St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Paddy's Day! In honor of this day I've posted this pic. It is of course St. Patrick and the mountain Croagh Patrick. It was on top of this mountain (legend tells us) that Patrick prayed and fasted for 40 days for the conversion of the Irish. This is also the site where Patrick "cast all of the snakes out of Ireland". Today this mountain is a pilgrimage site & is considered Ireland's holiest mountain. Each year thousands (40,000 on the last Sunday of July) of pilgrims climb this mountain (many barefoot) as an act of devotion, penance, and the seeking of indulgences.