St Martin de Porres Novena - Day 3

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Most humble Martin de Porres, your burning charity embraced not only the poor and needy but even the animals of the field. For your splendid example of charity, we honour you and invoke your help. From your place in heaven, hear the requests of your needy brethren, so that, by imitating your virtues we may live contentedly in that state in which God has placed us. (mention request here…) St Martin’s Love for the Poor St Martin was called “the Father of the Poor”. He saw in the poor, sick, and dying, the children of God, and he helped them in a thousand practical ways. He studied medicine so that he might know how to cure the sick. Every day he distributed alms to the poor. He built an orphanage for children. Let us imitate the charity of St Martin that God may bless us as He blessed him. Let us pray. Dear St Martin, teach us to be generous with the gifts that God has given us. Make us sympathetic towards those who are suffering and afflicted. Pray to our Redeemer and to Our Lady of Mercy that our hearts may not be hardened by sin and selfishness, but that we may always be kind and generous to our neighbours because they are the children of our Heavenly Father. Amen. Our Father Hail Mary x3 Glory Be In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.Amen.