{"id":296581,"date":"2019-03-18T11:14:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T15:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=296581"},"modified":"2019-03-18T11:14:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T15:14:45","slug":"an-idea-worth-embracing-the-patrick-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2019\/03\/an-idea-worth-embracing-the-patrick-option\/","title":{"rendered":"An Idea Worth Embracing: ‘The Patrick Option’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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A big h\/t to Fr. Michael Rennier at Aleteia<\/a><\/strong> who offered this alternative to \u201cThe Benedict Option\u201d yesterday, in honor of St. Patrick:<\/p>\n

The Benedict Option might mean different things to different people, but the reason it\u2019s so important is that it inspires families who want to maintain a specific set of values to not give up.<\/p>\n

There are other \u201coptions\u201d we can build into our lives. For instance, Dr. Carrie Gress wrote about\u00a0the Marian Option,<\/a>\u00a0which rests on the idea that civilization is renewed and society thrives best when the Blessed Mother is venerated and imitated.<\/p>\n

But since today is St. Patrick\u2019s Day, I thought it might be interesting to propose a Patrick Option. By that, I don\u2019t mean that wearing green, clubbing snakes, and over-indulging in Guinness will save the world. The life of Patrick is far more inspiring than your local St. Paddy\u2019s Parade would lead you to believe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Patrick\u2019s story isn\u2019t very well known, but the short version is that he lived in the 5th century, was kidnapped by Irish slave traders, escaped back home to Britain, and then felt a desire to go back to Ireland as a Christian missionary. To say that he was successful in his mission is an understatement \u2014 today Ireland, Catholicism, and St. Patrick are synonymous \u2014 and the key to his success was in his ability to interact with the non-Christian native culture. It seems to me that many Christians are beginning to feel like aliens in a strange land, that we are inhabiting an increasingly non-Christian culture. So perhaps the Patrick Option is the medicine we need for modern times. How do we not only survive but thrive in the particular cultural moment in which we find ourselves?<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Check out his guidelines<\/a><\/strong>, which include \u201cremaining faithful to \u2026 identity and beliefs\u201d while still being a part of a foreign culture and \u201cnever writing anyone off.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A big h\/t to Fr. Michael Rennier at Aleteia who offered this alternative to \u201cThe Benedict Option\u201d yesterday, in honor of St. Patrick: The Benedict Option might mean different things to different people, but the reason it\u2019s so important is that it inspires families who want to maintain a specific set of values to not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":43674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-great-links"],"yoast_head":"\nAn Idea Worth Embracing: 'The Patrick Option'<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A big h\/t to Fr. 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