St. Patrick's Day

Are you wearing green today? We are!



We didn't make it to Mass this morning, but we did make a visit to the Blessed Sacrament chapel at lunchtime.



The corned beef is in the crock pot. (Hooray! The commissary had this in time for St. Patrick's Day for the first time in 4 years! Thank you to whoever did the ordering this year.)


We'll also make boiled potatoes, a green salad, and maybe some Irish brown bread. Then there is the mint chocolate chip ice cream pie for Patrick's name day dessert. He chooses it every year.

Meghan made a card for Daddy, who shares this name day with Patrick.


Katie baked shamrock shortbread.


It is delicious with my tea this afternoon.


And Meghan enjoyed it with her milk.


We are reading lots of Irish books this week. All those fairy stories are a part of our heritage, and we have a healthy selection of the Irish Saints (Patrick, Kevin, Brigid, Colum), as well.



At dinner, Patrick will receive a name day blessing from his father, and we will pray the Breastplate of St. Patrick together.

After dinner, the kids get to watch the CCC St. Patrick movie.

Christ with us, Christ before us,
Christ behind us, Christ in us,
Christ beneath us, Christ above us,
Christ on our right, Christ on our left,
Christ in breadth, Christ in length, Christ in height,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of us,
Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of us,
Christ in every eye that sees us,
Christ in every ear that hears us.

We arise today through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
through belief in the Threeness,
through confession of the Oneness of the Creator of creation.
Salvation is of the Lord. Salvation is of Christ.
May thy Salvation, O Lord, be ever with us.

-adapted from The Breastplate of St. Patrick