St. Martin de Porres: Apostle of Charity

by Giuliana Cavallini

Book Overview

The sons of St. Dominic were the first to preach the Gospel in the land of the Incas. They had shared the perils of the Peruvian adventure with Pizarro in the same boat in which he and his men sailed south through the Pacific. Missionaries of many other orders followed them: Franciscans, Augustinians, Mercedarians, Jesuits. But divine Providence reserved for the first missionary workers the finest fruits of the seed of the Gospel sown between the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089555092X
• ISBN13: 9780895550927
• Release Date: January 1942
• Publisher: Tan Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

The Saint Who Loved All God's Creatures !

This book is the most thorough and compelling biography of St. Martin De Porres. He was a Black-Skinned Hispanic who faced harsh discrimination centuries ago in Peru. Martin De Porres is known as the Patron Saint of Social Justice and the apostle of charity. He loved all people as sacred chidren of God and all animals as sacred creatures of God. Martin De Porres was a healer who cured sick people and animals including birds, cats, chickens, mules and dogs. He never ate flesh-foods. Martin De Porres was literally the Catholic Gandhi who opposed all forms of violence agianst any sentient being. This book is inspiring and St. Martin De Porres was a truly a Saint who wanted earth to become another idyllic Eden wherein there would be no bloodshed, strife or disharmony. Please purchase this book because it is solacing and will bring peace to your heart and soul. It is truly lamentable that modern Christians do not embrace St. Martin De Porres' reverence for all life creed !

A wonderful book about a great Saint

This book introduced me to St. Martin de Porres. The book describes in detail the exemplary life that St. Martin led in sixteenth-century Lima, along with the amazing things that happened to him as a result of his friendship with God. St. Martin's aim in life was to share all that he had with those who needed it - including both the destitute homeless and the theoretically-rich Spanish gentry who occasionally hid their own poverty behind a mask of pride. As an example of service to others, of true selflessness and love of God, one should look to St. Martin de Porres. Read this book as a good introduction to this extraordinary Saint.