tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771934.post111943545177458176..comments2024-02-22T22:16:29.435-05:00Comments on Bethune Catholic: Feast of Saint Thomas MoreJim Curleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225590468579353857noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771934.post-1119479453073658342005-06-22T17:30:00.000-05:002005-06-22T17:30:00.000-05:00Thomas More, the reluctant layman - he thought he ...Thomas More, the reluctant layman - he thought he could achieve holiness only as a monk - but he was so wrong - being a model of fatherhood and an example of how to achieve holiness as a layman - even in the absence of his martyrdom.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for checking in. I will get to your chicken comments below later.Jim Curleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225590468579353857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771934.post-1119459915344025642005-06-22T12:05:00.000-05:002005-06-22T12:05:00.000-05:00I remember the impact St. Thomas More had on me ev...I remember the impact St. Thomas More had on me even as an agnostic and classic liberal. "A Man for All Seasons" was a VHS tape I eventually wore out.<BR/><BR/>Once in group therapy (a mistake I eventually rectified) everyone present was trying to convince me that I absolutely must conform my thinking to that of the society around me if I wished to be happy. One gentleman I liked a great deal told me "You can't stand alone against the world, even if you think you are right."<BR/><BR/>I shot back, "Thomas More did, didn't he? And who should give a fig about happiness?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com