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Thursday, November 11, 2010

St Martin, onetime soldier and Bishop of Tours, France , d.397 and Veteran's Day


The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. 
He leads me beside still waters
He revives my soul... Psalm 23 1, 2b, 3a





Legend has it that while still a catechumen Martin was approached by a beggar who asked him for alms in the name of Christ. A soldier in the Roman army, Martin cut off part of his military cloak with his sword and gave it to the beggar. The next night Christ appeared to Martin in a dream clothed in half a cloak.  (From the book Holy Women, Holy Men, Celebrating the Saints)  Happy Veteran's Day

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