“Before taking the discipline for the first time, Brother Martin spent considerable time in prayer. Then he lashed himself with an iron chain armed with hooks of steel until the blood flowed copiously; to increase the pain and at the… — J.C. Kearns Copy Share Image
“Martin delighted in performing the most menial of tasks. He swept the cloisters and sought out the most neglected places that he might rid… — J.C. Kearns Copy Share Image
“Before taking the discipline for the first time, Brother Martin spent considerable time in prayer. Then he lashed himself with an iron chain armed… — J.C. Kearns Copy Share Image
“One of the religious desired to see Martin very urgently and so came to his cell in search of him. Martin was apparently not… — J.C. Kearns Copy Share Image
“Like his Holy Father, St. Dominic, Blessed Martin thrice each night subjected himself to bloody disciplines. He did his best to keep these cruel… — J.C. Kearns Copy Share Image
“Though we are confident that Blessed Martin had no serious sins with which to reproach himself, though his contemporaries assure us that they had… — J.C. Kearns Copy Share Image
