(Hat tip: Rich Leonardi)
Labels: Culture of Death, Law, Obama, Pro-Life, Voting Your Values
posted by Pro Ecclesia 1:18 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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4 Comments:
There is something more onerous than FOCA - if you can believe it.
The international gender rights agenda - this can be researched under open society, reproductive health and gender rights.
You might check out the new administration's plans for this agenda.
Hi, i want to know if there a way to eliminate the FOCA if we are a territory of the US. before is it implemented.?????
Thanks so much for posting this! I've signed and I'm trying to get everyone I know on board.
Obama Will Sign FOCA: Women and children hardest hit
Hi! I am a Catholic all the way over the pond in England- I was just researching FOCA to see if there was anything I might be able to to on an international level and your blog came up. I just want to offer my support and say it gives me so much hope that Americans are fighting this. Abortion laws in England are similar to those FOCA would enforce- fight with all your might because once it is in it is so hard to get out. I will pray my rosary that you will keep FOCA out - it seems that is the best I can do from all the way over here. All the very best!
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