WOULD YOU ( SAINT MARTIN OF
He was born in
The son of a pagan officer
In the Roman army
He joined the army himself
But had wanted
To become a Christian
From an early age
So he decided
To leave the army
But became imprisoned
Because he was in effect
“A conscientious objector”
After the war
He was let go
There is a famous story
About Martin
Where he meets a nearly naked beggar
In the street
Martin cuts his cloak in ½
And gives half of his cloak
To the beggar
Later on that night
Martin had a dream
In which Christ appeared to him
Wearing the exact same cloak
That Martin gave the beggar
“What you do
To the least of my brothers
That you do unto me”
Shortly thereafter
Martin became baptized
Martin lived as a solitary monk
And later on became Bishop of Tours
Martin’s life
Was characterized by a growing reputation
As a wonder worker in healing lepers
And even
Raising a dead man back to life
In old age
Martin had a premonition
Of his death
His followers asked Martin
Not to leave them
Martin responded by praying,
“Lord---if your people still need me
I do not refuse the work
Let your will be done”
“Is it not to share your food
With the hungry
And to provide the poor wanderer
With shelter
When you see the naked
To clothe them
And not to turn away
From your own flesh and blood”
Isaiah 58:7
Dear Lord
We pray to you
For the same kind
Of love, compassion, and charity
As Saint Martin of
He literally
Gave the shirt off of his back
To a beggar in the street
I ask myself
Presented with a similar situation
WOULD I respond as Saint Martin of Tours did
WOULD YOU
Robert P. Wallman
11-11-11
Ps Saint Martin
died on November 8th, 397
He was
buried November 11th in
He is the
patron Saint of
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