Padraigh of Erin

A profound pity that the feast day for the patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick, is known more for drunken revelry and boorishness than for holiness and piety, especially since the feast in smack-dab in the middle of Lent.

Reflecting on the saint’s life, I am grateful for men like Patrick, men who were brave and self-sacrificing and single-minded. How few of them there are today, and even fewer on the horizon and in the cribs.

Ah, for a man to drive the serpents from the land, eh?

And though it has nothing to do with Saint Patrick’s Day, I thought I would share one of my favorite Irish folk tunes.

~ S.K. Orr