St Patricks Special
We take a little time to have a look at St Patrick, an important Saint not only for Ireland but Scotland to.
In the run up to St Patricks day our two permanent writers take some time to look at St Patrick, who, we of course will claim was born in Scotland! Stephen Watt looks at some of the historicity of this important Saint and talks a little bit about the two main sources we have on his life.
Kirsten Schouwenaars-Harms takes a ‘clover-leaf’ out of his book and looks at how his life can help lead us into greater depths with Christ.
Happy St Patricks day
St Patrick: A Spiritual Model for Our Times
St Patrick came to Ireland as a slave and a stranger; however, he went on to be one of the most important spiritual figures of the country, even becoming its patron saint. He did not let what happened to him define him, instead he sought God and soon realised that God had never left him. As a spiritual man, he had a great prayer life, experiencing visio…
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In this month we don’t just have St Patrick but also the important St Cuthbert and the rather unknown St Charmaig, who had a rather colourful afterlife. You might have also missed St John Ogilvie, who was martyred in Glasgow; and St Kessog of Luss, whose relics Robert the Bruce reputedly carried with him into battle making him the patron saint of soldiers.