St Patrick

Patrick grew up in Scotland, when he was 16 years old he was kidnapped by pirates and taken to Ireland on a ship. He was sold as a slave and his owner used him to look after his flock of sheep. Being a shepherd is very lonely work and so Patrick often turned to God and Mary in prayer, he learned to trust in God. Six years after being kidnapped, Patrick had a dream where he was commanded to go back to Britain. He trusted in God and escaped onto a ship back to Britain and his family. Patrick decided to study to become a priest and he had a strong feeling that he needed to go back to Ireland to tell people about God, because at that time no one in Ireland knew about God. He became a priest and then a Bishop and was sent to England and then Ireland to share the Gospel. It was very dangerous in Ireland to speak about God and there were many people who wanted to kill Patrick because of his belief in God, but Patrick never stopped. He worked for 40 years in Ireland and before he died, the whole country was Christian!