Come & See Inspirations

On the extract from this weeks podcast  we have a reflection with Fr Michael Liston who leads us through a short reflection considering "this extraordinary man" Patrick who couldn't "stay silent because of all that God had done for him in His mercy" and what his example has for Irish people today. The reflection is a repeat broadcast originally from 18 March 2012 but it is one from the archive which we think is well worth re-sharing. Many of us know the story of his capture and years of captivity but when we read Patrick's own writings we hear of his instinctive turn to pray in a time of despair and how it leads to transformation for him in his life. Throughout his writings we see a man who is very conscience that the success of preaching the gospel in Ireland was not by a human being on his own but only successful by the grace of God. A human being with a great sense of gratitude to God and how God had loved him. In the middle of all his travails it comes across again and again