A Poll for Men: Are You a Golic or Are You a Green?
posted by Pro Ecclesia 11:05 AM
8 comments
Friday, December 07, 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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8 Comments:
Golic. That was easy.
Maybe we should ask Heather. Choice # 3 was Sarah's idea: that's how she described me.
That was easy, I didn't know who either of them were until today! I enjoy sports when I take the time to watch it, and going to the game is even better. But I could care less about listening to sports fans argue about it over and over again.
I’d like to think of myself as a do-er, ergo a Golic, rather than an onlooker ergo Greenie. Greenie might be a nice guy, but Golic has been there done that, so he has more stock with me.
I don't think there's any question that most men (at least those who know better) would rather see ourselves as a Golic than Green. The question is whether our delusions of Golicdom match the reality of Greendom.
According to Mrs. Anderson, mine do not.
Jay:
Good idea. I'll have to provide an insane amount of context, though. She doesn't understand my love of sports talk radio--but she allows for a partial exception for Jim Rome.
PB:
You're missing out. Seriously. There's a lot of BSing and star-struck irrational fandom, but sports is the last civil, productive conversation topic going. It cuts across all the other fault lines of our society, too. None of that "you hurt my feelings" crappola--more often than not, people still try to persuade with objective fact on these shows.
I definitely don't have a clue...but judging from the context of the other comments and a quick Google search, I guess I'd say Brian is #3 also...with traces of full-blooded Golic. But really, does this count toward our final grade?
Belated happy new baby, by the way!
Happy Feast of OL of the Immaculate Conception..
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