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St. Martin de Porres was born at Lima, Peru, in 1579. His father was a Spanish gentleman and his mother a coloured freed-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, ... Continue Reading
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I chose the name "Martin" during my confirmation class after been told a brief life history of St. Martin by my catechism instructor. I admire His charitable life and wish to be like Him. I've been asking Him to pray for me since then and believe me, he's been one Saint always watching my back and gives me more appetite for charity.
Thank you Saint Martin
he is awesome and a cool guy
My aunt had a fast growing cancerous tumer and a mass was held to saint Martin
she woke up the next morning to a message on her answer phone machine,it was from her doctor.
He told her the tumour no longer appeared on the biopsy result and asked her to come in for another scan...it had completely dissapeared
This happened 2 days ago on wed 10th nov 2010 and all her pain has gone too
i want to thank saint Martin and would like to ask him to pray for my own ilness
which is called me/cfs and to help me with it and please hear my prayer.
a parish school's bulletin board posted things about him to honor him, but they put that he was born in Hungary? hmmm. I wonder where they got their info.
Saint Martin,
Do you remember me? I have known and loved you since I turned ten years old. It seems I will always remember you.
im sorry i forgot to mention Padrea Pio, please add THANK YOU, Anthony
I would like to thank Rev.Philip Ruggiero, for giving me this site so i can find all of these beautifull Saints, especialy Saint Anthony, Saint Martin,Saint Francese, I PRAY for theses next 9 days for all of you. I love and honour all of you.
The Patron Saint for my Small Christian Community (SCC) is St. Martin de Porres and we are very proud of our Saint. The commitment of the members to the Parish and to each other is owesome. He inspires us in his perservirence in service to the Lord. St. Martin continue to intercede for us.
St Martin de Porres has been in my family for many years. I barely got to know about him and his life like a year ago. I started to pray to Martin for his powerful intercession to god. I also found a statue at a store,which i thought it was a miracle because all the times i had been there i never saw it, so i bought it. I know that wherever i go St Martin wil alway be there in my times of need to guide me and get me closer to god. I really love St Martin de Porres!
St Martin de Porres. Pray for Us!
I continue to pray to St Martin for my husband who is fighting brain cancer.We recently took a trip to Ireland and the guest house we were staying in had a statue of St Martin. I was surprised to to see it there and truely feel he is always with us. I pray for his intercession and if it is the will of God I pray my husband to be healed.
Thank you St Martin dePorres who saved my brother from dying this past year He is a very powerful saint,
My brother Jim told just me a story about how my brother Mike, he was cured by placing a relic of then Blessed Thomas de Porres, on his nose bleeding that could not be stopped by the Drs, Mike was a baby at the time and would die if it did not stop. It went away and the condition never came back Mike is now 70 yrs old
i was touched at the life of st.matin the porres. beause it is my patron saint . st.martin the porres,pray for us.
I have been blessed to pray at the tomb of St. Martin de Porres and to have walked the halls of the monestary in Lima. He is a most holy example of the true humility that God loves so much. I pray that he interceed for ProEcclesiaSancta of Peru and for all they do. Thank you St.Martin.
My sister recommended St. Martin and since then I have prayed to him. There was a wonderful miracle happened in my life. My daughter was a Straight A student and one of the class dropped to B grade. I prayed to St. Martin and she got an A grade. St Martin, Thanks for your prayer.
San MartÃn de Porres as well as his dear friend Santa Rosa de Lima were such good persons that they are a vivid example of a life of sanctity. I pray that all of us who pray to them receive all kinds of blessings that help us to live in such a way that we may reach sanctity, too.
Happy Feast Day St Martin De Porres. You are the only light in my life at present. i thank you for being there to pray for me as i know in my heart that you really listen to me. please continue to pray from my present difficulties which are really weighing me down and causing so much stress to my life. thank you for the gift from heaven recently. i thank my Mum for praying to you and naiming me after you. what an honour.
Thank God for St Martin De Porres
I was given a statue of St. Martin to give to my son on his birthday which is 3rd November. My son is going off to Africa to work on a project with his friend. St. Martin keep them both in your prayers and look after them always, guiding them along the path of good and bring them home again safely to their loving families.
I came to know of him for 10 years ,and he has been a great help .
I have just recommended my daughter-in law to pray to St. Martin to help her rid of the mice in her new home.
I thought of him because I remembered once reading about St. Martin speaking to the mice in his kitchen and gentl y telling them that they had to leave now. (after he had been very kind to them). Alll the mice left the house in procession.
St. Martin pray for my daughter-in-law and pray that the mice leave the home.
Dear St.Martin, on the feast of all Saints day, hear our prayer.
I have just recommended my daughter-in law to pray to St. Martin to help her rid of the mice in her new home.
I thought of him because I remembered once reading about St. Martin speaking to the mice in his kitchen and gentl y telling them that they had to leave now. (after he had been very kind to them). Alll the mice left the house in procession.
St. Martin pray for my daughter-in-law and pray that the mice leave the home.
Dear St.Martin, on the feast of all Saints day, hear our prayer.