Wednesday 13 November 2019

St Martin of Tours

Charity does not only mean giving people food and clothing:it also means giving them a smile and a good word. He went to leper and hugged him saying ," Jesus is suffering in you brother''.

It was the feast of St Martin's on November 11th. The story of a Roman soldier who became a Christian and later in a bishop. He famously gave half of his beggar and then had a dream in which he saw Jesus wearing it.

It was amazing to hear that when he died in the month of November , a strange and wonderful thing happened. All the coldness and gloominess of autumn disappeared, and for three days everything was as bright and beautiful as if had been a saint; the holiness of his whole life is a proof of that. He was a brave soldier who decided to share the light and truth of Christ among pagans.




There is a tradition of carrying lanterns and procession in the streets in Germany and other countries and serving sweets for children.

We tried to make lanterns using jam jars , modge podge, tissue paper and read the story of St Martin and toasted some marshmallows.


   

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A catholic mum with four wonderful children and my wonderful husband. My interests includes my family, faith,home education.Would love to do n enjoy Craft and arts,baking, journaling and reading when I get time,celebrates liturgical feasts in the family, likes Charlotte Mason philosophy, passionate about nature study, Montessori fan.To keep innocence, I would like to keep Annu as the eldest, Munnu and Theresu and Georgu as the youngest. Likes to read on parenting, lousy housekeeper,would love to work for the kingdom of God. I am a Homeopath too, member of Faculty of Homeopathy UK and anyone who like to have a safe, natural medicinal approach, feel free to approach me.