Materials: Papier-mâché, paint, gold leaf, candles, miniature figure, ceramic charms, paper flowers.
This altar honors Saint Martín de Porres — the humble healer of Lima, Peru, born to a freed African woman and a Spanish father. Known as the patron of mixed-race people, the poor, and the overlooked, Martín carried the medicine of gentleness in a divided world. He nursed the sick, fed the hungry, and cared for animals with quiet devotion, embodying compassion as a sacred act. The candlelight here is soft but sure a reminder that true protection lives in love, not walls.
Keep this altar where you pause to breathe, to remember that grace is not loud — it’s steady, grounded, and already inside you.
Materials: Papier-mâché, paint, gold leaf, candles, miniature figure, ceramic charms, paper flowers.
This altar honors Saint Martín de Porres — the humble healer of Lima, Peru, born to a freed African woman and a Spanish father. Known as the patron of mixed-race people, the poor, and the overlooked, Martín carried the medicine of gentleness in a divided world. He nursed the sick, fed the hungry, and cared for animals with quiet devotion, embodying compassion as a sacred act. The candlelight here is soft but sure a reminder that true protection lives in love, not walls.
Keep this altar where you pause to breathe, to remember that grace is not loud — it’s steady, grounded, and already inside you.
