This is a view from Slemish Mountain in Northern Ireland. It is sacred to the memory of St. Patrick, who spent seven years here as a slave tending swine.

This solitary era for St. Patrick was a time of great spiritual growth, in which he realized that God is our ultimate beginning and end. Hungry, cold, exposed to the elements, Patrick possessed the one thing necessary: God's grace. Thus he learned to love God.

"The school of Christ is the school of love. In the last day, when the general examination takes place...love will be the whole syllabus."

~ St. Robert Bellarmine