St Martin of Tours

"Blessed Saint Martín of Tours,

full of the Spirit of the Lord

always having inexhaustible charity for the needy.

 

You, who full of love and generosity

when you saw the begger that was freezing from cold,

without knowing that in truth he was Christ,

did not doubt to give him half of your cape,

and did not give it completely to him

since the other half belonged to the Roman army;

you, who did not seek recognition

but only to favor your neighbor,

found glory before the Lord.

And when the Savior appeared to you

dressed with the half-cape

so as to express appreciation for your gesture

and He told you "today you covered me with your mantle",

you decided to no longer serve the army

and to dedicate your life to God

and to the salvation of souls,

being from then on a propagator of the faith

and a holy man totally dedicated

to whomever was in need.

 

Glorious Saint Martin,

you who worked miracles and prodigies,

who with joy, amiability and

the most exquisite goodness

won over the hearts of all

and did not cease to ever work for their wellbeing:

give me your hand and help me to come out

of all lack and scarcity

which today afflicts me and weighs me down.

 

Glorious Saint Martin, my blessed patron,

I humbly ask you with great faith

that you attain from God,

the fount of all Mercies

that my ways on this earth,

my work and my toils

be cleansed and opened with clarity.

In the name of Omnipotent God,

Saint Martin of Tours,

remove all that harms me

and give me work and prosperity.

O blessed relief, give me your saintly protection,

assist me, I beg you, in these difficult times:

 

(with much faith ask now for what you need)

 

You, noble Saint Martin, who have miraculous power

take my supplications with haste to the Heavens,

ask for my home all that is good;

may sorrows, ruins and miseries leave,

and may the Lord deign I merit

blessed fortune in my work (business),

and with it, abundance and prosperity,

so I may give freely to all in need.

 

Saint Martin, blessed Bishop of Tours,

may your virtues and charity

accompany me always.

I will not cease to pray to you

and to thank Almighty God

for all the favors granted;

and I promise to be charitable

and giving with all my brothers and sisters in need.

 

Saint Martin please intercede for me;

free and protect all my loved ones and I

from all that is evil.

Amen."

 

Stained glass detail from a medieval window in Chartres Cathedral.

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