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Saint Martin giving half of his cloak to Christ, by El Greco (Spanish, 1597)Today the Church celebrates and remembers Saint Martin of Tours. While we rarely hear of Saint Martin anymore, it is interesting to see how many very old churches in Europe are dedicated to him, almost as many as there are dedicted to the Blessed Virgin Mary!
Saint Martin was the first non-martyr Catholic honored as a saint of the Church. This was remember in the Church with the saying: It was not Martin that lacked martyrdom, but martyrdom that lacked Martin. While this can remain only an interesting bit of trivia, we really should ask what this means in our life. Are we asked to make the ultimate sacrifice of martyrdom? Probably not, but by declaring Martin of Tours a saint, we re-affirm the belief that each of us are called to be saints. It is not limited to a holy elite, but the way of happiness opened to us all.
Saint Martin of Tours...
...Pray for us!
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Hey Bill, I caught your Blog through the Vocations website. Hope Rome's treating you well. Would you be up for talking on Skype one of these days? God bless you bro.
Ryan
p.s. Say a prayer for me next time you're strolling through St. Peter's, and also make sure you get over to Bernardi!
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