0000 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:10,000 YoubetCash.net Agen Judi Online Aman & Terpercaya 000 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:15,000 Bonus Cashback Bola 6% Bonus Rollingan 0,80% 00 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,000 Welcome Bonus Rp 25.000 Extra Bonus Tambahan Withdraw Rp 2.000.000 0 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:25,000 CashBack Mix Parlay 100% Bonus Ajak teman 45,2% 1 00:00:48,423 --> 00:00:51,385 To narrate in detail 2 00:00:51,426 --> 00:00:53,345 either the whole story 3 00:00:53,387 --> 00:00:55,243 of my labors or even parts 4 00:00:55,244 --> 00:00:57,098 of it would take a long time. 5 00:00:59,894 --> 00:01:01,854 So, I shall tell 6 00:01:01,855 --> 00:01:03,814 you briefly how God, 7 00:01:03,856 --> 00:01:06,525 the all-holy one, often 8 00:01:06,526 --> 00:01:09,194 freed me from slavery 9 00:01:09,236 --> 00:01:11,259 and from 12 dangers 10 00:01:11,260 --> 00:01:13,281 which threatened my life, 11 00:01:13,323 --> 00:01:15,534 as well as from many 12 00:01:15,535 --> 00:01:17,745 snares and from things 13 00:01:17,786 --> 00:01:19,705 which I am unable 14 00:01:19,706 --> 00:01:21,623 to express in words. 15 00:01:55,908 --> 00:01:57,097 To find 16 00:01:57,098 --> 00:01:58,285 the real St. Patrick, 17 00:01:58,326 --> 00:01:59,932 you have to peel back 18 00:01:59,933 --> 00:02:01,538 centuries of legend and myth. 19 00:02:03,916 --> 00:02:05,333 There's the image 20 00:02:05,375 --> 00:02:06,853 - of him driving out - snakes from Ireland. 21 00:02:06,877 --> 00:02:08,253 - The bishop - with the miter 22 00:02:08,295 --> 00:02:10,089 And the staff and the crozier. 23 00:02:10,130 --> 00:02:11,632 He's also associated 24 00:02:11,673 --> 00:02:12,716 very strongly 25 00:02:12,717 --> 00:02:13,759 with the shamrock. 26 00:02:13,801 --> 00:02:14,865 And then 27 00:02:14,866 --> 00:02:15,928 Shamrock gives us green. 28 00:02:15,970 --> 00:02:17,220 - People - think he's Irish 29 00:02:17,262 --> 00:02:19,932 When in fact he's British. 30 00:02:19,974 --> 00:02:21,600 Most of the preconception 31 00:02:21,642 --> 00:02:23,060 - that we've got - about St. Patrick 32 00:02:23,102 --> 00:02:24,937 Actually is completely wrong. 33 00:02:28,523 --> 00:02:29,671 Most of what we 34 00:02:29,672 --> 00:02:30,818 know about the real Patrick 35 00:02:30,859 --> 00:02:31,944 comes from his own 36 00:02:31,945 --> 00:02:33,028 5th century letter, 37 00:02:33,070 --> 00:02:34,655 known as the Confessio 38 00:02:34,656 --> 00:02:36,239 or Confession. 39 00:02:36,281 --> 00:02:37,491 It is one of the earliest 40 00:02:37,492 --> 00:02:38,700 surviving documents 41 00:02:38,742 --> 00:02:40,243 in Irish history. 42 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:48,127 "I, Patrick, a sinner, 43 00:02:48,128 --> 00:02:50,087 least faithful of many." 44 00:02:50,129 --> 00:02:51,776 Those are the words that 45 00:02:51,777 --> 00:02:53,423 begin the history of Ireland. 46 00:03:24,287 --> 00:03:28,375 I am Patrick. 47 00:03:31,628 --> 00:03:32,921 I am a sinner, 48 00:03:37,968 --> 00:03:39,762 the most unsophisticated 49 00:03:39,763 --> 00:03:41,555 of people; 50 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:45,267 the least among 51 00:03:45,268 --> 00:03:46,894 all the Christians; 52 00:03:48,395 --> 00:03:49,605 and, to some, the 53 00:03:49,606 --> 00:03:50,814 most contemptible. 54 00:03:52,816 --> 00:03:54,130 Patrick was writing 55 00:03:54,131 --> 00:03:55,443 his message to people 56 00:03:55,485 --> 00:03:57,466 who had allowed him to come 57 00:03:57,467 --> 00:03:59,447 here to Ireland as a missionary. 58 00:03:59,489 --> 00:04:00,845 There's various controversies 59 00:04:00,846 --> 00:04:02,201 that become associated 60 00:04:02,242 --> 00:04:04,078 with Patrick and he's defending 61 00:04:04,079 --> 00:04:05,913 his good name and character. 62 00:04:08,373 --> 00:04:10,375 Even if 63 00:04:10,376 --> 00:04:12,377 I am imperfect in many things 64 00:04:12,419 --> 00:04:14,296 I want my brothers and 65 00:04:14,297 --> 00:04:16,173 relatives to know 66 00:04:12,419 --> 00:04:16,173 the sort of man 67 00:04:16,215 --> 00:04:17,800 I am, so that they 68 00:04:17,801 --> 00:04:19,384 may understand 69 00:04:19,426 --> 00:04:21,908 what it is to which I 70 00:04:21,909 --> 00:04:24,389 have committed my soul. 71 00:04:48,538 --> 00:04:49,998 Again Patrick. 72 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:51,437 Shouldn't we 73 00:04:51,438 --> 00:04:52,834 wait and see what happens? 74 00:04:52,876 --> 00:04:55,295 I understand the plight, 75 00:04:55,296 --> 00:04:57,714 but we still must collect. 76 00:04:57,756 --> 00:04:59,967 - I am - the son of deacon Calpornius, 77 00:05:00,008 --> 00:05:02,094 As he was the son of the 78 00:05:02,095 --> 00:05:04,179 priest Potitus who belonged 79 00:05:04,221 --> 00:05:05,556 to the village of 80 00:05:05,557 --> 00:05:06,890 Bannavem Taburniae. 81 00:05:14,606 --> 00:05:15,649 Bannavem Taburniae 82 00:05:15,650 --> 00:05:16,691 was a village located 83 00:05:16,733 --> 00:05:17,880 somewhere along the 84 00:05:17,881 --> 00:05:19,027 western coast of Britain, 85 00:05:19,069 --> 00:05:20,425 which at the time was 86 00:05:20,426 --> 00:05:21,780 part of the Roman Empire. 87 00:05:23,490 --> 00:05:24,595 The Roman Empire 88 00:05:24,596 --> 00:05:25,700 was disintegrating. 89 00:05:25,742 --> 00:05:26,848 The legions were called 90 00:05:26,849 --> 00:05:27,953 back to Rome to defend it 91 00:05:27,995 --> 00:05:29,454 against the barbarians. 92 00:05:29,496 --> 00:05:30,872 As the Roman administration 93 00:05:30,914 --> 00:05:32,562 and structures shrank 94 00:05:32,563 --> 00:05:34,209 in Britain it allowed 95 00:05:34,251 --> 00:05:35,565 for local leaders 96 00:05:35,566 --> 00:05:36,878 to come to the fore. 97 00:05:38,755 --> 00:05:40,257 All the gold coins first. 98 00:05:40,299 --> 00:05:41,424 Yes. 99 00:05:41,466 --> 00:05:43,177 We stack them here. 100 00:05:43,218 --> 00:05:45,095 - One of those - leaders was Patrick's father, 101 00:05:45,137 --> 00:05:47,118 Whom he also describes 102 00:05:47,119 --> 00:05:49,099 as a Decurion. 103 00:05:49,141 --> 00:05:51,059 - You understand? - Yes. 104 00:05:51,101 --> 00:05:52,287 - The - Decurions are basically 105 00:05:52,311 --> 00:05:54,021 The local Roman civil service. 106 00:05:54,062 --> 00:05:55,334 In other words, 107 00:05:55,335 --> 00:05:56,606 they keep the tax books. 108 00:05:57,482 --> 00:05:59,358 But if there was a shortfall, 109 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:00,589 then it had to come out 110 00:06:00,590 --> 00:06:01,778 of their own resources. 111 00:06:01,820 --> 00:06:03,092 So, we find that in 112 00:06:03,093 --> 00:06:04,363 the late Roman Empire, 113 00:06:04,405 --> 00:06:05,532 a lot of these people 114 00:06:05,533 --> 00:06:06,658 began to join the church 115 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:08,264 because they had an exemption 116 00:06:08,265 --> 00:06:09,828 or at least a tax rebate, 117 00:06:09,870 --> 00:06:10,954 shall we say. 118 00:06:20,339 --> 00:06:21,965 Patrick says, 119 00:06:22,007 --> 00:06:23,358 - "We didn't pay - too much attention 120 00:06:23,382 --> 00:06:25,384 "to our religion," et cetera. 121 00:06:25,426 --> 00:06:27,280 - It would suggest that his - people were Christian, 122 00:06:27,304 --> 00:06:28,618 Of course, but you 123 00:06:28,619 --> 00:06:29,931 know, money counts. 124 00:06:36,771 --> 00:06:39,316 The blood of Christ Jesus. 125 00:06:39,358 --> 00:06:41,484 Amen. 126 00:06:47,448 --> 00:06:49,659 Would you like some prunes? 127 00:06:49,701 --> 00:06:51,578 - These - people were well off. 128 00:06:51,619 --> 00:06:53,205 - They had a villa - outside the town. 129 00:06:53,247 --> 00:06:55,207 - They had male and - female slaves. 130 00:06:59,502 --> 00:07:00,879 Slave! 131 00:07:04,716 --> 00:07:05,967 Enjoy the bread. 132 00:07:08,220 --> 00:07:09,576 He would have been 133 00:07:09,577 --> 00:07:10,931 taught to read and write, 134 00:07:10,972 --> 00:07:12,474 not only so that he could 135 00:07:12,475 --> 00:07:13,975 take over the clerical aspect 136 00:07:14,017 --> 00:07:15,915 of his parents, 137 00:07:15,916 --> 00:07:17,812 but the tax aspect, 138 00:07:17,854 --> 00:07:19,272 which would have 139 00:07:19,273 --> 00:07:20,690 required literacy. 140 00:07:35,997 --> 00:07:37,291 Much better. 141 00:07:38,875 --> 00:07:39,918 Patrick 142 00:07:39,919 --> 00:07:40,961 had a bright future. 143 00:07:41,002 --> 00:07:42,817 But living on the edge of the 144 00:07:42,818 --> 00:07:44,631 Roman Empire was dangerous. 145 00:07:47,008 --> 00:07:48,135 11! 146 00:07:52,013 --> 00:07:53,807 All right, here we go! 147 00:08:38,226 --> 00:08:40,228 Patrick was taken 148 00:08:40,229 --> 00:08:42,230 captive by Irish raiders. 149 00:08:57,537 --> 00:08:58,848 - The reason - they didn't kill him 150 00:08:58,872 --> 00:09:00,415 Was that he was valuable. 151 00:09:00,457 --> 00:09:02,334 - Slaves are a - valuable commodity. 152 00:09:04,419 --> 00:09:06,254 - He probably - thought that he would 153 00:09:06,296 --> 00:09:08,191 - Never see his home again, - never see his parents, 154 00:09:08,215 --> 00:09:09,590 Never see his family. 155 00:09:13,094 --> 00:09:14,450 It was a one-way 156 00:09:14,451 --> 00:09:15,805 ticket to the unknown. 157 00:09:23,771 --> 00:09:24,835 Patrick 158 00:09:24,836 --> 00:09:25,899 endured a dangerous voyage 159 00:09:25,940 --> 00:09:27,567 across the sea to the 160 00:09:27,568 --> 00:09:29,194 eastern coast of Ireland. 161 00:09:30,445 --> 00:09:31,946 The Roman Britain view 162 00:09:31,988 --> 00:09:33,448 was Ireland was a place 163 00:09:33,490 --> 00:09:34,679 of Barbarians at the 164 00:09:34,680 --> 00:09:35,867 end of the world. 165 00:09:40,205 --> 00:09:41,540 Clearly at this point 166 00:09:41,581 --> 00:09:42,916 there is some sort of market 167 00:09:42,957 --> 00:09:45,293 for British slaves in Ireland. 168 00:09:45,335 --> 00:09:46,712 And Patrick himself tells 169 00:09:46,713 --> 00:09:48,088 us that there are many, 170 00:09:48,129 --> 00:09:49,589 many of his countrymen 171 00:09:49,590 --> 00:09:51,049 who are also slaves 172 00:09:51,091 --> 00:09:52,342 in Ireland as well. 173 00:10:14,072 --> 00:10:15,449 Get going, boy! 174 00:10:18,993 --> 00:10:20,683 Celtic people did not work 175 00:10:20,684 --> 00:10:22,372 with slaves the same way 176 00:10:22,414 --> 00:10:23,915 that the Romans did. 177 00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:25,976 - They treated their slaves - pretty badly, like cattle, 178 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,064 And would've worked 179 00:10:27,065 --> 00:10:28,128 you until you died. 180 00:10:29,754 --> 00:10:30,839 Particularly 181 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:31,923 as a non-Irish slave, 182 00:10:31,965 --> 00:10:33,070 he would have been at an 183 00:10:33,071 --> 00:10:34,175 even greater disadvantage 184 00:10:34,217 --> 00:10:35,844 because he wouldn't have been 185 00:10:35,845 --> 00:10:37,471 recognized almost as a person. 186 00:10:37,512 --> 00:10:40,057 Presumably it is a sort of 187 00:10:40,058 --> 00:10:42,601 meant-to-be slavery for life. 188 00:10:44,978 --> 00:10:46,292 We had 189 00:10:46,293 --> 00:10:47,606 pulled back from God; 190 00:10:49,357 --> 00:10:50,525 we did not keep 191 00:10:50,526 --> 00:10:51,692 his commandments; 192 00:10:54,654 --> 00:10:57,637 and we did not listen 193 00:10:57,638 --> 00:11:00,619 to our priests who kept 194 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:02,600 on warning us regarding 195 00:11:02,601 --> 00:11:04,539 our salvation. 196 00:11:18,219 --> 00:11:19,491 And so the Lord poured 197 00:11:19,492 --> 00:11:20,763 upon us the heat 198 00:11:20,805 --> 00:11:23,266 of his anger and dispersed 199 00:11:23,267 --> 00:11:25,726 us among many peoples right 200 00:11:25,768 --> 00:11:27,374 out to the very 201 00:11:27,375 --> 00:11:28,980 ends of the earth, 202 00:11:29,022 --> 00:11:30,065 where now my utter 203 00:11:30,066 --> 00:11:31,107 insignificance 204 00:11:31,149 --> 00:11:32,797 is seen among these 205 00:11:32,798 --> 00:11:34,444 men of an alien land. 206 00:11:39,866 --> 00:11:41,514 He begins to 207 00:11:41,515 --> 00:11:43,161 conclude that this has happened 208 00:11:43,203 --> 00:11:44,392 because I deserved it 209 00:11:44,393 --> 00:11:45,580 basically and this happened 210 00:11:45,622 --> 00:11:47,290 to shake me out of my 211 00:11:47,291 --> 00:11:48,958 complacency and to shake me 212 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,669 out of a way of 213 00:11:50,670 --> 00:11:52,337 life I was living, 214 00:11:52,379 --> 00:11:54,130 - in which God didn't - matter for me. 215 00:12:01,471 --> 00:12:03,181 - The idea - that he was now a slave, 216 00:12:03,223 --> 00:12:04,245 It's the world 217 00:12:04,246 --> 00:12:05,266 turned upside down. 218 00:12:19,489 --> 00:12:21,700 - I - remained in death and unbelief 219 00:12:21,740 --> 00:12:23,388 Until I was truly 220 00:12:23,389 --> 00:12:25,036 punished and, in truth, 221 00:12:25,078 --> 00:12:27,393 brought low by daily 222 00:12:27,394 --> 00:12:29,708 deprivations of 223 00:12:25,078 --> 00:12:29,708 hunger and nakedness. 224 00:12:41,844 --> 00:12:43,804 - There would have - been raiding parties 225 00:12:43,846 --> 00:12:45,202 Learning military tactics 226 00:12:45,203 --> 00:12:46,558 and they had to go off 227 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:48,102 and get the head of a 228 00:12:48,103 --> 00:12:49,603 person from another tribe. 229 00:12:49,644 --> 00:12:51,396 So these were dangerous people, 230 00:12:51,438 --> 00:12:52,915 - they were dangerous to - their own people as well. 231 00:12:52,939 --> 00:12:54,128 And it was under those 232 00:12:54,129 --> 00:12:55,316 conditions that he began 233 00:12:55,358 --> 00:12:57,089 to reflect upon 234 00:12:57,090 --> 00:12:58,819 himself, his life, 235 00:12:58,861 --> 00:13:00,759 and his relationship with 236 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:02,657 God and the other world. 237 00:13:07,621 --> 00:13:08,893 There the 238 00:13:08,894 --> 00:13:10,164 Lord opened my understanding 239 00:13:10,206 --> 00:13:13,251 to my unbelief, 240 00:13:13,252 --> 00:13:16,296 so that however late, 241 00:13:16,337 --> 00:13:18,339 I might become conscious 242 00:13:18,340 --> 00:13:20,341 of my failings. 243 00:13:20,383 --> 00:13:21,968 Then remembering 244 00:13:21,969 --> 00:13:23,553 my need, I might turn 245 00:13:23,595 --> 00:13:25,639 with all my heart 246 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:27,682 to the Lord my God. 247 00:13:27,724 --> 00:13:30,560 For it was He who looked 248 00:13:30,561 --> 00:13:33,396 after me before I knew Him. 249 00:13:33,438 --> 00:13:35,690 Indeed, as a father 250 00:13:35,691 --> 00:13:37,942 consoles his son, 251 00:13:39,611 --> 00:13:43,156 so He protected me. 252 00:13:47,868 --> 00:13:49,495 He's learning that God 253 00:13:49,496 --> 00:13:51,122 is a father he can trust, 254 00:13:51,164 --> 00:13:53,124 - and who wants - what's best for him. 255 00:13:53,166 --> 00:13:55,377 Then something began in him 256 00:13:55,378 --> 00:13:57,587 that was destined to continue. 257 00:14:02,216 --> 00:14:04,344 I tended sheep every day, 258 00:14:04,385 --> 00:14:06,179 and I prayed frequently 259 00:14:06,180 --> 00:14:07,972 during the day. 260 00:14:08,014 --> 00:14:09,078 And more and more, 261 00:14:09,079 --> 00:14:10,141 the love of God 262 00:14:10,183 --> 00:14:11,622 and the fear of Him 263 00:14:11,623 --> 00:14:13,060 grew in me, and my faith 264 00:14:13,102 --> 00:14:14,938 was increased and my 265 00:14:14,939 --> 00:14:16,773 spirit was quickened, 266 00:14:16,815 --> 00:14:18,942 so that in a day 267 00:14:18,943 --> 00:14:21,068 I prayed up to 100 times, 268 00:14:21,110 --> 00:14:22,487 and almost as many 269 00:14:22,488 --> 00:14:23,863 in the night. 270 00:14:23,904 --> 00:14:25,052 Indeed, I even 271 00:14:25,053 --> 00:14:26,199 remained in the wood 272 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,368 and on the mountain to pray. 273 00:14:29,327 --> 00:14:32,079 And come hail, rain or snow, 274 00:14:32,121 --> 00:14:34,791 I was up before dawn to pray; 275 00:14:34,792 --> 00:14:37,460 the Spirit was fervent in me. 276 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:41,172 - Something - new is happening, 277 00:14:41,214 --> 00:14:42,632 Something that hadn't 278 00:14:42,633 --> 00:14:44,050 happened before. 279 00:14:44,091 --> 00:14:45,301 That personal 280 00:14:45,302 --> 00:14:46,511 relationship, the dimension 281 00:14:46,553 --> 00:14:47,596 of a personal 282 00:14:47,597 --> 00:14:48,638 relationship with God. 283 00:14:49,430 --> 00:14:51,558 This sears his soul. 284 00:14:51,599 --> 00:14:54,686 So much so that he describes it 285 00:14:54,728 --> 00:14:56,125 almost as a 286 00:14:56,126 --> 00:14:57,522 conversion experience. 287 00:15:05,238 --> 00:15:06,239 Patrick's 288 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:07,240 zeal for God grew 289 00:15:07,281 --> 00:15:08,992 so much that even though 290 00:15:08,993 --> 00:15:10,702 he was starving, he fasted. 291 00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:14,434 Fasting was the 292 00:15:14,435 --> 00:15:15,956 way you demonstrated you 293 00:15:15,998 --> 00:15:17,396 were really feeling 294 00:15:17,397 --> 00:15:18,793 your prayer. 295 00:15:18,835 --> 00:15:21,504 You were not just saying words. 296 00:15:29,721 --> 00:15:31,681 It was there indeed, 297 00:15:31,723 --> 00:15:35,226 that one night I heard a voice. 298 00:15:36,143 --> 00:15:37,896 Patrick. 299 00:15:37,937 --> 00:15:40,815 Well have you fasted. 300 00:15:40,857 --> 00:15:42,713 Very soon you are to 301 00:15:42,714 --> 00:15:44,569 travel to your homeland. 302 00:15:45,486 --> 00:15:48,656 Behold, your ship is prepared. 303 00:15:55,329 --> 00:15:57,957 I took flight, leaving the man 304 00:15:57,998 --> 00:15:59,292 I had been bound 305 00:15:59,293 --> 00:16:00,585 to for six years. 306 00:16:00,627 --> 00:16:02,942 The ship was not nearby, 307 00:16:02,943 --> 00:16:05,256 but maybe 200 miles away 308 00:16:05,298 --> 00:16:07,154 where I had never been 309 00:16:07,155 --> 00:16:09,009 and where I knew nobody. 310 00:16:11,596 --> 00:16:12,764 When you 311 00:16:12,765 --> 00:16:13,932 left your tribal group, 312 00:16:13,973 --> 00:16:15,120 you were really going 313 00:16:15,121 --> 00:16:16,267 into unknown territory 314 00:16:16,309 --> 00:16:17,519 and you were losing 315 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:18,728 protection immediately. 316 00:16:20,104 --> 00:16:22,231 The real challenge 317 00:16:22,273 --> 00:16:23,274 was traveling through 318 00:16:23,275 --> 00:16:24,275 Ireland as a foreigner. 319 00:16:24,317 --> 00:16:26,253 - Although he could now - speak the Irish language, 320 00:16:26,277 --> 00:16:27,946 His accent and appearance 321 00:16:27,947 --> 00:16:29,614 would give him away at once. 322 00:16:31,825 --> 00:16:33,556 The biggest danger is 323 00:16:33,557 --> 00:16:35,286 someone says, you're a slave. 324 00:16:36,287 --> 00:16:37,723 - I'll find out - where you come from 325 00:16:37,747 --> 00:16:38,832 And I'll take you back 326 00:16:38,833 --> 00:16:39,916 and I'll claim a reward. 327 00:16:46,172 --> 00:16:48,675 I traveled in the power of God, 328 00:16:48,716 --> 00:16:51,302 who directed my path towards 329 00:16:51,303 --> 00:16:53,888 the good, and I feared nothing. 330 00:16:56,265 --> 00:16:57,433 He wasn't afraid 331 00:16:57,475 --> 00:16:59,393 because he had come to know God 332 00:16:59,435 --> 00:17:00,832 whose plans for Patrick's life 333 00:17:00,833 --> 00:17:02,229 were going to be worked out 334 00:17:02,271 --> 00:17:03,565 and realized, 335 00:17:03,566 --> 00:17:04,858 with Patrick's consent 336 00:17:04,899 --> 00:17:06,526 and with Patrick's 337 00:17:06,527 --> 00:17:08,152 cooperation in the Spirit. 338 00:17:17,996 --> 00:17:19,706 In those days, 339 00:17:19,747 --> 00:17:21,600 - Ireland was a patchwork quilt - of little kingdoms. 340 00:17:21,624 --> 00:17:22,980 There were no roads, 341 00:17:22,981 --> 00:17:24,335 there were no towns. 342 00:17:26,086 --> 00:17:28,047 - This would have - been mainly bog land. 343 00:17:28,088 --> 00:17:29,256 How would have Patrick 344 00:17:29,257 --> 00:17:30,424 concealed himself? 345 00:17:32,426 --> 00:17:33,928 - You have to - think of him in terms 346 00:17:33,970 --> 00:17:35,847 - Of the way prisoners - of war have 347 00:17:35,889 --> 00:17:37,140 To get back over 348 00:17:37,141 --> 00:17:38,391 enemy territory. 349 00:17:38,432 --> 00:17:39,454 You've got to be 350 00:17:39,455 --> 00:17:40,476 fast on your feet, 351 00:17:40,518 --> 00:17:42,332 fast with your tongue, 352 00:17:42,333 --> 00:17:44,146 and keep your eyes wide open. 353 00:17:48,150 --> 00:17:49,423 By being 354 00:17:49,424 --> 00:17:50,695 fairly stealthful, 355 00:17:50,737 --> 00:17:52,488 he could have worked his way 356 00:17:52,530 --> 00:17:54,240 - to a point in - which he knew there 357 00:17:54,281 --> 00:17:55,992 Were ships leaving for Britain. 358 00:18:02,999 --> 00:18:04,876 The ship was about to depart 359 00:18:04,918 --> 00:18:07,336 on the very day I arrived. 360 00:18:15,261 --> 00:18:17,263 I want to set sail with you. 361 00:18:20,266 --> 00:18:21,935 By no means are 362 00:18:21,936 --> 00:18:23,603 you coming with us! 363 00:18:24,854 --> 00:18:26,064 Go on! 364 00:18:27,815 --> 00:18:29,025 Go on! 365 00:18:39,368 --> 00:18:41,495 I began to pray. 366 00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:45,187 And before I finished 367 00:18:45,188 --> 00:18:46,250 my prayer, 368 00:18:46,292 --> 00:18:47,648 I heard one of 369 00:18:47,649 --> 00:18:49,003 the crew shouting. 370 00:18:49,045 --> 00:18:50,463 Come quickly! 371 00:18:56,135 --> 00:18:57,637 Come on, we're 372 00:18:57,638 --> 00:18:59,138 taking you on faith. 373 00:18:59,179 --> 00:19:00,899 - Patrick was - then asked to pledge himself 374 00:19:00,932 --> 00:19:02,141 To the crew through 375 00:19:02,142 --> 00:19:03,350 a Celtic tradition 376 00:19:03,392 --> 00:19:04,852 that involved sucking 377 00:19:04,853 --> 00:19:06,312 on their chests. 378 00:19:06,353 --> 00:19:08,022 - These days we - would shake hands. 379 00:19:08,064 --> 00:19:09,127 In those days that 380 00:19:09,128 --> 00:19:10,190 was a... a way of bonding 381 00:19:10,232 --> 00:19:12,110 with each other to show that 382 00:19:12,111 --> 00:19:13,987 you would be loyal to them. 383 00:19:14,028 --> 00:19:15,384 He didn't want to do that 384 00:19:15,385 --> 00:19:16,739 because he was Christian. 385 00:19:19,199 --> 00:19:20,451 I can't. 386 00:19:28,751 --> 00:19:29,961 Go on. 387 00:19:31,963 --> 00:19:34,298 Move! 388 00:19:34,340 --> 00:19:35,550 Despite this, 389 00:19:35,551 --> 00:19:36,759 I stayed with them 390 00:19:36,801 --> 00:19:37,927 but I hoped that some 391 00:19:37,928 --> 00:19:39,053 of them would come 392 00:19:39,095 --> 00:19:40,972 to faith in Jesus Christ, 393 00:19:40,973 --> 00:19:42,849 for they were all pagans. 394 00:19:42,890 --> 00:19:44,350 Give me that. 395 00:19:44,391 --> 00:19:45,685 Put that on. 396 00:19:45,726 --> 00:19:48,688 Load it. 397 00:19:48,729 --> 00:19:50,606 And without further ado, 398 00:19:50,648 --> 00:19:52,232 we got underway. 399 00:19:52,274 --> 00:19:53,380 Come on, put 400 00:19:53,381 --> 00:19:54,485 your back in it! Yah! 401 00:19:55,987 --> 00:19:57,968 There must be a 402 00:19:57,969 --> 00:19:59,949 tremendous sense of elation. 403 00:19:59,991 --> 00:20:01,159 "Yes! 404 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:02,869 "This is right! 405 00:20:02,910 --> 00:20:04,871 "I have had a vision, 406 00:20:04,872 --> 00:20:06,831 I've followed God. 407 00:20:06,873 --> 00:20:08,916 It's worked out." 408 00:20:08,958 --> 00:20:10,209 The way 409 00:20:10,210 --> 00:20:11,460 Patrick remembers it, 410 00:20:11,502 --> 00:20:13,253 it's not his efforts 411 00:20:13,295 --> 00:20:14,943 or his good luck, 412 00:20:14,944 --> 00:20:16,590 but it's the grace of God. 413 00:20:28,895 --> 00:20:31,355 We landed after three days 414 00:20:31,397 --> 00:20:32,961 and for the next 28 415 00:20:32,962 --> 00:20:34,525 days we made our way 416 00:20:34,567 --> 00:20:36,027 through the wilderness. 417 00:20:42,909 --> 00:20:44,077 Either the boat 418 00:20:44,078 --> 00:20:45,244 gets blown off course, 419 00:20:45,285 --> 00:20:46,412 they land beyond 420 00:20:46,413 --> 00:20:47,538 the Roman frontiers, 421 00:20:47,580 --> 00:20:48,769 or alternatively 422 00:20:48,770 --> 00:20:49,957 the port they arrive 423 00:20:49,999 --> 00:20:51,480 in may have been subject 424 00:20:51,481 --> 00:20:52,960 to barbarian raiding 425 00:20:53,002 --> 00:20:54,546 that's been laid-waste 426 00:20:54,547 --> 00:20:56,089 in some way. 427 00:20:56,130 --> 00:20:57,194 Maybe they 428 00:20:57,195 --> 00:20:58,257 were going on a raid 429 00:20:58,298 --> 00:21:00,467 and didn't want to be seen. 430 00:21:00,509 --> 00:21:02,470 So, they land in a part of the 431 00:21:02,471 --> 00:21:04,430 country far from habitation. 432 00:21:11,478 --> 00:21:13,773 When their food ran out, 433 00:21:13,814 --> 00:21:16,525 starvation overcame them. 434 00:21:17,985 --> 00:21:19,674 So now Christian, 435 00:21:19,675 --> 00:21:21,363 you explain to us 436 00:21:21,405 --> 00:21:23,199 how we're in this bad state. 437 00:21:24,242 --> 00:21:26,119 - Your God is great - and all powerful, 438 00:21:27,411 --> 00:21:28,642 So why are you not able 439 00:21:28,643 --> 00:21:29,872 to pray for us? 440 00:21:31,165 --> 00:21:32,542 We who are on the very 441 00:21:32,543 --> 00:21:33,918 brink of starvation. 442 00:21:40,883 --> 00:21:43,385 Turn in trust... 443 00:21:45,471 --> 00:21:46,764 and with your whole heart 444 00:21:46,765 --> 00:21:48,057 to the Lord, 445 00:21:48,099 --> 00:21:51,165 my God to whom 446 00:21:51,166 --> 00:21:54,230 nothing is impossible, 447 00:21:54,272 --> 00:21:56,670 that today He may send 448 00:21:56,671 --> 00:21:59,068 food to satisfy you 449 00:21:59,110 --> 00:22:00,278 on your journey, 450 00:22:06,617 --> 00:22:10,204 for He has abundance everywhere. 451 00:22:27,096 --> 00:22:28,222 They made camp there 452 00:22:28,223 --> 00:22:29,347 for two nights, 453 00:22:29,389 --> 00:22:31,016 and they were well 454 00:22:31,017 --> 00:22:32,643 restored, for many of them 455 00:22:32,685 --> 00:22:34,875 had dropped out and had been 456 00:22:34,876 --> 00:22:37,064 left half dead by the roadside. 457 00:22:37,106 --> 00:22:39,171 And after this they 458 00:22:39,172 --> 00:22:41,235 thanked God mightily, 459 00:22:41,277 --> 00:22:42,862 and I became honorable 460 00:22:42,863 --> 00:22:44,446 in their eyes. 461 00:22:56,834 --> 00:22:57,981 That very night, 462 00:22:57,982 --> 00:22:59,128 while I was sleeping, 463 00:22:59,170 --> 00:23:02,756 Satan strongly tried me. 464 00:23:02,798 --> 00:23:05,009 Something like an enormous 465 00:23:05,010 --> 00:23:07,220 rock fell on top of me 466 00:23:07,261 --> 00:23:08,950 and I lost all 467 00:23:08,951 --> 00:23:10,639 power over my limbs. 468 00:23:11,557 --> 00:23:13,059 In his distress, 469 00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:14,977 - Patrick says - he called on Elias. 470 00:23:15,019 --> 00:23:16,041 Elias in 471 00:23:16,042 --> 00:23:17,063 Latin means Elijah. 472 00:23:17,104 --> 00:23:18,314 And there are a number 473 00:23:18,315 --> 00:23:19,523 of people who believe 474 00:23:19,565 --> 00:23:21,275 it's a parallel with Christ 475 00:23:21,317 --> 00:23:22,964 on the cross who calls out 476 00:23:22,965 --> 00:23:24,611 "Eli Eli" as he was dying. 477 00:23:24,653 --> 00:23:25,529 Elias! 478 00:23:25,571 --> 00:23:27,365 - Elias! - Elias! 479 00:23:35,373 --> 00:23:37,521 Behold the sun's 480 00:23:37,522 --> 00:23:39,668 splendor fell on me 481 00:23:39,710 --> 00:23:41,629 and dispelled immediately all 482 00:23:41,630 --> 00:23:43,547 the heaviness from upon me. 483 00:23:45,507 --> 00:23:47,218 And I believe that Christ, 484 00:23:47,260 --> 00:23:49,116 my Lord assisted 485 00:23:49,117 --> 00:23:50,971 me and his Spirit 486 00:23:51,013 --> 00:23:52,285 had already cried 487 00:23:52,286 --> 00:23:53,557 out through me. 488 00:23:59,855 --> 00:24:01,566 As we traveled, 489 00:24:01,567 --> 00:24:03,276 the Lord looked after us 490 00:24:03,317 --> 00:24:05,820 with food, fire and 491 00:24:05,821 --> 00:24:08,322 dry shelter each day. 492 00:24:08,364 --> 00:24:10,241 And on the very night 493 00:24:10,242 --> 00:24:12,118 we reached humanity, 494 00:24:12,159 --> 00:24:14,120 we had no food left. 495 00:24:15,329 --> 00:24:17,248 - We're looking - for food and lodging. 496 00:24:17,290 --> 00:24:18,624 Can you show us where? 497 00:24:19,417 --> 00:24:20,584 Can you take us? 498 00:24:22,253 --> 00:24:23,525 For Patrick, 499 00:24:23,526 --> 00:24:24,797 finding civilization 500 00:24:24,838 --> 00:24:26,882 only led to more problems. 501 00:24:30,094 --> 00:24:32,034 I was 502 00:24:32,035 --> 00:24:33,973 once again taken captive. 503 00:24:46,110 --> 00:24:47,278 Take him. 504 00:24:58,456 --> 00:24:59,706 On the very first night 505 00:24:59,748 --> 00:25:01,000 I was with them, 506 00:25:01,041 --> 00:25:04,544 I received a divine revelation. 507 00:25:04,586 --> 00:25:07,652 Patrick, you will 508 00:25:07,653 --> 00:25:10,717 remain with them for two 509 00:25:04,586 --> 00:25:10,717 months. 510 00:25:20,644 --> 00:25:22,021 On the 60th night, 511 00:25:22,062 --> 00:25:25,441 this is exactly what happened. 512 00:25:25,483 --> 00:25:26,567 The Lord freed me 513 00:25:26,568 --> 00:25:27,651 from their hands. 514 00:26:10,027 --> 00:26:11,195 Patrick? 515 00:26:14,781 --> 00:26:15,991 Patrick. 516 00:26:16,033 --> 00:26:17,201 My son. 517 00:26:17,243 --> 00:26:18,411 Patrick! 518 00:26:19,537 --> 00:26:20,662 He's alive. 519 00:26:20,704 --> 00:26:21,788 You're alive. 520 00:26:24,166 --> 00:26:25,375 Thank God. 521 00:26:25,376 --> 00:26:26,584 We thought you were dead. 522 00:26:26,626 --> 00:26:28,399 Of all of the many 523 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,172 slaves that were taken 524 00:26:30,214 --> 00:26:32,007 from the Roman Empire, 525 00:26:32,008 --> 00:26:33,800 we know the name of only one 526 00:26:33,842 --> 00:26:36,011 that was taken and 527 00:26:36,012 --> 00:26:38,180 escaped, Patrick. 528 00:26:39,306 --> 00:26:42,017 They gave me a son's welcome, 529 00:26:43,394 --> 00:26:46,604 and in good faith, begged me, 530 00:26:46,646 --> 00:26:49,483 after all those great 531 00:26:49,484 --> 00:26:52,319 tribulations I had been through, 532 00:26:52,361 --> 00:26:54,947 that I should go nowhere, 533 00:26:54,948 --> 00:26:57,533 nor ever leave them. 534 00:27:06,875 --> 00:27:09,627 Get you some bread! 535 00:27:09,669 --> 00:27:10,796 The Patrick who returned 536 00:27:10,837 --> 00:27:12,089 to them was very different 537 00:27:12,131 --> 00:27:14,174 than the Patrick that had left, 538 00:27:14,216 --> 00:27:15,238 and his experiences 539 00:27:15,239 --> 00:27:16,260 had changed him so much 540 00:27:16,302 --> 00:27:18,154 - as an individual that he - was no longer interested 541 00:27:18,178 --> 00:27:19,680 In going back to the 542 00:27:19,681 --> 00:27:21,181 life as he had it. 543 00:27:24,935 --> 00:27:26,895 You're home Patrick. 544 00:27:26,937 --> 00:27:28,105 You're home. 545 00:27:36,363 --> 00:27:37,490 Soon 546 00:27:37,491 --> 00:27:38,616 after his return, 547 00:27:38,656 --> 00:27:41,327 Patrick had another vision. 548 00:27:53,130 --> 00:27:55,007 A man 549 00:27:55,008 --> 00:27:56,883 named Victoricus arrived 550 00:27:56,925 --> 00:27:58,906 from Ireland with 551 00:27:58,907 --> 00:28:00,887 countless letters. 552 00:28:00,929 --> 00:28:03,661 He gave me one of them and I 553 00:28:03,662 --> 00:28:06,393 began to read what was in it. 554 00:28:06,435 --> 00:28:07,916 In all probability 555 00:28:07,917 --> 00:28:09,396 it was someone 556 00:28:09,438 --> 00:28:11,273 that Patrick knew from Ireland. 557 00:28:15,569 --> 00:28:18,489 The voice of the Irish? 558 00:28:18,531 --> 00:28:19,990 At that very moment, 559 00:28:21,741 --> 00:28:23,285 I thought I heard 560 00:28:23,286 --> 00:28:24,828 the voice of those 561 00:28:24,870 --> 00:28:27,707 around the Wood of Foclut which 562 00:28:27,708 --> 00:28:30,543 is close to the Western Sea. 563 00:28:30,584 --> 00:28:31,835 'O Holy Boy... 564 00:28:31,877 --> 00:28:33,462 - We beg you - to come again... 565 00:28:33,504 --> 00:28:35,839 And walk among us. 566 00:28:35,881 --> 00:28:39,343 I was brokenhearted 567 00:28:39,385 --> 00:28:40,594 and could not read 568 00:28:40,595 --> 00:28:41,803 anything more. 569 00:28:42,929 --> 00:28:46,058 And at that moment I woke up! 570 00:28:55,192 --> 00:28:57,110 That transforms Patrick. 571 00:28:57,152 --> 00:28:59,446 That is his call 572 00:28:59,447 --> 00:29:01,740 to be a missionary. 573 00:29:10,123 --> 00:29:13,335 I was not quick in accepting 574 00:29:13,377 --> 00:29:15,379 what He had made clear to me 575 00:29:18,340 --> 00:29:20,092 and the Spirit reminded me. 576 00:29:41,113 --> 00:29:42,239 And the Lord 577 00:29:42,281 --> 00:29:43,907 was merciful to me thousands 578 00:29:43,949 --> 00:29:45,430 upon thousands of times 579 00:29:45,431 --> 00:29:46,910 because He saw what was 580 00:29:46,952 --> 00:29:51,415 within me and that I was ready 581 00:29:51,457 --> 00:29:53,375 - but I did not know - what I should do 582 00:29:53,417 --> 00:29:55,043 About the state of my life. 583 00:30:03,552 --> 00:30:05,763 The blood of Christ Jesus. 584 00:30:05,804 --> 00:30:07,806 We beg you to come 585 00:30:07,807 --> 00:30:09,808 again and walk among us. 586 00:30:13,061 --> 00:30:14,354 Amen. 587 00:30:32,665 --> 00:30:35,208 Can I speak with you? 588 00:30:35,250 --> 00:30:38,441 No one in Christianity 589 00:30:38,442 --> 00:30:41,632 before the 16th century 590 00:30:35,250 --> 00:30:41,632 thinks you 591 00:30:41,674 --> 00:30:43,777 - can just have a ministry because - you just have a ministry. 592 00:30:43,801 --> 00:30:44,990 You have to think of 593 00:30:44,991 --> 00:30:46,178 ministry through the ministry 594 00:30:46,219 --> 00:30:47,429 of the church. 595 00:30:49,848 --> 00:30:51,057 What brings you here? 596 00:30:52,392 --> 00:30:56,021 I wish to be a cleric. 597 00:31:00,693 --> 00:31:02,068 - Patrick - had to work his way 598 00:31:02,110 --> 00:31:03,821 Up the ranks to become 599 00:31:03,822 --> 00:31:05,531 a bishop. 600 00:31:05,572 --> 00:31:07,762 Bishops can ordain priests 601 00:31:07,763 --> 00:31:09,951 so you can create a hierarchy 602 00:31:09,993 --> 00:31:11,057 that will survive 603 00:31:11,058 --> 00:31:12,120 after your death. 604 00:31:12,162 --> 00:31:14,394 You have to have a bishop in 605 00:31:14,395 --> 00:31:16,625 order to establish a Church. 606 00:31:19,002 --> 00:31:20,796 Amen. 607 00:31:20,838 --> 00:31:21,964 The style 608 00:31:21,965 --> 00:31:23,089 of formation training 609 00:31:23,131 --> 00:31:25,154 would have been mentoring 610 00:31:25,155 --> 00:31:27,177 in basic responsibilities 611 00:31:27,219 --> 00:31:28,220 of how to celebrate 612 00:31:28,221 --> 00:31:29,221 the liturgy, 613 00:31:29,262 --> 00:31:31,097 pastoral duties towards people, 614 00:31:31,139 --> 00:31:32,599 preaching, sacramental 615 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:34,059 celebration. 616 00:31:36,144 --> 00:31:37,562 I'm here to learn 617 00:31:37,563 --> 00:31:38,980 about the Lord. 618 00:31:39,022 --> 00:31:40,399 There are many scrolls. 619 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,568 It's believed that Patrick's 620 00:31:42,609 --> 00:31:44,045 - apprenticeship took him - to Gaul, Northern France, 621 00:31:44,069 --> 00:31:45,487 For a time. 622 00:31:48,365 --> 00:31:50,158 - It would - have been the equivalent 623 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,160 Of going from 624 00:31:52,161 --> 00:31:54,120 Alaska to New York. 625 00:31:54,162 --> 00:31:55,559 If he wanted to meet 626 00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:56,956 lots of other Christians 627 00:31:56,998 --> 00:31:58,333 whom he could talk 628 00:31:58,334 --> 00:31:59,668 to about theology 629 00:31:59,710 --> 00:32:00,982 and about faith 630 00:32:00,983 --> 00:32:02,254 and about belief, 631 00:32:02,295 --> 00:32:03,713 then Gaul would be 632 00:32:03,714 --> 00:32:05,131 the place to go. 633 00:32:06,466 --> 00:32:07,843 Of course it was 634 00:32:07,844 --> 00:32:09,219 always, you know. 635 00:32:13,891 --> 00:32:15,517 - During - his training, 636 00:32:15,559 --> 00:32:16,581 Patrick developed 637 00:32:16,582 --> 00:32:17,603 a close friendship 638 00:32:17,644 --> 00:32:19,062 with a young clergyman in 639 00:32:19,063 --> 00:32:20,480 whom he felt he could confide. 640 00:32:22,190 --> 00:32:23,400 Felix. 641 00:32:27,195 --> 00:32:28,488 I am a sinner. 642 00:32:30,407 --> 00:32:32,117 I must confess what I have done. 643 00:32:33,952 --> 00:32:35,788 Once when I was anxious 644 00:32:35,829 --> 00:32:37,560 and worried I hinted 645 00:32:37,561 --> 00:32:39,291 to my dearest friend 646 00:32:39,332 --> 00:32:40,917 about something I 647 00:32:40,918 --> 00:32:42,502 had done one day, 648 00:32:42,544 --> 00:32:45,171 indeed in one hour of my youth, 649 00:32:45,213 --> 00:32:47,153 for I had not then 650 00:32:47,154 --> 00:32:49,092 prevailed over my sinfulness 651 00:32:49,134 --> 00:32:50,615 and I was not a believer 652 00:32:50,616 --> 00:32:52,095 in the true God. 653 00:32:53,764 --> 00:32:55,724 Many have tried to guess 654 00:32:55,766 --> 00:32:57,493 - what Patrick's boyhood - sin might have been. 655 00:32:57,517 --> 00:32:59,269 Some say it was immorality. 656 00:32:59,311 --> 00:33:00,896 Others, idolatry 657 00:33:00,897 --> 00:33:02,481 or even murder. 658 00:33:02,522 --> 00:33:03,732 But the truth is 659 00:33:03,733 --> 00:33:04,942 that no one knows, 660 00:33:04,983 --> 00:33:06,944 - because Patrick - doesn't tell us. 661 00:33:11,406 --> 00:33:13,325 Am I ever to be forgiven? 662 00:33:24,670 --> 00:33:26,421 You are forgiven. 663 00:33:34,387 --> 00:33:35,973 Patrick. 664 00:34:11,174 --> 00:34:12,592 Patrick! 665 00:34:13,969 --> 00:34:15,178 You have a visitor. 666 00:34:16,346 --> 00:34:17,639 Felix. 667 00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:20,183 Patrick. 668 00:34:20,225 --> 00:34:22,268 Please, help yourself. 669 00:34:24,437 --> 00:34:25,543 What is it that brings 670 00:34:25,544 --> 00:34:26,648 you all the way out here? 671 00:34:31,361 --> 00:34:33,843 It appears that you are to 672 00:34:33,844 --> 00:34:36,324 be given the rank of bishop. 673 00:34:46,835 --> 00:34:48,086 I am unworthy. 674 00:34:49,046 --> 00:34:51,715 It is the will of the elders. 675 00:34:57,345 --> 00:34:59,222 This is quite a surprise. 676 00:34:59,264 --> 00:35:00,599 I'm not sure I... 677 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:02,076 - I am expected in - Cardiff by nightfall. 678 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:03,268 I must go. 679 00:35:03,309 --> 00:35:05,437 Of course. 680 00:35:07,814 --> 00:35:09,024 Wait! 681 00:36:48,206 --> 00:36:49,499 Amen. 682 00:36:55,005 --> 00:36:56,381 Go in peace, friend. 683 00:37:00,052 --> 00:37:01,282 Many were forbidding 684 00:37:01,283 --> 00:37:02,512 my mission. 685 00:37:02,554 --> 00:37:04,243 Behind my back, they 686 00:37:04,244 --> 00:37:05,932 were telling stories. 687 00:37:05,974 --> 00:37:07,184 To Ireland? 688 00:37:08,894 --> 00:37:10,412 - Well, why would - this man put himself 689 00:37:10,436 --> 00:37:12,001 In danger among enemies 690 00:37:12,002 --> 00:37:13,565 who do not know God? 691 00:37:13,606 --> 00:37:15,400 For what reason? 692 00:37:15,441 --> 00:37:17,360 - People thought - that this mission was crazy, 693 00:37:17,402 --> 00:37:19,362 - The Irish people were - beyond redemption, 694 00:37:19,404 --> 00:37:20,968 That even the Roman Empire 695 00:37:20,969 --> 00:37:22,532 had not gone that far, 696 00:37:22,574 --> 00:37:24,284 and that his efforts 697 00:37:24,285 --> 00:37:25,994 to Christianize Ireland 698 00:37:26,036 --> 00:37:27,370 were doomed to failure. 699 00:37:27,412 --> 00:37:29,247 - They're savages! - These heathen! 700 00:37:35,879 --> 00:37:37,964 - Patrick really - believes that if he preaches 701 00:37:38,006 --> 00:37:39,695 To the end of the earth this 702 00:37:39,696 --> 00:37:41,384 will complete God's mission 703 00:37:41,426 --> 00:37:42,573 and will usher in 704 00:37:42,574 --> 00:37:43,720 the Second Coming, 705 00:37:43,762 --> 00:37:44,993 which Patrick presumably 706 00:37:44,994 --> 00:37:46,223 hoped would happen 707 00:37:46,264 --> 00:37:48,100 in his lifetime and maybe even 708 00:37:48,141 --> 00:37:50,060 as a result of his activities. 709 00:37:59,069 --> 00:38:00,486 Against all odds, 710 00:38:00,528 --> 00:38:01,592 Patrick was eventually 711 00:38:01,593 --> 00:38:02,655 permitted 712 00:38:02,697 --> 00:38:04,053 to return to Ireland 713 00:38:04,054 --> 00:38:05,408 as a missionary bishop. 714 00:38:06,952 --> 00:38:08,620 - While the British - Church most likely 715 00:38:08,661 --> 00:38:10,329 Funded the mission continually, 716 00:38:10,371 --> 00:38:11,372 some scholars 717 00:38:11,373 --> 00:38:12,373 believe that Patrick 718 00:38:12,415 --> 00:38:14,500 paid the initial cost himself. 719 00:38:16,753 --> 00:38:18,755 He sells his nobility, 720 00:38:18,797 --> 00:38:20,524 - which I take to be a - reference to him selling, 721 00:38:20,548 --> 00:38:22,926 Essentially his inheritance. 722 00:38:22,968 --> 00:38:24,928 - It's almost like a - form of seed funding, 723 00:38:24,970 --> 00:38:26,013 Which will enable him 724 00:38:26,014 --> 00:38:27,055 to get to Ireland. 725 00:38:33,352 --> 00:38:35,271 I imagine that Patrick's 726 00:38:35,272 --> 00:38:37,190 parents had fully expected him 727 00:38:37,232 --> 00:38:38,963 to take on the role, as maybe 728 00:38:38,964 --> 00:38:40,693 the heir of the family. 729 00:38:43,446 --> 00:38:44,885 He would have been 730 00:38:44,886 --> 00:38:46,324 opting out of any 731 00:38:43,446 --> 00:38:46,324 responsibility 732 00:38:46,365 --> 00:38:48,201 for running estates, et cetera. 733 00:39:03,675 --> 00:39:04,906 This does not 734 00:39:04,907 --> 00:39:06,136 have to be, Patrick. 735 00:39:08,263 --> 00:39:12,142 It is the will of God. 736 00:39:30,869 --> 00:39:32,037 For the journey. 737 00:39:38,877 --> 00:39:40,796 Many gifts were 738 00:39:40,797 --> 00:39:42,714 offered to me with sorrow 739 00:39:42,755 --> 00:39:45,591 and tears and I offended them 740 00:39:45,633 --> 00:39:47,427 and went against the will 741 00:39:47,428 --> 00:39:49,221 of some of my elders. 742 00:39:52,932 --> 00:39:54,309 Father. 743 00:40:14,746 --> 00:40:16,789 It was not my grace, 744 00:40:16,831 --> 00:40:19,813 but God who conquered in me 745 00:40:19,814 --> 00:40:22,795 and who resisted them all 746 00:40:22,837 --> 00:40:25,277 that I might come to the Irish 747 00:40:25,278 --> 00:40:27,717 nations to preach the gospel. 748 00:40:45,026 --> 00:40:46,444 In terms of the 749 00:40:46,445 --> 00:40:47,862 challenge of it, 750 00:40:45,026 --> 00:40:47,862 it was just awesome. 751 00:40:47,904 --> 00:40:49,135 He didn't know what he 752 00:40:49,136 --> 00:40:50,365 faced, possible death 753 00:40:50,407 --> 00:40:52,326 and persecution, more 754 00:40:52,327 --> 00:40:54,244 slavery, imprisonment. 755 00:40:56,079 --> 00:40:57,580 - Patrick - was not the first bishop 756 00:40:57,622 --> 00:40:59,457 To be sent to Ireland. 757 00:40:59,498 --> 00:41:00,562 He was preceded by a 758 00:41:00,563 --> 00:41:01,626 man named Palladius 759 00:41:01,667 --> 00:41:03,252 who had been sent by 760 00:41:03,253 --> 00:41:04,837 the pope a year earlier. 761 00:41:04,879 --> 00:41:06,590 Palladius is most 762 00:41:06,591 --> 00:41:08,300 likely ministering 763 00:41:08,341 --> 00:41:10,030 to a slave community 764 00:41:10,031 --> 00:41:11,719 and to traders. 765 00:41:11,761 --> 00:41:13,451 So, there were Christians 766 00:41:13,452 --> 00:41:15,140 in Ireland, and in fact, 767 00:41:15,181 --> 00:41:17,225 Patrick never assumes 768 00:41:17,226 --> 00:41:19,269 that he converts people 769 00:41:19,311 --> 00:41:21,980 from nothing to Christianity. 770 00:41:32,740 --> 00:41:33,783 According 771 00:41:33,784 --> 00:41:34,826 to the Annals of Ulster, 772 00:41:34,867 --> 00:41:36,765 Patrick arrived in Ireland 773 00:41:36,766 --> 00:41:38,663 sometime in AD 432. 774 00:41:38,704 --> 00:41:40,498 Exactly where he 775 00:41:40,499 --> 00:41:42,292 went is not known. 776 00:41:42,334 --> 00:41:43,564 But we do know that 777 00:41:43,565 --> 00:41:44,794 according to Irish law, 778 00:41:44,836 --> 00:41:47,380 Patrick was still a fugitive. 779 00:41:50,425 --> 00:41:51,989 Probably he stayed 780 00:41:51,990 --> 00:41:53,552 far away from the places 781 00:41:53,594 --> 00:41:55,554 that he had been enslaved. 782 00:41:55,596 --> 00:41:57,286 You get a constant sense that 783 00:41:57,287 --> 00:41:58,975 Patrick is living on his wits. 784 00:42:08,067 --> 00:42:09,965 He seems to be pervaded 785 00:42:09,966 --> 00:42:11,863 by the spirit of mission 786 00:42:11,904 --> 00:42:13,865 that is taking him beyond 787 00:42:13,906 --> 00:42:15,783 and abroad bringing the gospel 788 00:42:15,825 --> 00:42:17,785 where it had not reached 789 00:42:17,786 --> 00:42:19,745 before out to the very edge, 790 00:42:19,787 --> 00:42:21,310 out to the very 791 00:42:21,311 --> 00:42:22,832 periphery of Ireland. 792 00:42:32,384 --> 00:42:33,531 He seems to have this 793 00:42:33,532 --> 00:42:34,677 collective consciousness 794 00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:37,910 of the Irish as a nation, 795 00:42:37,911 --> 00:42:41,100 so that leaves him free 796 00:42:41,142 --> 00:42:42,393 to go wherever those Irish 797 00:42:42,394 --> 00:42:43,644 people are to be found. 798 00:42:48,107 --> 00:42:49,755 He's responding just 799 00:42:49,756 --> 00:42:51,403 purely on faith that God 800 00:42:51,444 --> 00:42:53,405 - would take him where - he wanted him to go 801 00:42:53,446 --> 00:42:54,489 And where he would 802 00:42:54,490 --> 00:42:55,532 give witness. 803 00:42:59,452 --> 00:43:00,453 Patrick was equipped for 804 00:43:00,454 --> 00:43:01,454 the job because he would 805 00:43:01,496 --> 00:43:03,373 - have been able to - communicate to the Irish 806 00:43:03,415 --> 00:43:04,624 And bring Christianity by 807 00:43:04,625 --> 00:43:05,833 talking to them more or less 808 00:43:05,875 --> 00:43:07,043 in their own tongue. 809 00:43:08,878 --> 00:43:10,796 Evangelizing the Irish 810 00:43:10,838 --> 00:43:12,798 - would prove to be - a challenging task. 811 00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:14,258 Although Christianity was 812 00:43:14,259 --> 00:43:15,676 present in parts of Ireland, 813 00:43:15,718 --> 00:43:17,095 the country was 814 00:43:17,096 --> 00:43:18,471 predominantly pagan. 815 00:43:26,271 --> 00:43:28,669 Though I am not from this 816 00:43:28,670 --> 00:43:31,067 land, I spent many years here. 817 00:43:31,109 --> 00:43:33,069 - And I have returned - with a message. 818 00:43:35,029 --> 00:43:36,781 What is the message you bring? 819 00:43:42,579 --> 00:43:44,039 If you let me inside, 820 00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:45,498 I will tell you. 821 00:43:51,170 --> 00:43:52,735 It's a big deal 822 00:43:52,736 --> 00:43:54,299 if you become a Christian 823 00:43:54,340 --> 00:43:56,113 because you're changing a 824 00:43:56,114 --> 00:43:57,885 set of gods for one God. 825 00:43:57,927 --> 00:43:59,845 - You're buying into a - different calendar. 826 00:43:59,887 --> 00:44:01,493 You're changing the 827 00:44:01,494 --> 00:44:03,099 people you associate with. 828 00:44:03,141 --> 00:44:04,288 It's far more like 829 00:44:04,289 --> 00:44:05,435 thinking of someone 830 00:44:05,477 --> 00:44:06,832 who lives in a completely 831 00:44:06,833 --> 00:44:08,187 Buddhist society 832 00:44:08,229 --> 00:44:09,730 becoming a Christian. 833 00:44:17,572 --> 00:44:19,782 And the prophet Hosea says, 834 00:44:19,824 --> 00:44:22,327 "Those who were not my 835 00:44:22,328 --> 00:44:24,829 people I will call my people, 836 00:44:24,870 --> 00:44:26,602 and her who was not beloved 837 00:44:26,603 --> 00:44:28,333 I will call my beloved. 838 00:44:28,374 --> 00:44:29,563 And in the very place 839 00:44:29,564 --> 00:44:30,751 where it was said to them, 840 00:44:30,793 --> 00:44:33,712 you are not my people, 841 00:44:33,754 --> 00:44:35,131 they will be called 842 00:44:35,132 --> 00:44:36,508 sons of the living God." 843 00:44:44,807 --> 00:44:47,018 Who among you heeds the call? 844 00:44:48,811 --> 00:44:50,271 The content of 845 00:44:50,272 --> 00:44:51,730 his message is not doomsday. 846 00:44:51,772 --> 00:44:53,357 It's preaching the love 847 00:44:53,358 --> 00:44:54,942 of God, and how others 848 00:44:54,984 --> 00:44:56,632 can come to know God as 849 00:44:56,633 --> 00:44:58,279 a person-loving father, 850 00:44:58,321 --> 00:44:59,738 just as he did. 851 00:45:18,007 --> 00:45:20,114 Truly it 852 00:45:20,115 --> 00:45:22,220 is our task to cast our nets 853 00:45:22,261 --> 00:45:24,430 and catch a great multitude 854 00:45:24,431 --> 00:45:26,599 and crowd for God; 855 00:45:26,641 --> 00:45:28,184 to make sure that there 856 00:45:28,185 --> 00:45:29,726 are clergy everywhere 857 00:45:29,768 --> 00:45:33,189 to baptize and preach 858 00:45:33,190 --> 00:45:36,609 to a people who are in need. 859 00:45:39,529 --> 00:45:41,489 Baptism for early 860 00:45:41,490 --> 00:45:43,449 Christians was the moment 861 00:45:43,491 --> 00:45:45,014 of commitment when you 862 00:45:45,015 --> 00:45:46,536 became a true Christian. 863 00:45:46,578 --> 00:45:48,538 And it was believed in the 864 00:45:48,539 --> 00:45:50,498 early Church that baptism 865 00:45:50,540 --> 00:45:51,642 was the one point in your life 866 00:45:51,666 --> 00:45:53,543 when your sins were washed away. 867 00:45:55,211 --> 00:45:56,921 For the Irish, 868 00:45:56,962 --> 00:45:58,399 - baptism had a - deeper significance 869 00:45:58,423 --> 00:46:01,509 Because of their mythology. 870 00:46:01,551 --> 00:46:02,865 Water was 871 00:46:02,866 --> 00:46:04,178 associated with kingship. 872 00:46:04,220 --> 00:46:06,097 These waters all flowed 873 00:46:06,098 --> 00:46:07,973 together, entered the ocean, 874 00:46:08,015 --> 00:46:09,496 and returns as rain and 875 00:46:09,497 --> 00:46:10,976 falls upon the earth 876 00:46:11,018 --> 00:46:12,040 creating the great 877 00:46:12,041 --> 00:46:13,062 cycle of life. 878 00:46:20,236 --> 00:46:21,571 Having baptisms, having 879 00:46:21,572 --> 00:46:22,905 these public rituals 880 00:46:22,947 --> 00:46:24,678 in which people 881 00:46:24,679 --> 00:46:26,409 identify as Christians 882 00:46:26,451 --> 00:46:28,244 is really powerful and is 883 00:46:28,245 --> 00:46:30,037 probably one that transfers 884 00:46:30,079 --> 00:46:31,164 over quite easily 885 00:46:31,165 --> 00:46:32,248 and is something 886 00:46:32,290 --> 00:46:33,500 which the pagans 887 00:46:33,501 --> 00:46:34,709 could also understand 888 00:46:34,751 --> 00:46:36,252 and could see its significance. 889 00:46:42,216 --> 00:46:43,259 And I am greatly 890 00:46:43,260 --> 00:46:44,302 in God's debt. 891 00:46:45,344 --> 00:46:48,598 He has given me a great grace, 892 00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:50,245 that through me many 893 00:46:50,246 --> 00:46:51,850 people might be reborn 894 00:46:51,892 --> 00:46:53,978 and later brought 895 00:46:53,979 --> 00:46:56,063 to perfection. 896 00:46:56,105 --> 00:46:58,545 And also, that from among 897 00:46:58,546 --> 00:47:00,985 them everywhere clerics 898 00:47:01,026 --> 00:47:02,257 should be ordained 899 00:47:02,258 --> 00:47:03,488 to serve this people, 900 00:47:03,529 --> 00:47:04,864 who have but recently 901 00:47:04,865 --> 00:47:06,198 come to belief. 902 00:47:08,326 --> 00:47:10,933 And again, 903 00:47:10,934 --> 00:47:13,539 "Go into all the world 904 00:47:13,581 --> 00:47:14,916 and preach the gospel 905 00:47:14,917 --> 00:47:16,250 to every creature. 906 00:47:16,292 --> 00:47:19,379 He who believes and is 907 00:47:19,380 --> 00:47:22,465 baptized will be saved. 908 00:47:26,636 --> 00:47:29,389 He who does not believe 909 00:47:29,390 --> 00:47:32,141 will be condemned." 910 00:47:44,195 --> 00:47:45,488 Now go. 911 00:47:50,785 --> 00:47:52,162 Patrick's ministry 912 00:47:52,163 --> 00:47:53,538 was extremely effective. 913 00:47:53,579 --> 00:47:54,997 Each time a new 914 00:47:54,998 --> 00:47:56,415 priest was ordained, 915 00:47:56,457 --> 00:47:58,063 then you had the 916 00:47:58,064 --> 00:47:59,669 center of a community. 917 00:47:59,711 --> 00:48:00,983 He was trying to 918 00:48:00,984 --> 00:48:02,254 create small communities 919 00:48:02,296 --> 00:48:04,215 of Christians because 920 00:48:04,216 --> 00:48:06,133 that is how Christianity 921 00:48:06,175 --> 00:48:08,427 spread through the Roman Empire. 922 00:48:09,846 --> 00:48:11,972 As Patrick's ministry grew, 923 00:48:12,014 --> 00:48:13,057 he trained other clerics 924 00:48:13,058 --> 00:48:14,099 to continue his work 925 00:48:14,141 --> 00:48:15,205 and went on to the 926 00:48:15,206 --> 00:48:16,268 next community. 927 00:48:17,770 --> 00:48:19,689 - As that went on - year after year after year, 928 00:48:19,731 --> 00:48:20,899 His mission was 929 00:48:20,900 --> 00:48:22,066 extremely successful. 930 00:48:25,486 --> 00:48:27,864 And so it shall be in the 931 00:48:27,865 --> 00:48:30,241 last days, says the Lord, 932 00:48:30,282 --> 00:48:32,910 that I will pour out my 933 00:48:32,911 --> 00:48:35,538 Spirit upon all flesh 934 00:48:35,580 --> 00:48:37,102 and your sons and your 935 00:48:37,103 --> 00:48:38,624 daughters shall prophesy, 936 00:48:40,125 --> 00:48:42,169 and your young men 937 00:48:42,170 --> 00:48:44,213 shall see visions, 938 00:48:44,255 --> 00:48:46,320 and your old men 939 00:48:46,321 --> 00:48:48,384 shall dream dreams; 940 00:48:48,426 --> 00:48:50,887 and indeed, in that 941 00:48:50,888 --> 00:48:53,347 time on my manservants 942 00:48:53,389 --> 00:48:55,683 and my maidservants I 943 00:48:55,684 --> 00:48:57,976 will pour out my Spirit; 944 00:48:58,977 --> 00:49:00,271 and they shall prophesy. 945 00:49:06,527 --> 00:49:08,071 The bread of heaven 946 00:49:08,072 --> 00:49:09,614 in Christ Jesus. 947 00:49:09,655 --> 00:49:11,616 Amen. 948 00:49:11,657 --> 00:49:12,784 How has this 949 00:49:12,785 --> 00:49:13,910 happened in Ireland? 950 00:49:13,950 --> 00:49:16,829 Never before did they know 951 00:49:16,830 --> 00:49:19,707 of God except to serve idols 952 00:49:19,749 --> 00:49:21,125 and unclean things. 953 00:49:24,211 --> 00:49:26,631 Yet recently, what a change. 954 00:49:31,218 --> 00:49:32,449 Christianity was 955 00:49:32,450 --> 00:49:33,679 beginning to take hold. 956 00:49:33,721 --> 00:49:34,764 That's the transformation 957 00:49:34,765 --> 00:49:35,807 he marvels at. 958 00:49:35,848 --> 00:49:37,392 And he's saying, "Listen, 959 00:49:37,393 --> 00:49:38,935 don't believe the evidence 960 00:49:38,975 --> 00:49:40,686 of my word only, 961 00:49:40,687 --> 00:49:42,396 look what's happening." 962 00:49:45,691 --> 00:49:47,318 They have become 963 00:49:47,359 --> 00:49:49,111 a prepared people of the Lord, 964 00:49:49,153 --> 00:49:51,239 and they are now 965 00:49:51,240 --> 00:49:53,324 called sons of God. 966 00:49:53,365 --> 00:49:54,679 And the Irish leaders' 967 00:49:54,680 --> 00:49:55,992 sons and daughters 968 00:49:56,034 --> 00:49:58,412 are seen to become the 969 00:49:58,413 --> 00:50:00,790 monks and virgins of Christ. 970 00:50:10,341 --> 00:50:12,176 - But while - Patrick had great success 971 00:50:12,217 --> 00:50:14,136 Among the pagans in Ireland, 972 00:50:14,137 --> 00:50:16,054 he quickly lost favor 973 00:50:16,096 --> 00:50:17,139 with the Church 974 00:50:17,140 --> 00:50:18,182 back in Britain. 975 00:50:24,647 --> 00:50:26,712 Patrick is preaching the 976 00:50:26,713 --> 00:50:28,776 Gospel in a way very different 977 00:50:28,818 --> 00:50:30,319 to the way other Christians 978 00:50:30,361 --> 00:50:31,633 are preaching 979 00:50:31,634 --> 00:50:32,905 the Gospel in Ireland. 980 00:50:32,947 --> 00:50:34,907 - There were rules - and stipulations 981 00:50:34,949 --> 00:50:36,534 By the church at the time. 982 00:50:36,575 --> 00:50:38,828 Bishops were not to stray out 983 00:50:38,870 --> 00:50:40,517 beyond their own dioceses or 984 00:50:40,518 --> 00:50:42,164 own areas of responsibility. 985 00:50:42,206 --> 00:50:43,979 In Patrick we see 986 00:50:43,980 --> 00:50:45,751 something different. 987 00:50:45,793 --> 00:50:47,712 - It's also believed - that Patrick ministered 988 00:50:47,753 --> 00:50:49,046 In the Irish language 989 00:50:49,047 --> 00:50:50,339 instead of Latin 990 00:50:50,381 --> 00:50:51,924 - and established - many monasteries 991 00:50:51,966 --> 00:50:53,301 For the ordination 992 00:50:53,302 --> 00:50:54,635 of uneducated people. 993 00:50:55,887 --> 00:50:57,096 I mean, who is this 994 00:50:57,097 --> 00:50:58,305 man to do such things? 995 00:50:59,264 --> 00:51:00,725 And who does he think he is? 996 00:51:04,603 --> 00:51:05,688 Patrick's 997 00:51:05,689 --> 00:51:06,772 superiors started digging 998 00:51:06,814 --> 00:51:08,482 for anything they could 999 00:51:08,483 --> 00:51:10,150 find to discredit him. 1000 00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:16,636 On one occasion, 1001 00:51:16,637 --> 00:51:17,992 a blessed Irish woman 1002 00:51:18,034 --> 00:51:20,537 of noble birth whom I had 1003 00:51:20,538 --> 00:51:23,039 baptized came back to us. 1004 00:51:23,831 --> 00:51:25,041 I must see Patrick. 1005 00:51:34,383 --> 00:51:36,010 What brings you here, child? 1006 00:51:37,302 --> 00:51:38,387 I received a divine 1007 00:51:38,388 --> 00:51:39,471 revelation from a messenger 1008 00:51:39,513 --> 00:51:41,453 of God who advised me to 1009 00:51:41,454 --> 00:51:43,392 become a virgin of Christ. 1010 00:51:43,434 --> 00:51:45,352 Thanks be to God. 1011 00:51:45,394 --> 00:51:47,459 If a woman decides to 1012 00:51:47,460 --> 00:51:49,523 become a virgin, a female monk, 1013 00:51:49,565 --> 00:51:51,400 she can only do that with 1014 00:51:51,401 --> 00:51:53,235 the permission of her father. 1015 00:51:53,277 --> 00:51:55,467 They have brought this 1016 00:51:55,468 --> 00:51:57,656 girl up and this girl 1017 00:51:57,698 --> 00:52:00,159 is now no benefit to 1018 00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:02,620 the family at all. 1019 00:52:02,661 --> 00:52:04,496 - This, of - course, is not to the liking 1020 00:52:04,538 --> 00:52:06,082 Of their fathers and they 1021 00:52:06,083 --> 00:52:07,625 have to suffer persecutions 1022 00:52:07,666 --> 00:52:09,293 and false accusations 1023 00:52:09,294 --> 00:52:10,920 from their parents. 1024 00:52:10,962 --> 00:52:11,984 God has called 1025 00:52:11,985 --> 00:52:13,005 me to serve Him. 1026 00:52:17,760 --> 00:52:19,053 Go home. 1027 00:52:32,316 --> 00:52:33,943 Yet despite this, 1028 00:52:33,985 --> 00:52:36,528 their number keeps increasing. 1029 00:52:43,035 --> 00:52:44,954 - Another - challenge Patrick faced 1030 00:52:44,996 --> 00:52:46,622 Was protecting his Irish 1031 00:52:46,623 --> 00:52:48,248 converts from slave traders. 1032 00:52:48,290 --> 00:52:49,729 In his second writing, 1033 00:52:49,730 --> 00:52:51,167 the Epistola, 1034 00:52:51,209 --> 00:52:52,878 Patrick responds to the attacks 1035 00:52:52,920 --> 00:52:54,526 of a British warlord 1036 00:52:54,527 --> 00:52:56,132 named Coroticus. 1037 00:52:58,258 --> 00:52:59,781 He is a slaver who has 1038 00:52:59,782 --> 00:53:01,303 taken some of the people 1039 00:53:01,345 --> 00:53:02,784 that Patrick has 1040 00:53:02,785 --> 00:53:04,222 converted to Christianity. 1041 00:53:04,264 --> 00:53:06,579 And his men killed many 1042 00:53:06,580 --> 00:53:08,894 people because people 1043 00:53:08,936 --> 00:53:12,356 don't go willingly into slavery. 1044 00:53:23,241 --> 00:53:25,703 They are blood-stained; 1045 00:53:25,744 --> 00:53:27,538 blood-stained with the blood 1046 00:53:27,579 --> 00:53:30,666 of innocent Christians, 1047 00:53:30,708 --> 00:53:32,230 whose numbers I have 1048 00:53:32,231 --> 00:53:33,752 given birth to in God 1049 00:53:33,794 --> 00:53:35,838 and confirmed in Christ. 1050 00:54:15,920 --> 00:54:17,818 I sent a letter by a holy 1051 00:54:17,819 --> 00:54:19,715 priest, with clerics, 1052 00:54:19,757 --> 00:54:21,154 to ask that Coroticus 1053 00:54:21,155 --> 00:54:22,551 and his men return to us 1054 00:54:22,593 --> 00:54:24,178 some of the baptized 1055 00:54:24,179 --> 00:54:25,763 prisoners they had captured. 1056 00:54:26,889 --> 00:54:28,224 They scoffed at them. 1057 00:54:30,226 --> 00:54:31,748 The people who 1058 00:54:31,749 --> 00:54:33,269 were responsible for 1059 00:54:30,226 --> 00:54:33,269 the slaughter 1060 00:54:33,311 --> 00:54:34,751 of his newly baptized Christians 1061 00:54:34,752 --> 00:54:36,190 were nominally Christian, 1062 00:54:36,232 --> 00:54:37,692 which gives him the authority 1063 00:54:37,693 --> 00:54:39,151 to excommunicate them, 1064 00:54:39,193 --> 00:54:41,153 - to declare what - was already true, 1065 00:54:41,195 --> 00:54:42,488 Basically the people who 1066 00:54:42,489 --> 00:54:43,781 are responsible for murder 1067 00:54:43,822 --> 00:54:45,741 - can no longer be - called Christian. 1068 00:54:45,783 --> 00:54:47,097 Patrick, by 1069 00:54:47,098 --> 00:54:48,410 writing this letter, 1070 00:54:48,452 --> 00:54:49,850 is making a formal 1071 00:54:49,851 --> 00:54:51,247 statement, which says, 1072 00:54:51,287 --> 00:54:53,207 "Coroticus, unless you 1073 00:54:53,208 --> 00:54:55,126 change, you are damned. 1074 00:54:56,668 --> 00:54:58,191 And God will back 1075 00:54:58,192 --> 00:54:59,713 me on this one!" 1076 00:55:01,632 --> 00:55:03,341 The church mourns 1077 00:55:03,383 --> 00:55:04,384 and weeps for its 1078 00:55:04,385 --> 00:55:05,385 sons and daughters 1079 00:55:05,427 --> 00:55:07,596 who were taken away and 1080 00:55:07,597 --> 00:55:09,765 exported to far distant lands, 1081 00:55:09,807 --> 00:55:11,913 where grave sin openly 1082 00:55:11,914 --> 00:55:14,019 flourishes without shame, 1083 00:55:14,061 --> 00:55:15,855 where freeborn people 1084 00:55:15,856 --> 00:55:17,648 have been sold off, 1085 00:55:17,689 --> 00:55:20,692 Christians reduced to slavery. 1086 00:56:12,870 --> 00:56:15,373 I do not know what to say, 1087 00:56:15,374 --> 00:56:17,875 or how I can say any more, 1088 00:56:17,916 --> 00:56:19,793 about the children 1089 00:56:19,794 --> 00:56:21,670 of God who are dead, 1090 00:56:24,215 --> 00:56:25,279 whom the sword has 1091 00:56:25,280 --> 00:56:26,342 touched so cruelly. 1092 00:56:29,594 --> 00:56:32,180 All I can do is what is written: 1093 00:56:32,181 --> 00:56:34,766 "Weep with those who weep"; 1094 00:56:36,643 --> 00:56:38,833 and again: "If one 1095 00:56:38,834 --> 00:56:41,023 member suffers pain, 1096 00:56:43,067 --> 00:56:44,297 let all the members 1097 00:56:44,298 --> 00:56:45,527 suffer the pain with it." 1098 00:56:56,121 --> 00:56:58,082 The evil of evil people 1099 00:56:58,123 --> 00:57:00,458 has prevailed over us. 1100 00:57:00,500 --> 00:57:02,523 We have been made as if we 1101 00:57:02,524 --> 00:57:04,546 were complete outsiders. 1102 00:57:04,588 --> 00:57:06,841 For them, it is a disgrace 1103 00:57:06,842 --> 00:57:09,093 that we are from Ireland. 1104 00:57:11,678 --> 00:57:13,389 He said, "They hate us 1105 00:57:13,390 --> 00:57:15,099 because we are Irish." 1106 00:57:15,140 --> 00:57:17,268 That's extraordinary. 1107 00:57:17,309 --> 00:57:18,456 That Patrick had come to 1108 00:57:18,457 --> 00:57:19,603 feel himself to be just 1109 00:57:19,644 --> 00:57:21,813 as Irish as his followers. 1110 00:57:25,567 --> 00:57:26,944 Let it be read 1111 00:57:26,945 --> 00:57:28,320 before all the people, 1112 00:57:28,362 --> 00:57:29,864 especially in the presence 1113 00:57:29,865 --> 00:57:31,365 of Coroticus himself. 1114 00:57:34,534 --> 00:57:36,036 God may inspire them to come 1115 00:57:36,037 --> 00:57:37,537 back to their right senses, 1116 00:57:38,914 --> 00:57:40,249 however late it may be. 1117 00:57:44,002 --> 00:57:45,837 - Unfortunately, - we simply don't know 1118 00:57:45,879 --> 00:57:46,985 If Coroticus returned 1119 00:57:46,986 --> 00:57:48,090 any of the slaves. 1120 00:57:48,132 --> 00:57:49,571 And I think it's probably 1121 00:57:49,572 --> 00:57:51,009 unlikely that he did. 1122 00:57:51,051 --> 00:57:52,157 But simply that is 1123 00:57:52,158 --> 00:57:53,262 something that the sources 1124 00:57:53,304 --> 00:57:55,347 just don't show us. 1125 00:58:06,024 --> 00:58:07,859 I wish 1126 00:58:07,860 --> 00:58:09,694 to leave them to go to Britain. 1127 00:58:09,736 --> 00:58:11,613 I would willingly do this, 1128 00:58:11,614 --> 00:58:13,490 and I am prepared for this, 1129 00:58:13,531 --> 00:58:15,659 as if to visit my home 1130 00:58:15,660 --> 00:58:17,786 country and my parents. 1131 00:58:17,828 --> 00:58:19,059 Not only that, but I 1132 00:58:19,060 --> 00:58:20,289 would like to go to Gaul 1133 00:58:20,331 --> 00:58:21,686 to visit the brothers 1134 00:58:21,687 --> 00:58:23,041 and see the faces 1135 00:58:23,083 --> 00:58:25,961 of the saints of my Lord. 1136 00:58:26,003 --> 00:58:27,984 God knows what I would 1137 00:58:27,985 --> 00:58:29,965 dearly like to do. 1138 00:58:31,633 --> 00:58:33,844 But I am bound in the 1139 00:58:33,845 --> 00:58:36,054 Spirit, who assures me 1140 00:58:36,096 --> 00:58:39,162 that if I were to do this, 1141 00:58:39,163 --> 00:58:42,227 I would be held guilty. 1142 00:58:42,269 --> 00:58:43,979 And I fear, also, to lose 1143 00:58:43,980 --> 00:58:45,689 the work which I began, 1144 00:58:45,730 --> 00:58:48,817 not so much I, but Christ 1145 00:58:48,818 --> 00:58:51,903 the Lord, who told me 1146 00:58:51,945 --> 00:58:53,259 to come here to be 1147 00:58:53,260 --> 00:58:54,572 with these people 1148 00:58:54,614 --> 00:58:56,492 for the rest of my life. 1149 00:59:02,122 --> 00:59:03,561 Tell us this secret 1150 00:59:03,562 --> 00:59:05,000 you know about Patrick. 1151 00:59:06,418 --> 00:59:07,857 Patrick isn't the 1152 00:59:07,858 --> 00:59:09,296 man people think he is. 1153 00:59:12,883 --> 00:59:14,114 He's committed 1154 00:59:14,115 --> 00:59:15,344 unpardonable sins. 1155 00:59:18,972 --> 00:59:20,598 Tell me everything you know. 1156 00:59:27,189 --> 00:59:29,066 - As Patrick's - mission expanded 1157 00:59:29,107 --> 00:59:30,463 Throughout Ireland, 1158 00:59:30,464 --> 00:59:31,818 he wandered between territories 1159 00:59:31,860 --> 00:59:33,820 owned by different tribes. 1160 00:59:38,534 --> 00:59:40,160 A lot of those tribes 1161 00:59:40,161 --> 00:59:41,786 were at war or at least 1162 00:59:41,828 --> 00:59:43,621 at rivalry with each other. 1163 00:59:43,663 --> 00:59:45,353 The whole country of Ireland 1164 00:59:45,354 --> 00:59:47,042 was certainly not unified. 1165 00:59:50,546 --> 00:59:52,027 Crossing 1166 00:59:52,028 --> 00:59:53,507 territorial boundaries 1167 00:59:50,546 --> 00:59:53,507 was dangerous. 1168 00:59:53,549 --> 00:59:55,113 The only people who were able 1169 00:59:55,114 --> 00:59:56,676 to travel freely were poets, 1170 00:59:56,718 --> 00:59:59,179 tribal leaders and their sons. 1171 01:00:01,014 --> 01:00:02,783 - Patrick talks about - traveling with the sons 1172 01:00:02,807 --> 01:00:04,434 Of petty kings, probably 1173 01:00:04,435 --> 01:00:06,061 as a kind of bodyguard. 1174 01:00:06,103 --> 01:00:07,229 But also, as people he 1175 01:00:07,230 --> 01:00:08,355 was educating as he moved 1176 01:00:08,397 --> 01:00:09,731 about the countryside. 1177 01:00:12,609 --> 01:00:15,112 Every day there is the chance 1178 01:00:15,153 --> 01:00:17,656 that I will be killed, 1179 01:00:17,657 --> 01:00:20,158 surrounded, or taken 1180 01:00:15,153 --> 01:00:20,158 into slavery, 1181 01:00:20,200 --> 01:00:21,910 or some other such happening. 1182 01:01:00,031 --> 01:01:02,618 What brings you back, Roman? 1183 01:01:03,494 --> 01:01:06,163 We come in peace. 1184 01:01:06,204 --> 01:01:07,581 Sometimes I gave presents 1185 01:01:07,582 --> 01:01:08,957 to kings, 1186 01:01:08,999 --> 01:01:10,188 over and above the 1187 01:01:10,189 --> 01:01:11,376 wages I gave their sons 1188 01:01:11,418 --> 01:01:13,753 who traveled with me. 1189 01:01:13,795 --> 01:01:14,963 They're a bit like gangs. 1190 01:01:15,005 --> 01:01:17,007 He has to pay protection money. 1191 01:01:17,048 --> 01:01:19,092 - And of course, - that is always going to be seen 1192 01:01:19,134 --> 01:01:20,740 As problematic, 1193 01:01:20,741 --> 01:01:22,346 because it's no more than 1194 01:01:22,387 --> 01:01:24,055 greasing the wheels. 1195 01:01:27,892 --> 01:01:29,019 Is this all? 1196 01:01:35,275 --> 01:01:36,818 Take him. 1197 01:01:39,696 --> 01:01:41,198 On that day 1198 01:01:41,239 --> 01:01:43,575 they avidly sought to kill me. 1199 01:01:54,670 --> 01:01:56,213 Enough! 1200 01:01:56,254 --> 01:01:58,340 But the time had not yet come. 1201 01:02:10,561 --> 01:02:13,167 Still they looted us, 1202 01:02:13,168 --> 01:02:15,773 took everything of value, 1203 01:02:15,815 --> 01:02:17,317 and bound me in iron. 1204 01:02:21,154 --> 01:02:22,906 On the 14th day, 1205 01:02:22,907 --> 01:02:24,658 the Lord set me free 1206 01:02:24,700 --> 01:02:26,869 from their power; all our 1207 01:02:26,870 --> 01:02:29,037 possessions were returned 1208 01:02:29,079 --> 01:02:31,122 to us for God's sake 1209 01:02:31,164 --> 01:02:33,229 and for the sake of the close 1210 01:02:33,230 --> 01:02:35,293 friendship we had previously. 1211 01:02:43,093 --> 01:02:45,095 This is who we 1212 01:02:45,096 --> 01:02:47,097 confess and adore, 1213 01:02:47,138 --> 01:02:48,953 One God in 1214 01:02:48,954 --> 01:02:50,767 Trinity of sacred name. 1215 01:02:50,808 --> 01:02:52,269 Amen. 1216 01:02:53,562 --> 01:02:55,188 - He'd make - a congregation. 1217 01:02:55,230 --> 01:02:56,790 - He'd go to the next - little place where 1218 01:02:56,814 --> 01:02:57,941 They didn't 1219 01:02:57,942 --> 01:02:59,067 like the look of him, 1220 01:02:59,109 --> 01:03:00,670 - and the same thing would - happen all over again. 1221 01:03:00,694 --> 01:03:02,153 So he's imprisoned many times. 1222 01:03:05,907 --> 01:03:07,743 - Patrick - also had to strike deals 1223 01:03:07,784 --> 01:03:09,724 With a group of people 1224 01:03:09,725 --> 01:03:11,663 he calls judges. 1225 01:03:11,705 --> 01:03:13,373 - Patrick, - very interestingly, 1226 01:03:13,415 --> 01:03:14,500 Does not say 1227 01:03:14,501 --> 01:03:15,584 who the judges are. 1228 01:03:15,626 --> 01:03:16,814 I think he's making 1229 01:03:16,815 --> 01:03:18,002 deals with local druids, 1230 01:03:18,044 --> 01:03:19,171 that he's asking 1231 01:03:19,172 --> 01:03:20,297 them for safe passage 1232 01:03:20,338 --> 01:03:22,173 through their territories. 1233 01:03:22,215 --> 01:03:23,901 - He's probably asking - them for permission 1234 01:03:23,925 --> 01:03:25,510 To engage in preaching. 1235 01:03:29,180 --> 01:03:31,015 - The druids - were a powerful force 1236 01:03:31,057 --> 01:03:32,643 In fifth century Ireland. 1237 01:03:32,684 --> 01:03:34,311 These Celtic religious leaders 1238 01:03:34,352 --> 01:03:36,187 were part of a pagan priesthood 1239 01:03:36,229 --> 01:03:37,731 that supervised sacred rites, 1240 01:03:37,732 --> 01:03:39,232 presided over public 1241 01:03:39,274 --> 01:03:41,276 and private disputes, 1242 01:03:41,277 --> 01:03:43,278 and were said to be prophets. 1243 01:03:45,155 --> 01:03:46,177 I suppose they would 1244 01:03:46,178 --> 01:03:47,198 have been the people 1245 01:03:47,240 --> 01:03:48,950 - that Patrick would - have been facing. 1246 01:03:48,992 --> 01:03:50,723 They would have been the rivals 1247 01:03:50,724 --> 01:03:52,454 to Patrick's new ministry. 1248 01:03:55,290 --> 01:03:56,500 You do get the impression 1249 01:03:56,541 --> 01:03:58,293 - that there must have - been many clashes. 1250 01:04:07,719 --> 01:04:09,137 Legend has it 1251 01:04:09,138 --> 01:04:10,555 that such a clash happened 1252 01:04:10,597 --> 01:04:12,516 on the Hill of Slane. 1253 01:04:12,557 --> 01:04:13,850 Patrick's seventh century 1254 01:04:13,851 --> 01:04:15,143 biographer Muirchú 1255 01:04:15,185 --> 01:04:17,479 tells how Patrick opposed the 1256 01:04:17,480 --> 01:04:19,773 druids, and defied a king. 1257 01:04:23,694 --> 01:04:24,966 They held 1258 01:04:24,967 --> 01:04:26,237 and celebrated their 1259 01:04:23,694 --> 01:04:26,237 pagan feast 1260 01:04:26,279 --> 01:04:28,532 on the same night on which 1261 01:04:28,533 --> 01:04:30,784 holy Patrick celebrated Easter. 1262 01:04:30,826 --> 01:04:32,390 They also had a custom, which 1263 01:04:32,391 --> 01:04:33,953 was announced to all publicly, 1264 01:04:33,995 --> 01:04:35,747 that whoever lit a fire on 1265 01:04:35,748 --> 01:04:37,499 that night before it was lit 1266 01:04:37,541 --> 01:04:39,606 in the king's house, 1267 01:04:39,607 --> 01:04:41,670 would have forfeited his life. 1268 01:04:53,515 --> 01:04:54,641 It shone in the 1269 01:04:54,642 --> 01:04:55,767 night and it was seen 1270 01:04:55,809 --> 01:04:57,790 by almost all of the people 1271 01:04:57,791 --> 01:04:59,771 who lived in the plain, 1272 01:04:59,813 --> 01:05:01,669 and as they saw it they all 1273 01:05:01,670 --> 01:05:03,525 gazed at it and wondered. 1274 01:05:20,751 --> 01:05:22,440 Who is the man who has dared 1275 01:05:22,441 --> 01:05:24,128 to do such a wicked thing 1276 01:05:24,170 --> 01:05:25,505 in my kingdom? 1277 01:05:28,466 --> 01:05:29,572 We do not know 1278 01:05:29,573 --> 01:05:30,677 who has done this, 1279 01:05:32,303 --> 01:05:35,265 King, may you live forever! 1280 01:05:37,100 --> 01:05:38,602 Unless this fire which 1281 01:05:38,603 --> 01:05:40,103 we see is extinguished 1282 01:05:40,144 --> 01:05:41,914 - on this same night on - which it has been lit, 1283 01:05:41,938 --> 01:05:43,169 Then it will never be 1284 01:05:43,170 --> 01:05:44,399 extinguished at all 1285 01:05:46,109 --> 01:05:48,048 and it will spread 1286 01:05:48,049 --> 01:05:49,987 over the whole country 1287 01:05:50,029 --> 01:05:51,844 and it will reign 1288 01:05:51,845 --> 01:05:53,658 in all eternity. 1289 01:05:58,996 --> 01:06:00,916 It's a prophecy 1290 01:06:00,957 --> 01:06:02,355 that the light of 1291 01:06:02,356 --> 01:06:03,752 Christianity triumphs 1292 01:06:03,794 --> 01:06:05,879 over every evil, 1293 01:06:05,880 --> 01:06:07,964 over every secular authority. 1294 01:06:08,005 --> 01:06:09,257 And the fire would 1295 01:06:09,258 --> 01:06:10,508 never go out. 1296 01:06:21,394 --> 01:06:22,708 I think we should 1297 01:06:22,709 --> 01:06:24,021 continue to move northwest 1298 01:06:24,063 --> 01:06:25,607 and eventually be able 1299 01:06:25,608 --> 01:06:27,150 to split up and cross 1300 01:06:27,191 --> 01:06:28,401 into higher country. 1301 01:06:33,323 --> 01:06:35,116 My dear friends. 1302 01:06:35,158 --> 01:06:36,827 Such a surprise to see you. 1303 01:06:39,329 --> 01:06:41,122 They came and put my sins 1304 01:06:41,164 --> 01:06:42,749 against my hard 1305 01:06:42,750 --> 01:06:44,334 work as a bishop. 1306 01:06:44,375 --> 01:06:45,376 The charge they 1307 01:06:45,377 --> 01:06:46,377 brought against me 1308 01:06:46,419 --> 01:06:47,942 was something from 1309 01:06:47,943 --> 01:06:49,464 30 years earlier, 1310 01:06:49,506 --> 01:06:51,404 which I had admitted 1311 01:06:51,405 --> 01:06:53,301 before I was even a deacon. 1312 01:06:53,343 --> 01:06:54,845 I am a sinner. 1313 01:06:54,886 --> 01:06:56,721 - Patrick isn't the - man people think he is. 1314 01:06:56,763 --> 01:06:58,157 - I must - confess what I have done. 1315 01:06:58,181 --> 01:06:59,492 - He's committed - unpardonable sins. 1316 01:06:59,516 --> 01:07:00,642 - Am I ever - to be forgiven? 1317 01:07:00,684 --> 01:07:02,059 Tell me everything you know. 1318 01:07:04,980 --> 01:07:06,523 This friend of his 1319 01:07:06,564 --> 01:07:08,483 disclosed the sin of Patrick 1320 01:07:08,525 --> 01:07:10,590 and that this has been 1321 01:07:10,591 --> 01:07:12,654 used to discredit him. 1322 01:07:21,830 --> 01:07:24,123 This hit me very hard, 1323 01:07:24,165 --> 01:07:25,917 so much so that it seemed 1324 01:07:25,918 --> 01:07:27,669 I was about to fall, 1325 01:07:27,711 --> 01:07:30,296 both here and in eternity. 1326 01:07:57,240 --> 01:07:59,117 I am very sorry for 1327 01:07:59,118 --> 01:08:00,994 my dearest friend, 1328 01:08:03,329 --> 01:08:07,542 to whom I trusted even my soul. 1329 01:08:19,470 --> 01:08:21,660 That same night I saw in a 1330 01:08:21,661 --> 01:08:23,850 vision some writing before 1331 01:08:19,470 --> 01:08:23,850 my dishonored face. 1332 01:08:25,602 --> 01:08:26,603 We have seen 1333 01:08:26,604 --> 01:08:27,604 with anger the face 1334 01:08:27,645 --> 01:08:29,335 of our chosen one with his 1335 01:08:29,336 --> 01:08:31,024 name laid bare of respect. 1336 01:08:37,154 --> 01:08:38,406 God did not say, 1337 01:08:38,448 --> 01:08:40,241 you have seen with anger, 1338 01:08:40,283 --> 01:08:42,056 but "we have seen 1339 01:08:42,057 --> 01:08:43,828 with anger" as if 1340 01:08:43,870 --> 01:08:45,267 in this matter He 1341 01:08:45,268 --> 01:08:46,664 were joined to me. 1342 01:08:53,588 --> 01:08:55,172 Patrick, 1343 01:08:57,092 --> 01:08:58,301 the boat is ready, 1344 01:08:59,176 --> 01:09:00,511 and it's time to go. 1345 01:09:12,231 --> 01:09:14,109 I am not finished. 1346 01:09:30,125 --> 01:09:31,375 Damn him! 1347 01:09:35,171 --> 01:09:38,049 He powerfully came to my aid 1348 01:09:38,091 --> 01:09:41,156 in this battering so 1349 01:09:41,157 --> 01:09:44,221 that I did not slip badly 1350 01:09:44,263 --> 01:09:46,391 into the wreckage of 1351 01:09:46,392 --> 01:09:48,518 sin and into infamy. 1352 01:09:52,730 --> 01:09:54,231 I pray God 1353 01:09:56,233 --> 01:09:59,716 that it may not be charged 1354 01:09:59,717 --> 01:10:03,199 against them as sin. 1355 01:10:05,743 --> 01:10:07,411 Amen. 1356 01:10:19,007 --> 01:10:20,884 - As - Patrick got older, 1357 01:10:20,925 --> 01:10:22,281 Criticism of his mission 1358 01:10:22,282 --> 01:10:23,636 and methods had only grown, 1359 01:10:23,678 --> 01:10:25,513 which prompted him to 1360 01:10:25,514 --> 01:10:27,348 write the Confessio. 1361 01:10:31,061 --> 01:10:33,104 - Maybe when - I baptized all those thousands, 1362 01:10:33,146 --> 01:10:34,793 I hoped to get even half 1363 01:10:34,794 --> 01:10:36,440 a penny from one of them? 1364 01:10:36,482 --> 01:10:38,672 Tell me and I will 1365 01:10:38,673 --> 01:10:40,862 return it to you! 1366 01:10:40,904 --> 01:10:42,280 Or when the Lord ordained 1367 01:10:42,281 --> 01:10:43,656 clergy everywhere through me 1368 01:10:43,698 --> 01:10:46,743 as his mediocre instrument, 1369 01:10:46,744 --> 01:10:49,787 and I gave my ministry 1370 01:10:49,829 --> 01:10:51,268 to them for free, 1371 01:10:51,269 --> 01:10:52,707 did I even charge them 1372 01:10:52,749 --> 01:10:56,127 the cost of my shoes? 1373 01:10:56,169 --> 01:10:58,651 Tell it against me and I will 1374 01:10:58,652 --> 01:11:01,132 all the more return it to you! 1375 01:11:06,262 --> 01:11:07,597 He scrupulously 1376 01:11:07,598 --> 01:11:08,932 defends himself saying 1377 01:11:08,973 --> 01:11:11,308 that his motives and his reasons 1378 01:11:11,350 --> 01:11:12,935 for his presence in Ireland, 1379 01:11:12,936 --> 01:11:14,520 for his return to Ireland 1380 01:11:14,562 --> 01:11:15,626 was nothing except 1381 01:11:15,627 --> 01:11:16,689 that the Irish would come 1382 01:11:16,731 --> 01:11:18,170 to know Christ and come to 1383 01:11:18,171 --> 01:11:19,609 know the Father as he did. 1384 01:11:23,529 --> 01:11:24,551 It's 1385 01:11:24,552 --> 01:11:25,573 believed that Patrick 1386 01:11:25,615 --> 01:11:26,908 was ordered to give up his 1387 01:11:26,909 --> 01:11:28,201 mission and return to Britain. 1388 01:11:30,078 --> 01:11:31,225 Patrick 1389 01:11:31,226 --> 01:11:32,371 faces this question, 1390 01:11:32,413 --> 01:11:34,540 "If I'm not accepted by the 1391 01:11:34,541 --> 01:11:36,667 hierarchy of the British 1392 01:11:32,413 --> 01:11:36,667 Church, 1393 01:11:36,709 --> 01:11:38,690 is my mission something 1394 01:11:38,691 --> 01:11:40,671 which is acceptable?" 1395 01:11:45,218 --> 01:11:46,741 His ultimate line of 1396 01:11:46,742 --> 01:11:48,263 defense is to say, 1397 01:11:48,304 --> 01:11:49,451 "I'm carrying on 1398 01:11:49,452 --> 01:11:50,598 with my mission. 1399 01:11:50,640 --> 01:11:51,662 I'm not going to 1400 01:11:51,663 --> 01:11:52,683 go back to Britain 1401 01:11:52,725 --> 01:11:53,810 because I have been chosen 1402 01:11:53,811 --> 01:11:54,894 to be a bishop by God." 1403 01:12:03,569 --> 01:12:05,196 Patrick went AWOL. 1404 01:12:06,447 --> 01:12:08,095 And we just don't know 1405 01:12:08,096 --> 01:12:09,742 how that all panned out. 1406 01:12:10,952 --> 01:12:12,328 He said that he wanted 1407 01:12:12,329 --> 01:12:13,704 to spend the rest 1408 01:12:13,746 --> 01:12:15,707 of his life in Ireland because 1409 01:12:15,708 --> 01:12:17,667 that's what God demanded. 1410 01:12:17,708 --> 01:12:19,502 Therefore, we've got to guess 1411 01:12:19,503 --> 01:12:21,296 that he never did go back. 1412 01:12:23,089 --> 01:12:24,695 I pray that 1413 01:12:24,696 --> 01:12:26,301 God give me perseverance, 1414 01:12:26,342 --> 01:12:27,906 and that he grant me to 1415 01:12:27,907 --> 01:12:29,470 bear faithful witness 1416 01:12:29,512 --> 01:12:31,765 to Him right up to my 1417 01:12:31,766 --> 01:12:34,017 passing from this life, 1418 01:12:34,058 --> 01:12:36,811 for the sake of my God. 1419 01:12:40,773 --> 01:12:42,150 - Patrick - died sometime 1420 01:12:42,192 --> 01:12:44,235 In the late fifth century. 1421 01:12:44,277 --> 01:12:45,507 The exact date, location, 1422 01:12:45,508 --> 01:12:46,737 and circumstances 1423 01:12:46,779 --> 01:12:48,823 of his death are unknown. 1424 01:12:51,201 --> 01:12:52,473 Later traditions claimed 1425 01:12:52,474 --> 01:12:53,744 that he died of old age 1426 01:12:53,786 --> 01:12:56,956 on March 17th, AD 461 1427 01:12:56,998 --> 01:12:58,270 and was buried in 1428 01:12:58,271 --> 01:12:59,542 Saul, Northern Ireland. 1429 01:13:00,584 --> 01:13:02,837 Nearby at Down Cathedral, 1430 01:13:02,879 --> 01:13:05,069 this granite slab marks the 1431 01:13:05,070 --> 01:13:07,258 traditional spot of his burial. 1432 01:13:18,435 --> 01:13:20,437 Not long after Patrick's death, 1433 01:13:20,479 --> 01:13:22,106 the Roman Empire fell, 1434 01:13:22,107 --> 01:13:23,733 and Western Europe drifted 1435 01:13:23,774 --> 01:13:25,776 into the Dark Ages. 1436 01:13:25,818 --> 01:13:27,153 But Patrick's work 1437 01:13:27,154 --> 01:13:28,487 was not in vain. 1438 01:13:32,033 --> 01:13:33,118 As Christianity 1439 01:13:33,119 --> 01:13:34,202 established itself, 1440 01:13:34,244 --> 01:13:35,912 as it became more 1441 01:13:35,913 --> 01:13:37,580 vibrant, it became known 1442 01:13:37,621 --> 01:13:38,936 as the Land of Saints and 1443 01:13:38,937 --> 01:13:40,250 Scholars, and that led, 1444 01:13:40,291 --> 01:13:42,085 in turn, to a whole 1445 01:13:42,086 --> 01:13:43,878 proliferation of 1446 01:13:40,291 --> 01:13:43,878 Christian missionaries 1447 01:13:43,920 --> 01:13:45,713 leaving Ireland and 1448 01:13:45,714 --> 01:13:47,506 flooding continental Europe. 1449 01:13:51,427 --> 01:13:52,616 Patrick's story began 1450 01:13:52,617 --> 01:13:53,804 a chain of events 1451 01:13:53,846 --> 01:13:55,619 that is quite remarkable 1452 01:13:55,620 --> 01:13:57,392 in the impact that it had. 1453 01:14:01,187 --> 01:14:02,188 He wore out many 1454 01:14:02,189 --> 01:14:03,189 more pairs of sandals 1455 01:14:03,231 --> 01:14:05,608 in death than he did in life. 1456 01:14:05,649 --> 01:14:06,776 And he's still going, 1457 01:14:06,777 --> 01:14:07,902 people are still reading 1458 01:14:05,649 --> 01:14:07,902 his Confession 1459 01:14:07,944 --> 01:14:09,299 and still being 1460 01:14:09,300 --> 01:14:10,654 interested in Christianity 1461 01:14:10,696 --> 01:14:11,718 because he wrote 1462 01:14:11,719 --> 01:14:12,740 his message down. 1463 01:14:24,961 --> 01:14:26,609 I pray 1464 01:14:26,610 --> 01:14:28,256 for those who believe in 1465 01:14:28,298 --> 01:14:31,968 and have reverence for God. 1466 01:14:32,009 --> 01:14:34,199 Some of them may come upon 1467 01:14:34,200 --> 01:14:36,389 this writing which Patrick, 1468 01:14:36,431 --> 01:14:39,934 a sinner, wrote in Ireland. 1469 01:14:39,976 --> 01:14:41,728 May none of them ever say 1470 01:14:41,729 --> 01:14:43,479 that whatever little I did 1471 01:14:43,520 --> 01:14:46,294 or made known to please God 1472 01:14:46,295 --> 01:14:49,068 was done through ignorance. 1473 01:14:49,110 --> 01:14:51,383 Instead, you can judge 1474 01:14:51,384 --> 01:14:53,656 and believe in all truth 1475 01:14:53,697 --> 01:14:57,910 that it was a gift of God. 1476 01:14:59,745 --> 01:15:01,977 This is my confession 1477 01:15:01,978 --> 01:15:04,208 before I die.