Wishing you luck of the Irish
Happy St Patrick's Day!
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雪兒有愛爾蘭的血統，每年到St. Patrick's Day 🍀，她都感到很自豪。
小時候，她學跳愛爾蘭舞蹈，穿著我給她做的小裙子 
雪兒去參加愛爾蘭舞蹈比賽，得了很多獎牌
有軟鞋和硬鞋，相當於芭蕾和踢踏舞的區別
雪兒和她的愛爾蘭娃娃有相近的小裙子和卷卷發
每年三月份，雪兒就把小Irish Dancer娃娃擺出來
一小段雪兒和朋友們跳愛爾蘭舞的影像，她正式比賽時不能錄像攝像，隻找到這段夏天表演的
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!
聖派特節St Patrick's Day這一天，愛爾蘭人遊行歡慶，穿綠衣，喝綠啤酒， 傳統食品是Corned beef, 土豆圓白菜，雖然每年都落在四旬期（Lent）的齋月期間，這個歡樂的慶節破戒，能歌善舞的民族跳起愛爾蘭舞。
今天我們要去孩子們姑姑家，不僅為慶祝愛爾蘭節，還要提前慶祝聖若瑟節。每年3月19日是St Joseph’s Day，意大利慶節。聖若瑟是聖母瑪麗亞的丈夫，主耶穌的義父，他默默奉獻一生，意大利人奉他為主保。下周二聖若瑟節，新教宗方濟將在梵蒂岡聖彼得廣場加冕，為他祈禱。今天特別想到生重病的派特舅媽，是她同名慶節，為她祈禱。
點擊這裏看≪派特舅媽和她的巧手愛心≫
先生的姥爺是愛爾蘭人，姥姥是意大利人。Nona(意大利語姥姥)走了整整十年了，她的音容笑貌還浮現在眼前。今天大家聚會也是為慶祝她的人生。老太太非常幽默，我剛到這個家的時候，Nona捂著嘴悄悄說，“我83啦。。。從來不告訴別人。”老人家幸運地活到92歲高齡。先生小時候在他姥姥的灌輸下，每年聖派特節才能當一天愛爾蘭人，其他的日子裏他都是意大利人。他們說意大利的血是有毒的，隻要一滴，就把你變成百分百的意大利人。今天呢？萬物複蘇的春天，綠意盎然，每人都會有些愛爾蘭的幸運！
今天聖派特節，有關聖派特裏克的介紹：
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.
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🍀幸運的日子，周末愉快🍀
