Monday, March 17, 2014
St. Patrick's Day Message 2014
HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!
Today Marks the 253rd Annual New
York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade
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| The oldest, largest, and grandest parade in the world! |
As has become
customary, we reprint our St. Patrick’s Day Message first printed in the book
entitled “250 Years of the NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade.”
"For 253
years we've marched, through adverse times and weather. We've marched in
this sacred parade through years of occupation, persecution, and poverty.
We've
marched through years of famine, war, discrimination and hate; years of working
the killing jobs that no one else would take.
We
triumphed over all with a courageous and joyful spirit that is uniquely Irish.
Through
it all we survived and never waivered; we held the banner high; we never let
the standard drop.
And as always, we marched.
Today we
remember the millions of marchers who came before us, those magnificent Irish
souls whose struggles have given us all we have today. We pray for them,
we honor them; and we ask God to grant us the grace to always be as strong as
they were.
On this
momentous day let us rededicate ourselves to the struggle. May we always
band together to help each other, and bravely fight to overcome the world's
adversities. May we always hold the banner high and never drop the
standard. And may we teach our children and our children's children to do
the same.
Whatever the
future brings, let us meet it with the hope, faith and happiness of our forebears.
And always…..LET US MARCH."
May God bless
this parade, all who march in it, and all those who work to maintain, preserve
and protect the spirit and message of St. Patrick’s Day.
