00:00Half a coat was enough to enshrine Martin de Tour in the memory of the world.
00:05According to the account of his disciple Sulpicius Severus, the young soldier encountered in Amiens a nearly naked man, exposed to
00:12cold.
00:13He shares his military uniform with him.
00:16The following night, he recognized in a dream Christ clothed in this half offered to the poor.
00:23Martin was born in Pannonia, in present-day Hungary, at the beginning of the 4th century.
00:28Having joined the Roman army, he gradually discovered the Christian faith and received baptism.
00:35However, his journey is not limited to this famous gesture.
00:39After leaving military life, he sought a life entirely devoted to God and joined Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers.
00:48Near this city, he settled in Ligugé, where one of the first monastic communities in Gaul was formed.
00:56Elected bishop of Tours in 371, Martin retained the monk's desire for simplicity.
01:03He founded Marmoutier, which became a center of prayer and formation, while also traveling the countryside to proclaim the
01:10'Gospel.
01:12His mission also leads him to intervene in conflicts.
01:15He refuses to allow the defense of religion to be used as a pretext for killing people.
01:21His authority stems not only from his position, but also from a way of life close to the humble and few
01:28concerned with honors.
01:30Martin died in Cande in November 397.
01:35His funeral was held in Tours on November 11, the date which has become his feast day.
01:41His tomb attracts pilgrims and his name spreads to countless parishes.
01:46The shared coat remains a very concrete appeal.
01:50One can begin to love before having everything.
01:55Charity does not expect a perfect life or exceptional means.
01:59It begins when the distress of another ceases to be foreign to us.
02:04He doesn't know, that's what they think of him like that.
02:09The oak tree is ajar.
02:10The breadline online is full of raw ingredients.
02:10de dégourpe les becadiler.
02:10He doesn't know, that's what it is in the reality of another ceases.
02:10We'll see that one.
02:10He's not far from that.
02:10Forgiveness, the truthfulness of the other ceases to be another interest.
02:11It's not a short list.
02:12THANKS.
