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Pádraig
(17 March)
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His family lived in France
Kidnapped to Ireland,
He spent sustaining, growing years
The best that can be done
In captivity
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One day he was told by God
To leave, to walk down
To the boat
And on the boat
And leave
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Once back in France,
Reunited more or less,
He heard the calling to return
Actually, a note
From the bishop
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He had no place in mainland
Europe anymore
Where no one knew him
Or his snake-free ways
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He evangelized,
And his message
Did not curse
The culture, the truth
And the symbols
In its age
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He used what was there,
The shamrock
As Brigid uses straw
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Ireland, through
Reason and through art,
Converted
Or co-merged, the ancient
With less ancient
While the bishop
And God smiled
To make arrangements
Somewhere else for what
Might have been
Indigenous serpents
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C L Couch
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By Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33260482
Tullow Church of the Most Holy Rosary, South Transept Window
Detail of the glass door that extends the stained glass window of the Immaculata above it to the floor, depicting Brigid’s Cross and oak leaves. No signature was found on the window.
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