In His Footsteps:
Patrick was a humble, pious, gentle man, whose love and total devotion to and trust in God should be a shining example to each of us. He feared nothing, not even death, so complete was his trust in God, and of the importance of his mission.
🍀幸运的日子，周末愉快🍀