Who is St Thomas More?
St Thomas More was a 16th century Englishman who people said was “born for friendship” – he was irrepressibly cheerful, full of honour and good faith in the face of adversity, and always humble – despite being for a time the Lord Chancellor of England. He was also a very learned man, and encouraged education as a pathway to help people become more fully human, and to come closer to God.
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Who is St. Thomas More? (https://www.sacredheart.edu/offices--departments-directory/honors-program/who-is-st-thomas-more/) – From Sacred Heart University, Connecticut, USA.
PRAYER OF ST THOMAS MORE
O Lord, give me a mind that is humble, quiet, peaceable, patient and charitable,
and a taste of your Holy Spirit in all my thoughts, words, and deeds.
O Lord, give me a lively faith, a firm hope, a fervent charity, a love of you.
Take from me all lukewarmness in meditation and all dullness in prayer.
Give me fervor and delight in thinking of you, your grace, and your tender compassion toward me.
Give me, good Lord, the grace to work for the things I pray for.
Lord, grant me a holy heart that sees always what is true and pure
and is not frightened at the sight of sin, but creates order wherever it goes.
Grant me a heart that knows nothing of boredom, weeping, and sighing.
Let me not be too concerned with the bothersome thing I call "myself."
Lord, give me a sense of humor, and I will find happiness in life and profit for others.
Amen.