Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert

K-3

Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert

By: Gary D. Schmidt

Born into poverty as the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman and a former slave, Martin de Porres faced rejection from the start. Though his mother pleaded for him to join the priesthood, he was accepted only as a servant. Yet Martin’s compassion and miraculous healing soon drew attention. Stories spread of a humble mulatto boy with healing hands who served the poorest in the city. In time, Martin was welcomed into the Dominican Order and came to be known not as the son of a slave, but as a saint and a rose in the desert.

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As the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman and a former slave, Martin de Porres was born into extreme poverty. Even so, his mother begged the church fathers to allow him into the priesthood. Instead, Martin was accepted as a servant boy. But soon, the young man was performing miracles. Rumors began to fly around the city of a strange mulatto boy with healing hands, who gave first to the people of the barrios. Martin continued to serve in the church, until he was finally received by the Dominican Order, no longer called the worthless son of a slave, but rather a saint and the rose in the desert.

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  • By: Gary D. Schmidt

  • Pages: 32

  • ISBN: 9780547612188

  • Media: Hardback

  • Reading level: Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd
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