Declan Edited
oh gosh
here we are comming up on St. Patricks Day
and by some miracle of God
i am forced to write about
some saint named Declan
no, you don't know his name
i did'nt either
but God has a way
of making the unknown known
they say He does'nt share His glory
but that's a lie. God does give glory
or i would'nt be writing about
this fellow Declan
people talk about St.Patrick
but he was'nt the first
to bring christianity to Ireland
15 years before St. Patrick arrived
Declan brought Irelands first christian
settlement in Ardmore
with a monastary that spread
christianity through Ireland.
but the one thing that impressed me
about St. Declan the most was
that he has a stone named after him
a stone that after a prayer
crossed an ocean to retrieve a bell
and on another occassion
guided a boat to safty
they say that the stone still sits
on a somewhat less impressive beach
in Ardmore
i'm writing this because
by mistake i thought Declan
was code for "the klan"
which we all know is not so impresive
in the united states
and as an apology
i was wrong
but a little light from God
replaced a bulb that had went out
and the name Declan has a shiny new coat
to wear this St.Patricks Day
Copyright © The Situation | Year Posted 2012
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