Wednesday – 32nd Week in Ordinary Time – A – Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop
Today we celebrate the beautiful memorial of such a beloved saint, Martin of Tours, who helps us to recognize and serve Christ in the poor. He was born in 316 in a place called Pannonia, which is present day hungry in 316 and he died in 397 that made him 81 years old at his death saint Martin first served as a roman soldier before embracing monastic life. Imagine what a transition the brutality of the life of a roman soldier, to monastic life. While stationed in amiens, france, he encountered a poor man shivering in the cold. And what saint martin did was he cut his military cloak in two and gave half to the beggar.