Has anyone created a graphic novel:
St. Patrick’s Day: Demon Slayer?
If not, someone should.

Patrick, born in Britain – probably Scotland – around 385 AD, went from being the teenage son of Roman British (some like to say ‘Italian’) parents to being kidnapped by savage Irish thugs and brought to (Northern) Ireland ) as a slave. In captivity for six years he worked as a shepherd, and in Patrick’s own words in his confession (confession), this is where his conversion and relationship with Christ began:

And there the Lord opened my mind to the awareness of my unbelief, that, even so late, I might remember my transgressions and turn with all my heart to the Lord my God, who had regard to my insignificance. and took pity on my youth and ignorance. And he watched over me before I knew him, and before I learned the meaning or even the distinction between right and wrong, and he protected and comforted me like a father would his son.

After God in a vision showed Patrick how to escape, he eventually returned to Britain and to his parents. In The confession he says his family took him in again and begged him that after all he had been through, he would not walk away from them again.

But in another vision from God, Patrick sees a man “whose name was Victoricus” who has come from Ireland with letters for Patrick. He then heard the voice of the Irishman saying, “We beseech you, holy young man, that you come back and walk among us again.

After studying in Auxerre, France, Patrick was ordained. Then, in 432 AD, he was appointed a missionary bishop to bring the Gospel to the Irish as God had commanded him. In Ireland, Patrick faced Druids and other pagans, high kings and brutal warlords, and a culture that cared little for human life in general and women in particular. As Mike Pettingill writes for The Gospel Coalition, “Patrick entered an Ireland full of paganism and idol worship. But just decades after Patrick arrived, a healthy, Christ-honoring church was thriving.

Some scoff, as in a Huffington Post article, that the claim that Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland is a lie – that there is no evidence that there were ever snakes there – low because Ireland is too cold for snakes. But the truth is that Patrick brought the light of Christ to Ireland and drove out the demonic forces of Satan, building churches above ancient pagan sites and claiming the land for the Triune God he served. This is why we can learn a lot about the spiritual battle of this great saint and missionary who mobilized an entire country to become missionaries. Here are just 5 of those things we can learn from Saint Patrick about spiritual warfare:

To forgive

Even though the Irish had kidnapped Patrick and made him a slave, God gave him compassion for them. He forgave them and had Christ’s love for them, which gave him a passion to see them set free from the bondage of Satan.

Be well prepared when you face demonic forces

Loricaor the prayer known as The cuirass of Saint Patrick, is like the secret weapon of spiritual warfare. Catholic online says that this prayer “was composed as he prepared for his most important battle against the paganism of the Druids”. Throughout this prayer, Patrick acknowledges his dependence on God. Recalling Paul’s exhortation to put on the full armor of God in order to stand firm against the devil, the prayer says, “I bind myself today to the mighty name of the Trinity calling upon it, the Three in One and One in Three.”

The best-known verses of the prayer state:

Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ below me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of me,
Christ in the eye that sees me,
Christ in the ear that hears me.

Don’t forget to pray for the faithful too

Patrick wasn’t just Bishop Patrick: Demon Slayer. He was also a shepherd of the flock in Ireland, which grew exponentially over his lifetime and beyond. He was an evangelist, missionary and pastor. He promoted literacy and education. For the Christian community, he prayed:

May the Force of God guide us.
May the power of God preserve us.
May the Wisdom of God instruct us.
May the Hand of God protect us.
May the Way of God direct us.
May the Shield of God protect us.
May the Angels of God keep us.
– Against the traps of the evil one.

May Christ be with us!
May Christ be before us!
May Christ be in us,
Christ be above all!

May Your Grace, Lord,
Always be ours,
Today, Lord, and forever. Amen.

Your Obedience to God Can Have Results You Can’t Even Imagine

When Patrick said yes to God and returned to Ireland, he had no idea what God had in store. Without Patrick, there would not have been the concept of Ireland’s ‘saving civilisation’, or Ireland being the land of poets, scholars and saints. Without Patrick, there would not have been a flood of Irish missionaries carrying the Gospel all over the world. Says Pettingill, “The Irish church was so strong that in the centuries to come it would send missionaries to evangelize much of continental Europe. Patrick’s legacy lives on through the countless spiritual grandchildren he left behind to continue his work.

According to Pastor Brad Abley, 120,000 Irish were converted to Christ through Patrick’s evangelism, and he established 300 churches and a monastery. Abley continues: “From this monastery Columba, an Irishman, was sent to convert the northern part of England. The ripples continue to spread even today.

And the #1. The lesson we can learn from Saint Patrick about spiritual warfare is:
There is no High King but King Jesus.

In a devotional on their website, Irish Christian group Rend Collective tells the story of Patrick confronting the High King of Tara. Like many Irish High Kings and other warlords in Patrick’s time, the High King of Tara, says Rend Collective, “surrendered his armies and surrendered his heart, in awe of the God of Saint Patrick” when the King’s troops were unable to extinguish Patrick’s Easter Vigil bonfire, burning at the same time as the Pagan King’s Druid Festival bonfire.

In the same way, today we fear the evil that threatens people all over the world in forms such as Vladimir Putin, the Taliban, ISIS, Boko Haram, the Fulani jihadists, North Korea, Iran, the CCP regime, and others. But we must remember that no power of hell can oppose the kingdom of Christ. There is no caliph, no jihadist, no dear leader, no president, no congressman, no big tech tycoon, no lying media, no pharmaceutical company or its shareholders, no self-proclaimed intellectual elite, no scary soulless billionaire or his cabal, and no king who can defeat our High King of Heaven, Jesus Christ.

High King of Heaven, my victory has been won.
May I attain the joys of Heaven, O luminous Son of Heaven.
Heart of my own heart, no matter what.
Always be my vision, O Sovereign of all.