Willie & The Wheel
posted by Pro Ecclesia 9:03 PM
6 comments
Sunday, February 15, 2009
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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6 Comments:
I never knew you were a fan of Western Swing! Asleep at the Wheel has done a great job preserving the sounds of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. I will definitely have to check this album out as well.
It is refreshing for me to find someone who enjoys the same type of music that I do. I am 22 years old, and have enjoyed this type of music for a number of years, having come across it by listening to the music of Merle Haggard. Unfortunately, I know very few people in person that have the same taste of music. That's why I enjoy the internet so much; I can hear people praise good music!
I grew up in Texas, so Western Swing and Texas roots music is in my blood.
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Of course, I love Merle, Bob Wills, Willie and Waylon and the boys, etc. I'm also a fan of Texas artists like Townes Van Zandt, Robert Earl Keen, Jerry Jeff Walker, etc., etc.
I have never been to Texas, but definitely love its music tradition, that is for sure. I have always got the sense that it is more genuine than Nashville, which after the death of Hank Williams became largely a big marketing ploy.
Did you get the "Last of Their Breed" 2 disc set a couple of years ago which had Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, and Ray Price? That is perhaps my favorite album of of the decade.
Unfortunately, my music purchases have been curtailed significantly over the past several years, so I've missed out on "Last of Their Breed" so far. Hopefully, I'll get around to buying it some day.
Just as an idea of where the priorities are in the Anderson family at the moment, the last CD purchased in our household prior to Willie and the Wheel (which I still need to buy this week) was Christmas with Alvin and the Chipmunks.
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I've bought one CD for myself in the last year, and that was "Davy Crockett's Fiddle", which I have featured in my sidebar.
I hear you there! I don't really buy many CDs either, especially now that I am in school and jobless, which is not a good combination for the wallet. So, CDs are pretty low on the list. I did take advantage of Christmas, however, and had my mom get me several Merle Haggard CDs. I don't generally collect things, but if I could complete my collection of Haggard releases I would be content.
I will have to check out that "Davey Crockett's Fiddle." Nothing is more aesthetically pleasing for me than a good fiddle song.
Asleep at the Wheel :-)
Willie Nelson :-)
This is going to be a must-have.
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