The tales of Brendan’s voyage, which reportedly lasted seven years, are filled with fantastical elements. His journey, as depicted in the Navigatio, included encounters with enormous sea creatures, a floating crystal pillar, an island that turned out to be a sea monster, and a mysterious island inhabited by a hermit.

One of the most captivating stories from Brendan’s voyage is the Easter celebration on the back of a whale. According to the tale, Brendan and his crew, unable to find land during Easter, landed on a small island to hold Mass. As they concluded the service, the island began to move and they realized they had been on the back of a giant sea creature, presumably a whale.

The Land of Promise

The climax of St. Brendan’s voyage was the discovery of the Land of Promise. This land, as described in the Navigatio, was a paradise filled with lush vegetation, abundant flowers, and rich fruits. After spending forty days exploring this land, an angel appeared to Brendan and told him to return to Ireland. The angel informed Brendan that the Land of Promise would remain hidden until the end of time

Saint Patrick was a man that God prepared for manyyears to accomplish His purposes in Ireland. The story of Saint Patrick has many similarities to the life of Joseph in the Old Testament. Saint Patrick’s preparation begins when a group of raiders that were attacking his family’s estate took him as a prisoner and brought him to Ireland and there he was sold into slavery.This is where he would spend six long years in captivity working as a Shepard tending sheep outdoors in the mountains  and away from people. In the Bible, Joseph was also sold into slavery and taken to a foreign land where he served 13 years as a slave in Egypt. Joseph was thrown into prison, beaten, ridiculed and falsely accused. During this time, he became head of Potiphar’s household before being falsely accused of raping Potiphar’s wife and senttl to a dungeon at the Pharaoh’s court. In both of their preparations by God, they were isolated from family, people and eventually in their despair, they surrendered to the will of the Lord and allowed Him to have His way in them. They both were able; too accept the will of God for their lives and because of this, they accomplished great things for the Lord. For the most part their preparations were very similar and correlated with one another.They were prepared away from people in isolation formany years having to do hard labor.Their outcomes were similar in that God elevated them both into high-ranking positions in the world’s eye to accomplish His plan. This enabled them to bring forth truth to the masses during very difficult circumstances in their time on this earth.

In a vision, Patrick saw a ship that would return him back to England and eventually he escaped the vises of slavery. After being home for just a shorttime, he received another vision from the Lord and he heard the Irish people crying out for him to return to Ireland and free them from their hardships and pagan worship. Patrick answered the call, and after much opposition from his own family,the Lord sent him to monastery where he served about nine years in preparation for his ministry.

In the Bible, Joseph served in the Pharaoh’s court for many years in charge of all the prisoners and one day, he was given the opportunity to give an interpretation of the cupbearers and bakers dream. His prophetic words to them both came too pass and He tgen became well recognized within the Pharaoh’s court for being a interpreter of dreams.

As soon as Saint Patrick arrived in Ireland, he began making converts, shown favor, and was given a place to hold worship. There He served as a missionary to the Irish people. In his ministry to the people, he would use the shamrock as a teaching tool for explaining the Holy Trinity.

In the Bible, Joseph eventually was given the opportunity to interpret the dream of Pharaoh and because of this; he was able to warn the people of the soon coming famine. God through Joseph told the Pharaoh, how they should prepare for this upcoming difficult time. Joseph was then elevated by God through the Pharaoh to become the governor of Egypt.

God also elevated Saint Patrick,to be the Bishop of Ireland and because the influence of the Roman Empire had fell during this time. He was used of God to bring the lberated gospel too the Irish people and within the Catholic Church so, that they could see the difference between religion and having a relationship with The Lord.

In the Bible, Joseph was given the opportunity to redeem himself to his brothers that had sold him into slavery by supplying the necessary resources that all the people would need including the rest of his family to survive the famine that God said would last for seven years.

Even though their circumstances were different the preparations were similar in that theywere both isolated from family, taken to a foreign land, sold into slavery, suffered much opposition in their ministry’s and eventually were elevated by God into high-ranking positions to accomplish the purpose for all the people they were sent too. Today, we celebrate the achievement of Saint Patrick bringing the gospel of Jesus Christ to the country of Ireland. However, most people do not even knowor care for the real meaning of why we celebrate…Saint Patrick’s Day. Through the centuries, people due to excessive parting all over the world have clouded this celebration from its real meaning. Let us not forget the real reason why we should celebrate… Saint Patrick’sDay. Our celebration should be because of the gospel being preached by an ordinary person that God was able to work through. Why, because he was willing too be used in a different way than what most people were accustomed too seeing.

In, the world we live in today the Lord is doing the very same thing with a remnant people that are now coming out of hiding and one day soon, just as He did with many people of the Bible such as Moses, Deborah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Mary and the Apostle Paul, to only name a few. The Lord, in His timing will have a remnant people ready to be elevated into high-ranking positions that He is preparing now, and like with Joseph of the Old Testament and Saint Patrick they will accomplish great and mighty things for Almighty God. Note: Some of the Remnant few peope will be in the their Resurrected bodies sent as Messengers from Heaven and will not see the fullfillment of their True Callings until they get into Heaven!

Sadly, in most of our church’s today, this way of preparation is not accepted. Nevertheless, God is still preparing people in this same way as He always has throughout the Bible from Genesis to Revelation and in the lives of men and women alike even now in today’s world.

Let Us celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day in thankfulness to God that He sees fit to prepare a people ahead of time in isolation and sends them through difficult times, so that they can relate to hardships and will lead the way during the next coming disaster that we are seeing the beginnings of now. Please do not be afraid to be different from everyone else. The Lord is looking for those who are willing too surrender to Him so that you can be used to accomplish His awesome plan upon this earth during the next phase of history that we are walking into at a very rapid pace.

There are two primary accounts associated with St. Valentine. One narrative describes him as a Roman priest who defied the emperor’s orders by performing secret marriages for couples, thereby protecting husbands from conscription into military service. This act of rebellion ultimately led to his imprisonment and execution. While imprisoned, he reportedly healed the blind daughter of his jailer, which resulted in her family’s conversion to Christianity. Before his execution, he sent her a note signed “From your Valentine,” which has contributed to the romantic associations with his name.

Another account identifies St. Valentine as the Bishop of Terni, Italy, who also performed secret marriages and was martyred around the same time as the priest version of St. Valentine. Both figures share similar stories of healing and martyrdom, leading some scholars to speculate that they may represent different versions of a single individual or that their stories have become conflated over time.

St. Valentine is believed to have lived in the 3rd century in Rome during the reign of Emperor Claudius II Gothicus. He is recognized as a Christian martyr, and his feast day is celebrated on February 14. The historical details surrounding St. Valentine are sparse, leading to various interpretations and legends about his life.

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