I am thankful for the intangible gifts of faith, hope, love, respect, freedom, dignity, etc. Only if you have been given these gifts can you expect to be able to give them to others . . . and you really don't have them yourself unless you share them.
In honor of Veterans' Day, our Saint of the day is St. Martin de Tours. St. Martin is the patron saint of soldiers and his feast day is today, as well. Coincidence? I don't think so. When Martin was 15, he was forced to join the army. One day, riding through the gates of the city, he saw a beggar in such ragged clothes he was nearly naked. Martin took off his own cloak, cut it in half with his sword and gave half to the beggar. That night in a dream, he saw Jesus wearing the 1/2 cloak that he had given to the beggar.
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