Martin’s Cloak Dream

Martin of Tours became a great leader of the monastic movement in the West. In his early life, Martin was conscripted as a soldier in the Roman army. During this time, he became a catechumen (that is, someone undergoing instruction to become a Christian) and wrestled greatly with his life as a soldier.

During this time, according to legend, he met a homeless person in need of clothing. Martin decided to cut his cloak in half to share with the beggar. That same night he had a dream that Jesus was clothed with that same torn cloak. When he woke up, to his astonishment, his cloak had…