Saint Kevin: A Story of the Ages; A shirt for tomorrow!

We have created a "Saint Kevin and the Blackbird" shirt. The image was created by Curt Rabinak and I think it is a winner. We are including a brief story on Saint Kevin in our next book in our Sports and Faith Series called Worthwhile Struggle. 

Seamus Heaney wrote a poem based on Irish-Catholic tradition called “Saint Kevin and the Blackbird.”A blackbird landed on the Saint’s hand while his arms were extended in prayer—the bird laid its eggs in his hand. The kindly saint holds the bird until the eggs hatch and the young birds leave.

The actual story dates from roughly 800 years ago. 

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The publisher of Sporting Chance Press is Lawrence Norris. 

Don't Wear a Saint Patrick Shirt on Saint Patrick's Day, Wear our Saint Kevin Shirt!

Wear Something Different this Saint Pat's Day

Hah! You are saying, what kind of nonsense is that--wear a Saint Kevin shirt on Saint Patrick's Day. 

Well maybe it is not as daft as it sounds?

Saint Patrick did his work in the 5th century and there was lot of cleanup to be done in the late 6th and 7th centuries--and who was more patient to serve than the Irish Saint Kevin who according to tradition stuck his arm out in prayer one day and a blackbird landed on it and nested.  And what did Saint Kevin do, but keep his hand up and waited weeks for the bird's eggs to hatch and the birds to grow feathers and fly away. 

And who better to show the Irish the best tactic to avoid sin on Saint Patrick Day then Saint Kevin who one day found his mind wandering in the wrong direction when a pretty girl entered the woods, he hightailed it to a patch of itchy nettles and dove right in as an outdoor substitute for a cold shower. 

Some might dismiss the story of Saint Kevin and the Blackbird as myth, but not us. We had this beautifully serviceable shirts made up for all Saint Kevin fans and you can get yours now in time for Saint Patrick's Day as sportingchancepress.com But don't wait too long, we don't have many and the feast day is barely a month away.