O'Neill-James School of Dance at #StPatricks - the oldest DC parish fr 1792 @WashArchdiocese #WTOP pic.twitter.com/9uXSleqEov
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Cardinal Wuerl starts his homily w a funny recollection of the Papal visit to #StPatricks @WashArchDiocese #WTOP pic.twitter.com/PZqjIh8d5j
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Ancient Order of Hibernians: older than Knights of Columbus- ushers 4 #StPatricks mass in NW @WashArchdiocese #WTOP pic.twitter.com/yIiUAS0hBg
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"God loves us" is the message at #StPatricks @WashArchdiocese #WTOP pic.twitter.com/11OH5e5vXQ
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Eucharist brought to alter by Irish Dancers fr O'Neill James School of Arl @WashArchdiocese #StPatricks #WTOP pic.twitter.com/FP0wMJaJxe
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Celebration of the Patronal Feast at #StPatricks @WashArchdiocese #WTOP pic.twitter.com/PIA9QqnPIG
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WASHINGTON — It’s festive to display shamrocks on St. Patrick’s Day because they’re pretty, green, and Irish — but the tradition didn’t start that way, according to an expert of the highest order.
“Patrick being a good pastor, picked a simple sign to show everybody a much deeper teaching,” said Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, during his annual St. Patrick’s Day mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Northwest.
O’Neill-James School of Dance at #StPatricks – the oldest DC parish fr 1792 @WashArchdiocese #WTOP pic.twitter.com/9uXSleqEov
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“The shamrock is a beautiful way of telling the story of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Three persons, one God.”
At the church — the District’s oldest Catholic parish — Cardinal Wuerl used his homily to share St. Patrick’s message.
“The Lord loves you. Jesus brings us the compassion and mercy of God. And we’re supposed to share that with our neighbors.”
Watch a portion of the mass below:
