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Patrick’s vision filled Him with courage and resolve. He fled his captor, and began the journey of following the Lord which would, in the words of Thomas Cahill, “save civilization”. Today’s excerpt from Patrick: A Devotional History is found on pages 36 and 37: “I have no problem believing Patrick’s report. God had a special work for […] The post Patrick’s Vision appeared first on The Fellowship of Ailbe.

Patrick reports on his deliverance. We can feel his heart pounding and burning as he embraces his calling from the Lord. Today’s excerpt is found on pages 35 and 36 of Patrick: A Devotional History: “And it was there, while I was tending sheep,I was alone one night, and fast asleep,when, in a dream, I heard […] The post Get Up and Go! appeared first on The Fellowship of Ailbe.

The more Patrick prayed, the more he found in prayer a haven of pleasure and power. Patrick’s prayers affected everything he did as a slave in Ireland. Today’s excerpt from Patrick: A Devotional History is found on pages 32 and 33: “Prayer strengthened him not merely to endure his hardship but to find strength and delight in […] The post Stirred to Pray appeared first on The Fellowship of Ailbe.

Patrick understood the importance of prayer. Even as a young boy, a slave in Ireland, he knew enough to turn continuously to the Lord. In his Confession he wrote, “My days were filled with toil, my nights with fears.And so I turned to prayer to find reliefin God, although I had not made beliefmy firm conviction as […] The post Safety in Prayer appeared first on The Fellowship of Ailbe.

The bishops in Britain wanted Patrick to come home. But they had not sent him to Ireland. Indeed, the British clergy tried to discourage him from going in the first place. Patrick knew his calling. Do we? Today’s excerpt from Patrick: A Devotional History is from pages 28 and 29: “God, Patrick continued, abased him by bringing […] The post Know Your Calling appeared first on The Fellowship of Ailbe.

Patrick wrote his Confession to defend himself and his ministry against false charges that were being brought against him in Britain. The bishops there were calling him to come home and meet with them. But in his Confession, Patrick would explain the reasons why he could not. Today’s excerpt from Patrick: A Devotional History is found on pages 27 and […] The post The Faith of a Rustic appeared first on The Fellowship of Ailbe.

Patrick renewed his faith in the Lord in the midst of dire, woeful circumstances. Only 16 years old, he was a slave in Ireland, watching sheep day and night, alone. Yet, as the apostle Paul might say, “But God…” Today’s excerpt from Patrick: A Devotional History is found on pages 24 and 25: “Patrick would have agreed […] The post Woeful to Wonderful appeared first on The Fellowship of Ailbe.

Today’s excerpt from Patrick: A Devotional History begins with a quote from his Confession. He tells us that he was “carried off and made to serve/in Ireland”; and he understood that God was in this. Our reading is from pages 23 and 24: “When I was sixteen years of age, the rodof judgment fell on me, as I deserved,and […] The post Judgment appeared first on The Fellowship of Ailbe.

We all have people in our lives who have helped us grow in the Lord. That must have been true for Patrick as well, and to me, Ailbe of Emly is the most likely candidate to have been a mentor for Patrick. Today’s excerpt from Patrick: A Devotional History, is found on pages 20 and 21: […] The post Ailbe appeared first on The Fellowship of Ailbe.

Ailbe was a predecessor of Patrick and may even have been a mentor for him. He was remembered, at any rate, for his own fruitful work of preaching and baptizing new believers, as we shall see. This excerpt from Patrick: A Devotional History is found on pages19 and 20. We begin with a quote from The Life of […] The post Disciple-Makers appeared first on The Fellowship of Ailbe.

Those who followed Christ in previous generations can encourage and guide us as we work out our salvation. We hope that our overview of Patrick and his work will encourage you to want to know more about the history of God’s people. Today’s excerpt from Patrick: A Devotional History is found on pages 16 and 17: “The […] The post Remember the Saints appeared first on The Fellowship of Ailbe.

Today’s reading begins with an excerpt from The Life of St. Declan of Ardmore, an ancient saint’s life translated by Michael O’Clery early in the 17th century and republished by Charles Plummer in the 20th century. Today’s excerpt is found on pages 16 and 17 of Patrick: A Devotional History: “‘St. Declan, who possessed the discretion of the serpent […] The post Co-Workers in the Gospel appeared first on The Fellowship of Ailbe.

The Celtic Revival, which Patrick helped to launch, lasted nearly 400 years. As the memory of those glory days began to fade, writers appeared to record the lives of those great saints and, for certain of them, their relationship to Patrick. Today’s excerpt from Patrick: A Devotional History, is found on pages 12 and 13: “[W]hat […] The post Patrick Remembered appeared first on The Fellowship of Ailbe.

We begin a series of readings from our book, Patrick: A Devotional History. Most people have heard of St. Patrick, and most of them know almost nothing about him. In our daily excerpts we’ll begin with a reading from Patrick’s writings, together with others, and then our comments will follow. Here is Patrick in his own words, […] The post Slave to Saint appeared first on The Fellowship of Ailbe.

The goal and purpose of the Christian life is to see, believe, and follow Jesus. That should be easy enough to explain to others. But we must make sure we tell this Good News as Jesus did, and as He would if He were with us in bodily form today. Our final reading from The Joy […] The post The Ultimate Choice appeared first on The Fellowship of Ailbe.

The Scriptures are God’s love letter to His people. He wants us to know Him and to know how much He loves us, but we’ll never realize this wondrous love until we devote ourselves to daily reading of God’s Word. Today’s excerpt from The Joy and Rejoicing of My Heart is found on pages 71 and 72: […] The post Daily Reading appeared first on The Fellowship of Ailbe.

Jesus has called us to be His witnesses, and He has given us His Spirit to empower us and His Word to direct us for this glorious work. Thus, we propose and proclaim the Good News, but we also warn against the bad news that falls on those who will not repent. Today’s excerpt from The […] The post We Warn appeared first on The Fellowship of Ailbe.

By feeding on God’s Word, we will come to love it and be transformed by it. Naturally, we’ll want to share what we’re learning with others. What should we expect when we do? Today’s excerpt from The Joy and Rejoicing of My Heart is found on page 64: “Some people, probably a few, will hear us and […] The post Three Responses appeared first on The Fellowship of Ailbe.