St. Martin de Porres
Patron of Barbers
Died: 1639
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, he made a martyr out of his body, devoting himself to ceaseless and severe penances. In turn, God endowed him with many graces and wondrous gifts, such as, aerial flights and bilocation.
St. Martin's love was all-embracing, shown equally to humans and to animals, including vermin, and he maintained a cats and dogs hospital at his sister's house. He also possessed spiritual wisdom, demonstrated in his solving his sister's marriage problems, raising a dowry for his niece inside of three day's time, and resolving theological problems for the learned of his Order and for bishops. A close friend of St. Rose of Lima, this saintly man died on November 3, 1639 and was canonized on May 6, 1962. His feast day is November 3.
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Thank you St. Martin. My mum had to have more tests done after her mammogram and we were all very worried. I prayed to you that she would be ok and the test results confirmed that she was in perfect health. Thank you St Martin De Porres.
At 2011 My Mother hospitalize. Doctors say's "she has a Tyroid Cancer", Iam pray to St. Martin de Pores to do some thing for rescue My mother from cancer. after surgery & treatement now she has no cancer anymore
it is confirmed that Blood Test doing every 3 months. thanks St. Martin de Pores.
At 2013 My Farther hospitalize, After 1 month treatement at Colombo hospital Doctors say's "His 2 Kidnyes are work only2%,
iam pray St.Martin de Pores to do something to rescue him. next day after treatement Doctors confirm that his kidys work 35% now. Doctor say it is a mirracle. they check everything what was happen. i know it is a St.Martin de Pores Miracule. St. Martin de Poers was Doctor at his life time. World Best Doctor. hanks St. Martin de Pores.
st martin i pray for my son that he may return to being a happy go lucky little boy. i love him so much and i hurt when i see him so worried about things. i trust you so much and i could do with a little help coping with day to day life at the moment. i love the fact that i can talk to you at any time and i know that you hear me. i ask so much of you all the time. please talk to the lord on my behalf and i will be so grateful. thank you i feel better for knowing you are there.
Dear St Martin de Porres, thank you for the person you sent to me. Please remember me in my good and bad times. Please pray for all those who need your help and those we pray for. Please I beg you, intercede for me.
St. Martincito, please help me find a job, I'm running out of my savings and will have to work in any other job if not in Web Design.
Amen
Please heal my cat Momma's Liver Disease and help me and my husband have successful cosmetology careers. Thank you!
Por favor san Martin te pido me cures a mi perrito de la patita trasera queparece que se golpeo y anda renqueando,su nombre es Abel,ven y sanalo.
St.Martin De Porres Plz Make My dog less crazy and wild and for him to learn how to behave.
st maartin please help me to sell my dog . i need the money for santa to come
St. Martin De Pores, please pray and intercede for us.
Querido San Martín hoy te pido tu intersección por mi trabajo y mis necesidades de solventar unas deudas económicas. Pido San Martín poder tener una amistad con Hugo y que se resulta mi actual situación familiar de vivienda y de estudios
Amen
Paryer to St martin de porres
most humble saint martin whose burning charity embraces all,
especially those who are sick,afficted or in need.
we turn to thee for help in our present difficulties and we implore thee to
obtain for us from god health of soul and body , and in particular the favour
we now ask ........... may we , by imitating thy charity and humility, find quite and
contentment all our days, and cheerful submission to gods holy will in all our trials and
difficulties of life
Amen
please pray for us all .
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I just learned of you today. You are also the patron saint of Biloxi, MS, where I am living and today is your feast day. I pray that through your intercession I will be healed of the autoimmune diease I have.
Dear Saint Martin, on this your feast day, we all would like to say Gracias, Danke, Merci, Obrigado and THANK YOU for all your miraculous intersessions. Please continue to heip the sick , poor and destitue people of this world.
St. Martin de Porres, please intercede for President Obama's conversion and that he will be a defender of life from the moment of conception to its natural end. Also intercede for Pres. Obama that he will respect the cause of religious freedom and become a great defender of the Catholic faith. Please heal him St. Martin.
RanknFile--St Martin, pray for the conversion of Barack Obama to respect the teaching of the Catholic Church. Thank You
Please pray for Jacob that he finds the right path, for his parents that they find the strenght and wisdom to guide him and for all cancer patients that they deal with their disease with grace and dignity.
thank you.
happy feast day St. Martin de Porres. thank you for befriending me when i was a boy in LA. please continue to help me in medical school. you are a great role model. thank you
am very greatful seeing my self as part of dis,all i pray 4 my dearest mentor...may i copy your ways and do d will of GOD almighty .....amen
St Martin help remind me not to lose hope and stay strong. Please pray for me to overcome
the difficult moment I am in now. I implore your intercession.