I\u2019ve heard many complaints this year about\u00a0St Patrick\u2019s Day.\u00a0How dare the Catholic Church tell us not to celebrate it this year?! \u201cWho cares what the Catholic Church says, St Patrick is\u00a0important to us, and so\u00a0I will celebrate his day by drinking lots of green beer.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The fact of the matter is simple.\u00a0His\u00a0feastday is in Holy Week, and this means, as with other saints who have their feasts this week, the feast is set aside for the commemoration of Christ\u2019s passion.\u00a0Why is this an outrage? St Patrick was a Christian. He is a saint only because he was a follower of Christ. St Patrick would be the first to say that the point is not to celebrate himself but to celebrate the life, work and passion of Christ. If you really want to honor St Patrick this year, don\u2019t use his feast day as an excuse to get drunk; if you want to honor St Patrick, get involved with Holy Week activities. It is what he would be doing.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I\u2019ve heard many complaints this year about\u00a0St Patrick\u2019s Day.\u00a0How dare the Catholic Church tell us not to celebrate it this year?! \u201cWho cares what the Catholic Church says, St Patrick is\u00a0important to us, and so\u00a0I will celebrate his day by drinking lots of green beer.\u201d\u00a0 The fact of the matter is simple.\u00a0His\u00a0feastday is in Holy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2947,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-henry-karlson","category-liturgical-year"],"yoast_head":"\n