As you go with Christ:

May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind be always at your back.

May the sun shine warm upon your face, The rains fall soft upon your fields,

And, until we meet again,

May God hold you in the palm of his hand.

St. Patrick is one of the world's most popular saints. Apostle of Ireland, born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland, in the year 387, Patrick preached and converted all of Ireland for 40 years. He

worked many miracles and wrote of his love for God in Confessions. After years of living in poverty, travelling and enduring much

suffering, he died at Saul Downpatrick, Ireland on March 17, 461.