Monday, November 3 FEAST OF MARTIN DE PORRES, RELIGIOUS Servant and saint Martin de Porres was an interracial child in a time and place—colonial-era Peru—when mixed-race background meant second-class status. Barred from becoming a full member of a religious order, the only route open to Martin was to ask the Dominicans to accept him as a donado, basically a servant. Fortunately the Spirit is not bound by human limitation or prejudice. Martin’s holy life and solidarity with the marginal and the outcast make him a hero and role model to all who seek social and racial justice. Martin is a saint for our own divided society; honor him by honoring people of all backgrounds. TODAY’S READINGS: Philippians 2:1-4; Luke 14:12-14. “Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind.” CONTRIBUTORS Alice Camille, Sister Colleen Gibson, S.S.J., Daniel Grippo, Father Larry Janowski, O.F.M., Sister Maxine Kollasch, I.H.M., Jennifer Tomshack, Patrice J. Tuohy, Sister Julie Vieira, I.H.M. ©2014, TrueQuest Communications, LLC
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