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Ste Gertrude, who is being celebrated on Breaking Cat News and has the same holiday as St Patrick, is the patron saint of cats, but also mice and rats. On closer inspection, she is a patron to rid fear of mice and rats. So the Catholic Church has missed an opportunity here.
On Sunday there will be an illegal street party of many, many thousands of university students on Ezra Street, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. People will moan about it, newspapers will decry it, and police will spend close to $1,000,000 trying to control it, the same as they did last year and the year before, but nothing will change.
And that is fine because there is nothing wrong with a big party.
My mother didnāt let us wear green for the day, had to be orange and green together or something totally unrelated. Said the holiday was just an excuse for men to shoot each other, and get drunk. After I named my son Patrick, I referred to the day as Patrickās Dayā¦didnāt want him to get a swelled head thinking he was a saint.
In the Catholic calendar, every day is a Saintās day (some of saints being famous enough that non-Catholics know of the day as well). Official source: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/03/17.html ā less official but easier to read source: https://www.franciscanmedia.org/sod-calendar/ ā the fact that they use āsodā as an abbreviation for āsaint of the dayā amuses me.
What Iāve always found odd was that St. Patrickās day always fall during Lent, the 40 days of penance and atonement Catholics are supposed to observe heading into Easter (itās why the French developed Mardi Gras ā to get all that out of their system so the 40 boring days would be more tolerable). In other words, if your stereotypically Catholic Irish-person gave up booze for Lent (your supposed to give something specific up, and not just ābe goodā, although that too), he/she would be in a bad way on March 17.
BE THIS GUY almost 6 years ago
Is there a saint that can rid us of rats?
Templo S.U.D. almost 6 years ago
since when the day an evangelist named Patrick become an Irish version of Oktoberfest?
DennisinSeattle almost 6 years ago
Ste Gertrude, who is being celebrated on Breaking Cat News and has the same holiday as St Patrick, is the patron saint of cats, but also mice and rats. On closer inspection, she is a patron to rid fear of mice and rats. So the Catholic Church has missed an opportunity here.
DennisinSeattle almost 6 years ago
Rat has never missed an excuse to get blasted. Please do not blame it on the Irish.
Mannyo48 almost 6 years ago
Works fof me.
x_Tech almost 6 years ago
St. Patrickās day is one I would expect Rat to celebrate year round.
santa72404 almost 6 years ago
But but but the beer isnāt green!
Kind&Kinder almost 6 years ago
Colin Farrell says they donāt color their beer green in Ireland. Itās harmless, I know, but somehow I feel we lack subtlety! :-)
chris_weaver almost 6 years ago
And donāt skimp on the Irish āholy waterā!
Kveldulf almost 6 years ago
On Sunday there will be an illegal street party of many, many thousands of university students on Ezra Street, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. People will moan about it, newspapers will decry it, and police will spend close to $1,000,000 trying to control it, the same as they did last year and the year before, but nothing will change.
And that is fine because there is nothing wrong with a big party.
MarioFan85 almost 6 years ago
Argggggh! A saint. Iām not fond of church
Troglodyte almost 6 years ago
Rat is definitely faithful to beer.
Willywise52 Premium Member almost 6 years ago
A saint,he aināt.Slaint.
Zebrastripes almost 6 years ago
Ask trump, all his rats abandoned ship!
walstib Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Irish I was Iwish.
Breadboard almost 6 years ago
St Ratrich ās Day ā¦. Croc Power !
WoodstockJack almost 6 years ago
Ratās developed eyes!
Run for you lives!
ChristineMurphy almost 6 years ago
My mother didnāt let us wear green for the day, had to be orange and green together or something totally unrelated. Said the holiday was just an excuse for men to shoot each other, and get drunk. After I named my son Patrick, I referred to the day as Patrickās Dayā¦didnāt want him to get a swelled head thinking he was a saint.
Plumbob Wilson almost 6 years ago
Who is Patrick the patron saint of, amateur drunks?
gocomics almost 6 years ago
In the Catholic calendar, every day is a Saintās day (some of saints being famous enough that non-Catholics know of the day as well). Official source: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/03/17.html ā less official but easier to read source: https://www.franciscanmedia.org/sod-calendar/ ā the fact that they use āsodā as an abbreviation for āsaint of the dayā amuses me.
enigmamz almost 6 years ago
What Iāve always found odd was that St. Patrickās day always fall during Lent, the 40 days of penance and atonement Catholics are supposed to observe heading into Easter (itās why the French developed Mardi Gras ā to get all that out of their system so the 40 boring days would be more tolerable). In other words, if your stereotypically Catholic Irish-person gave up booze for Lent (your supposed to give something specific up, and not just ābe goodā, although that too), he/she would be in a bad way on March 17.
SpicyNacho Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Love his eyes! Those arenāt his first two beers.
Popcorn almost 6 years ago
Now Rat can say: Iāve a wee bit of Irish in meā¦and a wee bit will come out in me pee!
tripwire45 almost 6 years ago
Purim is coming up and thereās a lot of drinking involved.
Masterskrain almost 6 years ago
So whatās different about that? Ratās ALWAYS sousedā¦
Bob. almost 6 years ago
In grade school we got St. Patrickās day off.
woodworker318 almost 6 years ago
How abou
Cameron1988 Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Rat just wants a reason to drink just like most will tomorrow. Iām surprised that Rat didnāt go to Mardi Gra on March 5th
syzygy47 almost 6 years ago
Lent is coming. Fasting and abstinence. Drink enough to forget about your religious epiphany.
Leojim almost 6 years ago
Works for me!
Nathan Daniels almost 6 years ago
Itās not āthe faithfulā that celebrate St. Patrickās feast day that way.
BrianFletcher almost 6 years ago
If your Irish it does!
hariseldon59 almost 6 years ago
I love Ireland. Kathy Ireland, that is.
mobile almost 6 years ago
Gotta beā¦itŹ»s in honor of a Saint! IŹ»m an Irish Catholic for a Day!
Sisyphos almost 6 years ago
The Rat-style celebration of St. Patrickās Day is a peculiarly American thing. Ireland is very different.
But our drunken Rat, with his two mugs of beer, is all-Americanā¦.
rroush Premium Member almost 6 years ago
His beer should be green.
scrimblo over 5 years ago
As Iām typing this High School Musical is playing in the backgroundā¦ GO WILDCATS
NeilCopeland over 5 years ago
He needs to be introduced to GuinnessĀ®!
alantain about 1 year ago
Wait, if theyāre celebrating a saint, whatās with all the beer? I donāt recall St. Patrick being a stumble-bum drunk!