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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - St Martin of Tours
DESCRIPTION:ST MARTIN AND THE PAUPER \nBy St Sulpicius Severus \n◊◊◊ \nOne day\, at the gate of the city of Amiens\, Martin met a poor man who was \nnaked. Martin’s clothing was reduced to his armor and his simple military \ncloak. It was the middle of a winter which had been more severe than usual\, \nand\, indeed\, many had perished from the extreme cold. Those who had passed \nthat way had been begged by the pitiable pauper to have compassion on him\, \nbut all had gone by. Martin\, however\, filled with God’s grace\, saw that it was for \nhim\, when others had denied their mercy\, that the suppliant was being reserved. \nYet\, what should he do? \nHe had nothing except the cloak he was wearing; he had already devoted \nthe rest of his clothing to similar purposes. Then\, drawing the sword which he \nwas wearing\, he cut the cloak in two; one part he gave to the pauper; in the other \nhe again dressed himself. Meanwhile\, some of the bystanders began to laugh\, \nfor it was an inelegant figure Martin cut\, dressed in half a garment. Yet\, many\, \nof saner mind\, sighed deeply. When they\, who had more to give\, might have \nclothed the pauper with out making themselves naked\, they had done nothing of \nthe sort. \nWhen night had come and he was deep in sleep\, Martin beheld Christ\, \nclothed in that part of his own cloak with which he had covered the pauper. He \nwas bidden to look attentively upon the Lord and to recognize the garment he \nhad given. And soon\, to the throng of angels standing about\, he heard Jesus \nsaying in a clear voice: Martin\, still a catechumen\, has covered me with this \ncloak. \nThe Lord\, in declaring that it was He who had been clothed in the person \nof the pauper\, was truly mindful of His own words uttered long ago: As long as \nyou did it to one of these my least\, you did it to me. Further\, to strengthen the \nevidence of such a good deed\, he deigned to show Himself in the very garment \nthe pauper had received. \nThe blessed man was not puffed up with human pride because of this \nvision. Rather\, recognizing God’s goodness in his own act\, he was baptized \nwithout delay. He was then eighteen.
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