Digest of Today's Posts (12 March 2007)
(Digest of Weekend's Posts (11 March 2007))
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posted by Pro Ecclesia 11:59 PM
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Monday, March 12, 2007
(Digest of Weekend's Posts (11 March 2007))
About Me
- Name: Pro Ecclesia
- Location: Ohio, United States
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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2 Comments:
I doubt you remember me, but we minced some words during your posts on the Harriet Miers nominations. You asked if she apostacized in leaving the Catholic Church for Protestantism. I said that was bigotted. You said it was not, ad nauseum. I had quite the chip on my shoulder.
Just wanted to tell you that I have reconciled to the Church (having been an evangelical for 7 years, my entire believing life). I know agree with you that converts that go the other way really are smarter. :)
-Jacque
http://jacquefromtexas.blogspot.com/2007/03/oh-yeah-by-way-im-catholic-now.html
I remember you Jacque, although I didn't remember our exchange being as tense as you describe.
;-)
Your news is quite wonderful, and I am very happy for you. I do believe, however, that your positive experiences as an evangelical have prepared you to be an even better Catholic.
Thank you for sharing your news. And welcome back home!
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