ST. MARTIN DE PORRES AND OUR DISCIPLESHIP CALL TO SOCIAL JUSTICE...........

Martin De Porres, was born in Lima, Peru in 1579.  He became a Dominican religious order lay brother, who served the poor.  Born of a Peruvian father and a mulatto, mixed race, mother - died at age 60, in 1639. During his lifetime St. Martin De Porres founded an orphangage and a children's hospital.  His ministry to the needy and poor was so selflessly dedicated, that he was beatified by Pope Gregory XVI, IN 1837, and was canonized a saint, by Pope John XXIII, in 1962.  He is the patron of persons of mixed races and those with concern for interracial harmony.  The life, ministry, and holy example, set by St. Martin De Porres make him an exemplar of Social Justice.  So today as we celebrate his feast day, ask yourself how selflessly committed are you and me to social justice for all ?  How do our attitudes and actions as Disciples of Jesus and our acceptance of Gospel Values, reflect that of Martin De Porres and like minded Catholic-Christians, devoted to providing Social Justice, unconditionally ?  May your day bring you into closer unity with the spirit and truth of this holy man's life, for the betterment of the Church and the World...........Fr.  Troy