“Though we are confident that Blessed Martin had no serious sins with which to reproach himself, though his contemporaries assure us that they had moral certitude that he had ever preserved his baptismal innocence, he regarded himself, like St. Paul,… — 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 with hooks of steel until the blood flowed copiously; to increase the pain and at the same time to staunch the flow of blood, he rubbed the wounds with salt and vinegar, in this way hoping… — J.C. Kearns Copy Share
“One of the religious desired to see Martin very urgently and so came to his cell in search of him. Martin was apparently not in the room for, though it was dark, the religious, calling out, ascertained as well as he could in the darkness that the Brother was not there. However, as he was leaving the cell, the capuche,… — J.C. Kearns Copy Share
“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
