Today the 3rd November, the Church celebrates the Feast Day of ST. MARTIN DE PORRES, Religious and Patrons of Hairdressers. St. Martins de Porres was born at Lima, Peru, in 1579. His father was a Spanish gentleman and his mother an Indian woman from Panama. At fifteen, he became a lay brother at the Dominican Friary at Lima and spent his whole life there - as a barber, farm-laborer, almoner, and infirmarian among other things. Martin had a great desire to go off to some foreign mission and thus earn the palm of martyrdom. However, since this was not possible, he made a martyr out of his body, devoting himself to ceaseless and severe penances. In return, God endowed him with many graces and wondrous gifts, such as aerial flights and bilocation. St. Martins love was all-embracing, showing equally to humans and animals, including vermin, and he maintained a cats and dogs hospital at his sisters house. He also possessed spiritual wisdom, demonstrated in his solving his sisters marriage problems, raising in a dowry for his niece inside of three days time, and resolving theological problems for the learned of his Order and for Bishops. A close friend of St. Rose of Lima, this saintly man died on November 3, 1639 and was canonized on May 6, 1962, by Pope John XXIII. PRAYER: God, You led St. Martin by the way of humility to heavenly glory. Help us to follow the example of his holiness and so became worthy to be exalted with him in heaven. Amen. SOURCE: Lives of the Saints for everyday of the year Illustrated. Catholic Book Publishing Company, By Rev. Hogu Hoever, S.O.Cist., Ph.D. New Jersey.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 06:42:45 +0000
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