... in -6 degree weather.
posted by Pro Ecclesia 11:48 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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7 Comments:
But I do love it.
I'd call you a freak if my fingers weren't so sore and stiff from this cold...
Growing up in Texas, I always wanted to live somewhere where it was cold in the winter with snow on the ground.
I also wanted to live somewhere where it wasn't 100+ degrees with extreme humidity for all 3 months of summer (with 80+ degree temps well into October).
I enjoy having 4 distinct seasons here in Ohio, although spring does seem to last only a few weeks. Believe me, by the beginning of April, I'll be sick of all the cold white stuff.
I figured out that my cold has receded and now I have allergies. The 'joy' of living in Houston, Texas.
Houston is a perfect example of a climate I can no longer live in. My mom is from the Houston area, and I always hated going down there. The climate in Northeast Texas (where I grew up) is bad enough, but Houston is just unbearable.
I know where you're coming from, Jay. I live in Texas now, but used to live in Ohio, and Iowa before that. We'll get snow here a couple of times a year, but nothing compared to the sustained white blankets of the north. In high school, so long as there weren't too many sheets of ice on the sidewalks, I would bike to school, even in sub zero temps.
I grew up in the north, and I detest the cold. I like the outdoors too much to enjoy it. Give me a nice, hot, 90+ degree day anytime.
I love cold weather and detest hot weather. My mother was from Saint John's Newfoundland, a place where you need blankets on the bed at night in July, and I spent the first few years of my life up there. Nevertheless, when it is 15below my dog and I do not go on our customary 5:00 AM stroll!
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