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In Christian usage, "saint"
refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells,
whether in heaven or in earth. (2Corinthians
Saturday is also Saint Patrick's Day, a
public holiday in the Republic of Ireland Northern
Ireland Newfoundland Labrador and in Montserrat . It is also widely
celebrated by the Irish diaspora, especially in places such as Great Britain Canada United
States Argentina Australia New
Zealand
Saint
A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.
Saint
A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.
Saint Patrick
Little is known
of Patrick's early life, though it is known that he was born in Roman Britain
in the fourth century, into a wealthy Romano-British family. His father and
grandfather were deacons in the Christian church in Ireland. At the age of
sixteen, he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and taken captive to Ireland as a
slave. It is believed he was held somewhere on the west coast of Ireland,
possibly Mayo, but the exact location is unknown. According to his Confession,
he was told by God in a dream to flee from captivity to the coast, where he
would board a ship and return to Britain. Upon returning, he quickly joined the
Church in Auxerre in Gaul and studied to be a priest.
In 432, he again
said that he was called back to Ireland, though as a bishop, to Christianise
the Irish from their native polytheism. Irish folklore tells that one of his
teaching methods included using the shamrock to explain the Christian doctrine
of the Trinity to the Irish people. After nearly thirty years of evangelism, he
died on 17 March 461, and according to tradition, was buried at Downpatrick.
Although there were other more successful missions to Ireland from Rome,
Patrick endured as the principal champion of Irish Christianity and is held in
esteem in the Irish church.
Wearing of the
green
Originally, the
colour associated with Saint Patrick was blue. Over the years the colour green
and its association with Saint Patrick's day grew. Green ribbons and shamrocks
were worn in celebration of St Patrick's Day as early as the 17th century.
Saint Patrick is said to have used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to
explain the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish, and the wearing and display of
shamrocks and shamrock-inspired designs have become a ubiquitous feature of the
day. In the 1798 rebellion, to make a political statement, Irish soldiers wore
full green uniforms on 17 March in hopes of catching public attention. The
phrase "the wearing of the green", meaning to wear a shamrock on
one's clothing, derives from a song of the same name.St. Patrick banishes all snakes from Ireland
Pious legend
credits St. Patrick with banishing snakes from the island, chasing them into
the sea after they assailed him during a 40-day fast he was undertaking on top
of a hill. This hagiographic theme draws on the mythography of the staff of
Moses, messenger of Yahweh to gentile Egyptians. In Exodus 7:8–7:13 , Moses and
Aaron use their staffs in their struggle with Pharaoh's sorcerers, the staffs
of each side morphing into snakes. Aaron's snake-staff prevails.
However, all
evidence suggests that post-glacial Ireland never had snakes, as on insular
"Ireland, New Zealand, Iceland, Greenland and Antarctica...So far, no
serpent has successfully migrated across the open ocean to a new terrestrial
home" such as from Scotland on the neighboring island of Britain, where a
few native species have lived, "the venomous adder, the grass snake, and
the smooth snake," as National Geographic notes, and although sea snake
species separately exist.
Saint Peter The fiery and impulsive Leader of the Twelve apostles, Peter is easily recognizable by his white, short, curly hair and beard. He is often shown holding a scroll, which may have words taken from one of his Epistles written upon it. In some icons he may also be shown with keys hanging from his belt, a reference to the words Jesus said to him: “And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” He is often found in Icons with
Flash and the Pan
Flash and the Pan was an Australian New Wave musical group (essentially an ongoing studio project) initiated during the late 1970s by Harry Vanda and George Young, both former members of The Easybeats.
Harry Vanda
(born Johannes Hendricus Jacob Vandenberg, 22 March 1946 , in The Hague 6 November 1946 in Cranhill, Glasgow , Scotland
“Hey St.
Peter” was the duo’s first hit in 1979. They made a strong sophomore effort in Australia Europe with “Down Among The Dead,”just
prior to releasing their first album, Flash in the Pan. They essentially
remained unknown in the US
Quirky,
half-spoken, half-sung lyrics, some of which sound like they are processed
through a megaphone, and well-orchestrated music form the signature sound of
this band. Check them out, then add them to your 80′s music collection.
Hey St. Peter
The morning
was cold and lonely
City lights
old and grey
The sun
arose trying to smile
Gave it all
away
The
honky-tonk called a stranger
The
stranger couldn't pay the bill
Made a
stand, raised his hand
Sang a
song, no time to kill
I said,
Hey, hey, hey, St. Peter
I've got a
tale to tell
I've just
been down in New York
It really
feels like hell It really feels like hell
Billy was
out of fashion
Yesterday
he wasted time
Money was
kind of slow
Billy had
friends of glory
Billy was a
friend of fame
Took a
chance, raised his hand
Sang a
song, now he's back in the game
Hey, St. Peter
Before you
ring your bell
Just been
down in New York
Done my
time in hell Done my time in hell
I said,
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, St. Peter
Hey, hey,
hey, hey, hey, St. Peter Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, St. Peter
It really
feels like hell
source
Wikipedia
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