When I Met Mercy on St. Patrick’s Mountain

When I Met Mercy on St. Patrick’s Mountain

Therefore I should give unceasing thanks to God, for He has often been forgiving of my carelessness and stupidity.   —From Saint Patrick’s Confession, Number 46 I can’t celebrate St. Patrick’s Day without thinking of Croagh Patrick and I can’t think of Croagh Patrick without thinking of the June afternoon that I climbed Ireland’s holy mountain. “Croagh” —pronounced…