From: Canadian Heritage
Today we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Canada and around in the world
Today, in Canada and around the world, we mark St. Patrick’s Day, one of the most popular Irish traditions. While typically celebrated with parades, traditional music, and dancing, this year many of the celebrations will once again be virtual or in accordance with public health guidelines. Despite this, I know that communities from coast to coast to coast will embrace their Irish roots that help shape the rich cultural diversity found in Canada.
The influence and contributions of Canadians of Irish descent are undeniable and Canadians rightly value and celebrate the Irish identity. Today, Canadians of Irish descent make up close to 14 percent of our population and contribute to making Canada a strong, vibrant, and consciously more inclusive country.
Exodus 32:7-14
7 Yahweh then said to Moses, Go down at once, for your people whom you brought here from Egypt have become corrupt.
8 They have quickly left the way which I ordered them to follow. They have cast themselves a metal calf, worshipped it and offered sacrifice to it, shouting, Israel, here is your God who brought you here from Egypt!
9 Yahweh then said to Moses, I know these people; I know how obstinate they are!
10 So leave me now, so that my anger can blaze at them and I can put an end to them! I shall make a great nation out of you instead.