"Martin the charitable"

Treasures of Our Faith with Deacon Richard Vehige · Nov 3, 2026 · 5m

Today, November 3, as our Church celebrates the Memorial of Martin de Porres, religious, we are invited to read and reflect on a passage from the letter of the apostle Paul, to the Philippians (3:7—4:1, 4-9), entitled "Rejoice in the Lord always". Our treasure, which follows, is from a homily at the Canonization of Saint Martin de Porres by Pope John XXIII.

Saint Martin de Porres (1579–1639) was a Peruvian Dominican lay brother born in Lima to a Spanish father and a mother of African and Indigenous ancestry. Trained in practical medicine and barber-surgery, Martin cared for people whom…