to be clear... Circa 408, the idea of escaping enslavement (from the Irish Pirates) came to St. Patrick in a dream. In the dream, a voice promised him he would find his way home to England. Eager to see the dream materialize, St. Patrick convinced some sailors to let him board their ship. After three days of sailing, he and the crew abandoned the ship in France and wandered, lost, for 28 days—covering 200 miles of territory in the process. At last, St. Patrick was reunited with his family in England. Now a free man, St. Patrick went to Auxerre, France where he studied and entered the priesthood under the guidance of the missionary St. Germain. As time passed, St. Patrick never lost sight of his vision: he was determined to convert Ireland to Christianity. C. 431, Pope St. Celestine I consecrated St. Patrick Bishop of the Irish, and sent him to Ireland to spread The Good News, or Christian Gospel, to the Pagans there. Upon his arrival in Ireland, St. Patrick was initially met with hostile resistance. But St. Patrick quickly managed to spread Christian teachings far and wide. Through preaching, writing and performing countless baptisms, he convinced Pagan Druids that they were worshiping idols under a belief system that kept them enslaved. By accepting Christianity, he told them, they would be elevated to the people of the Lord and the sons of God. If you ask me, he was an infiltrator from England, doing what most missionaries do best... assimilate and destroy ancient wisdom and dominate with new systems of control. Just like the Spanish missionaries did to the Native Americans, just like Nike shoe company did to Southeast Asia :) Call me a druid, a pagan, a Kell, a land worshipper, a loving earth dweller, a man who walks the land but has NO desire to own it. For we do NOT own the Earth, the earth owns us.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 19:57:37 +0000
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