The Dynamic Duo:
posted by Pro Ecclesia 10:07 PM
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A convert to the Catholic Church who became Catholic because of a belief in and devotion to the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. * A graduate of Baylor University and the University of Virginia School of Law. * Former Mayor of the Town of Columbia, Virginia. * Married with four children: two boys and two girls. * Primary interests include the Catholic Church, family, Early American History, and law/politics * Primary purpose of this blog is fostering enlightened discussion about the roles played by the institutions of religion, family, and state in our daily lives. * Under the protection of St. Thomas More, martyr, and patron of lawyers, judges, civil servants, politicians, statesmen, and large families (not to mention troubled marriages).
Thomas More, counselor of law and patron of statesmen, merry martyr and most human of saints:
Pray that, for the glory of God and in the pursuit of His justice, I may be able in argument, accurate in analysis, keen in study, correct in conclusion, loyal to clients, honest with all, courteous to adversaries, trustworthy with confidences, courageous in court. Sit with me at my desk and listen with me to my clients' tales. Read with me in my library and stand always beside me so that today I shall not, to win a point, lose my soul.
Pray that my family may find in me what yours found in you: friendship and courage, cheerfulness and charity, diligence in duties, counsel in adversity, patience in pain -- their good servant, and God's first. AMEN.
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Prayer to St. Thomas More for Lawyers and Judges
Dear Scholar and Martyr, it was not the King of England but you who were the true Defender of the Faith. Like Christ unjustly condemned, neither promises nor threats could make you accept a civil ruler as head of the Christian Church.
Perfect in your honesty and love of truth, grant that lawyers and judges may imitate you and achieve true justice for all people. AMEN.
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"Give me the Grace Good Lord, to set the world at naught; to set my mind fast upon Thee and not to hang upon the blast of men's mouths. To be content to be solitary. Not to long for worldly company but utterly to cast off the world and rid my mind of the business thereof."
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Litany of St. Thomas More, Martyr and Patron Saint of Statesmen, Politicians and Lawyers
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"The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest."
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"What does it avail to know that there is a God, which you not only believe by Faith, but also know by Reason: what does it avail that you know Him if you think little of Him?"
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"The things that we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labour for."
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6 Comments:
Anyone who says it doesn't make any difference whether we elect a Republican or a Democrat to the White House is full of shite.
Sometimes it doesn't. Of course, other times it most certainly does.
It's true that Republicans don't have the best track record when it comes to picking Supreme Court Justices. Since Reagan, we're probably about 50-50.
But with Democrats, you know what you're getting: pro-abort, secularist, "living" Constitution activists.
I cringe when I think that Gore or Kerry might have picked replacements for Rehnquist and O'Connor.
The thing is, no matter what, we can't stop paying attention!
The 50-50 I'm talking about in my previous includes Reagan's nominees. Here's my tally:
Good:
Scalia
Thomas
Bad:
O'Connor
Kennedy
Really Bad:
Souter
Jury's Still Out, But Indications Are Probably Good:
Roberts
Alito
I am certain that had Kerry won we'd have two arch-liberals on the Court and national legalization of gay marriage would be imminent.
Pray for Roberts and Alito, and one more like them!
I agree completely that any Democratic president that could be nominated by his or her party would be a guaranteed 100% liberal justice appointer, but it is a sad state of affairs that Reagan and Bush I had such a pathetic track record (as for Ike, Nixon, and Ford, the less said the better). This only goes to show once again that the main reason to vote for the Republicans is the Democrats.
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