This past Monday we celebrated the lives and martyrdom of two great saints of the Church – Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More. Curiously intertwined, both were prominent men in the England of Henry VIII – Fisher a bishop and More Chancellor of the Realm – who, in the end valued the truth over prominence, [...]
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All the Best … Always
Posted in in the world, tagged courage, martyr, saint, St. John Fisher, St. Thomas More on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Onwards and Upwards
Posted in Saints, chewy chunks, tagged Early-Church-Fathers, liturgy of the hours, LOH, martyr on July 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
From a letter by Ignatius of Antioch to the church in Magnesia:
We should then really live as Christians and not merely have the name …
All things have an end, and two things, life and death, are side by side set before us, and each man will go to his own place … unbelievers bear the [...]
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