(Hat tip: Rich Leonardi)
posted by Pro Ecclesia 8:31 AM
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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:
Yes you can reduce abortions by promoting abortions. Simply consider the extreme case: abort every baby for the next 60 years and the abortion rate will promptly drop to 0.
If you promote abortion within communities that are prone to it anyway, you will eventually reduce their numbers to the point that there will be fewer abortions. However, if you restrict but do not ban abortions, you may see population growth and a steady increase in the number of abortions, though not 'per capita.'
So the argument is that promoting abortion reduces abortion because eventually abortion will decrease in the long run since more people will be aborted in the short run?
I like the ad. It's nice to see the USCCB and some of the bishop's finally standing up for life. This is a direct attack on so-called Catholic Democrat organizations that claim to be for "reducing" abortion, but of course, are radically in favor of Roe v. Wade and oppose any and all restrictions on abortion.
I agree, Boethius. Excellent ad aimed directly at the heart of the Kmiec's of the world. This, coupled with Cardinal George's take-down of the "common good" fallacy, shows that the Bishops aren't going to stand idly by as left-leaning Catholic groups try to subvert the Church's pro-life teaching while trying to put "Catholic" lipstick on their "progressive" agenda pig.
I like the ad. It's nice to see the USCCB and some of the bishop's finally standing up for life.
This is about as contemptuously a way I've seen a person talk about our bishops. Truly incredible.
Discalced Yooper,
I agree with you that the Bishops have been stalwart on the pro-life issue, and that they aren't late-comers to the cause of the unborn. My agreement with Boethius was on liking the ad.
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