Tuesday, 31 December 2013

Saint Patrick, a Sabbath Keeper

Her parents, having taken advice given to them by God, heard of Patrick as a man who was visited by the everlasting God every seventh day; [...]
Muirchu maccu Machtheni and Saint Patrick, St. Patrick, his writings and life, ed. and tr. Newport John Davis White, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York, Macmillan, 1920, p. 99.


The angel was wont to come to him on every seventh day of the week; and, as one man talks with another, so Patrick enjoyed the angel's conversation.
Muirchu maccu Machtheni and Saint Patrick, St. Patrick, his writings and life, ed. and tr. Newport John Davis White, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York, Macmillan, 1920, p. 109.

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