#martin the merciful

[cruger2984]

THE DESCRIPTION OF SAINT MARTIN OF TOURS The Patron Saint of Reformed Alcoholics, Riders and Quartermasters Feast Day: November 11

"Lord, if your people still have need of my services, I will not avoid the toil."

Known as 'Martin the Merciful', the patron of those who against poverty and alcoholism, beggars, hotel-keepers, innkeepers, the Archdiocese of Bratislava, the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, and the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps, was born in 316 or 336 in the Diocese of Pannonia (now Szombathely, Hungary). At the age of 10 he attended the Christian church against the wishes of his parents and became a catechumen. Christianity had been made a legal religion (in 313) in the Roman Empire. It had many more adherents in the Eastern Empire, whence it had sprung, and was concentrated in cities, brought along the trade routes by converted Jews and Greeks (the term 'pagan' means 'non-combatant'). Christianity was far from accepted among the higher echelons of society; among members of the army the worship of Mithras would have been stronger. Although the conversion of the Emperor Constantine and the subsequent programme of church-building gave a greater impetus to the spread of the religion, it was still a minority faith.

According to his biographer, Sulpicius Severus, he served in the military for only another two years, though it has been argued that these two years, 'are in fact not nearly enough to bring the account to the time when he would leave, that is, during his encounter with Caesar Julian (the one who has gone down in history as Julian the Apostate) Martin would have been 45 years old when Julian acceded to the throne, and at the usual end of a military contract.'

Being the son of a Roman officer (tribune), he was forced to enter the army at 15, and was required to join a cavalry ala. At the age of 18 (around 334 or 354), he was stationed at Ambianensium civitas or Samarobriva in Gaul (now Amiens, France).

While he was stationed at Gaul when Martin was 23, he saw at the gate a beggar almost frozen to death. Immediately, he cut his military cloak into two pieces with his sword, and gave one to the poor man. That night, Martin saw Jesus Christ in his sleep, dressed in that half cloak. Thereafter, he wanted to leave the army to serve God alone. But the Barbarians were about to attack, and Julian interpreted it as an act of cowardice.

Martin replied: 'I am prepared to stand in the battle-line unarmed and to advance alone against the enemy in the name of Christ.'

Martin declared his vocation, and made his way to the city of Caesarodunum (now Tours), where he became a disciple of Hilary of Poitiers' Christian orthodoxy. He opposed the Arianism of the Imperial Court. When Hilary was forced into exile from Pictavium (now Poitiers), Martin returned to Italy. According to Sulpicius, he converted an Alpine brigand on the way, and confronted the Devil himself. Having heard in a dream a summons to revisit his home, Martin crossed the Alps, and from Milan went over to Pannonia. There he converted his mother and some other persons; his father he could not win over.

The following day, the Barbarians miraculously asked for an armistice. Thus, Martin was allowed to leave the army and to receive baptism. Having preached the Gospel to his family, Martin became a monk at Ligugé in France.

Martin was elected as bishop of Tours in 371, proving himself an excellent pastor. He founded monasteries, educated the clergy, and gave particular attention to the conversion of the rural population. He is also credited with destroying many pagan temples and sacred trees. He spent the last days of his life with his hands raised to heaven.

To those who suggested he got some relief by lying on his other side, he answered: 'Allow me to look toward heaven rather than the earth.'

Then, he saw the devil standing near and cried: 'You, bloodthirsty brute, will not have me for your prey!'

With these words, Martin gave up his spirit on November 8, 397 in Candes, Gaul (modern-day France) at the age of 60 or 81. Martin of Tours was proclaimed patron of Italian volunteering by the Italian bishops in the spring of 2021.

[the-magpie-archives]

As anyone who's ever listened to the magnus archives knows, the characters are viscerally and entirely captivating. This sounds like an exaggeration, but it's impossible to not fall in love with at least one of them.

I think this lies in the intense humanity of each of them. Their reactions are so real, their emotions so tangible. Hearing Martin sob when verbally attacked by Elias, Jon yelling in anger when he doesn't understand something, or Sasha whimpering her explanations during prentiss' attack; these are all such relatable reactions, and make the characters extraordinarily easy to sympathise with.

This also goes a long way in making the horror that much more powerful. It's a bitter reminder that horrible things happen to people exactly like you. It puts me in mind of the quote "The moment you die will feel exactly like this one."

Your life could be this awful; you've simply skirted around the terror.

[agentorange87]

Dave Gahan & Martin Gore - Mercy in You (Devotional, 1993)

[thinwhitedoc]

BLACK PANTHER | Martin Freeman as Everett Ross

[scrollonso]

no comment, just this picture i found.

[the-mercy-workers]

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

[paper-rips]

Jon n co doodles from ?? a couple o' months ago ?? idk guys i'm tired

also !! for this last one: Jon is short and we all know it okay but if he turns into a Legitimate Monster then i think he (at the very least) deserves to grow a bit so here we are

[odeliba]

in a certain type of mood tonight

[twinge-of-cosmicangst]

Daenerys Targaryen has had the shits for the same amount of years as her age in AGOT. If TWOW doesn’t come out in the next year and a half, Dany will have had the shits for half of her existence.

[zappedbyzabka]

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

jonas and mercy chuzzlewit is basically how i imagine lydia and wickham's marriage to go if he felt more tied to her instead of gallivanting everywhere

bonus points that if you pick the right adaptations mercy and lydia are played by the same actress (and she does a fantastic job in both)

[chaiaurchaandni]

israel bombs Palestinian hospitals with American r9x hellfire

the missile has blades that explode and rotate at high speed. so if you miraculously survive all the other explosion and shrapnel, you still get amputated by these blades. i cannot imagine how sadistic someone must be to create this and then to use it on a civilian population.

death to israel. death to america.

[mxwhore]

I want more harpy Martin lore, tell me anything you wanna

I cannot my dear, the rule Show-dont-Tell has been way too ingrained into my psyche for that

[belongstocaptaindoyle]

MARTIN MCCREADIE as ARTHUR LLOYD (The Haunting of Bly Manor) PART IV

[h-f-k]

I’m trying to enjoy Jaehaerys and Alysanne’s story line as much as i can because i KNOW shit’s about to go down 😭

[the-mercy-workers]

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

Martin Luther King Jr.