I shall raise up for myself a faithful
priest, who will act in accord with my
heart and my mind, says the Lord. - I Sam
2:35
“Love God,
serve God:
everything is in that.”
~ St Clare of Assisi
St Martin of Tours
Bishop, Patron of
Soldiers
Italy ~ 316 -
397
"The Glory of
Gaul"
Feast Day – Nov
11
St Martin bore a great love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament,
the faith and the poor. He was a
soldier in his youth.
The most famous episode of the military period
in Martin's life is his meeting with a poor man almost naked in the dead of
winter, and trembling with cold. Martin did not have a penny to give him, but he
remembered the text of the Gospel: “I was naked, and
you clothed Me.”
“My friend,” he
said, “I have nothing but my weapons and my
garments.” And taking up his sword, he divided
his cloak into two parts and gave one to the beggar. The following night he saw
Jesus Christ in a dream, clothed with this half-cloak and saying to His
Angels: “It is Martin, still a catechumen, who covered
Me.” Soon afterwards he was
baptized.
Interesting fact: Martin Luther was
named after St. Martin, as he was baptized on
November 11 (St.
Martin 's Day), 1483.
St Martin of
Tours, pray for us!
Let us join in prayers of gratitude for the generosity,
sacrifice,
heroism and bravery of all of our veterans – past and
present!
Armistice
Day (also known as Remembrance Day) is on 11 November and commemorates the
armistice
signed
between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne , France
"To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be
filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's
service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which
it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her
sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the
nations."
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