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Catholic Prayer: Prayer to Saint Thomas More for Lawyers and Judges

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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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Wed22 October
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Wednesday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. John Paul II, Pope

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The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. John Paul II (1920-2005). Karol Jozef Wojtyla was born in 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. After his ordination to the priesthood and theological studies in Rome, he returned to his homeland and resumed various pastoral and academic tasks. He became first…

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