The cancellation of St Patrick fests might be an occasion to recover the memory of the saint as a witness to radical reconciliation and human solidarity. Patrick, a victim of Irish trafickimg and slavery, returned to Ireland to implant the seeds of his own hard-won faith.

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He showed that one way to defeat our enemies is to make them our friends. “Christ be with me, / Christ before me, / Christ behind me.../ Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me / Christ in every eye that sees me, / Christ in every one that hears me.” —St Patrick
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