St. Patrick's Day Prayer

St. Patrick's Day Prayer

I missed posting this on St. Patty's Day, but this prayer really applies for everyday, so bear with me.

First a little background information:
Wikipedia gives this information about young Patrick: "According to the Confession of St. Patrick, at the age of just sixteen Patrick was captured by a group of Irish pirates.^[34] They brought him to Ireland where he was enslaved and held captive for six years. Patrick writes in The Confession^[34] that the time he spent in captivity was critical to his spiritual development. He explains that the Lord had mercy on his youth and ignorance, and afforded him the opportunity to be forgiven of his sins and converted to Christianity. While in captivity, Saint Patrick worked as a shepherd and strengthened his relationship with God through prayer eventually leading him to convert to Christianity.^[34]"

By Patrick's own account in his Confession of St. Patrick, the story goes on to say that after 6 years of slavery he escaped and returned to his family in Great Britain where he continued to study Christianity.  After becoming a cleric, he returned to northern and western Ireland as a missionary due to a vision he had that told him to do so.   In later life, he served as a bishop and by the seventh century, he had already come to be revered as the patron saint of Ireland.

While in Ireland serving as a missionary, legend has it that Patrick used a 3 leaf clover (shamrock) to teach the unbelievers in Ireland about the Holy Trinity.
3 persons in One True God.   Father (God),  Son (Jesus) and Holy Spirit.

I have learned that each person of the Trinity plays a specific role in our lives and so we can pray:

Never let me stop learning about You, God my Father.
Never let me stop trying to be like You, dear Jesus.
Never let me stop listening to You, O Holy Spirit.
                                        - Amen

Blessings to you this St. Patrick's Day.