Thursday, February 07, 2008

I didn't know it was the anniversary of Thomas More's birth today (hat tip to Pro Ecclesia). This being the case, I will share a story about Thomas More as a babe. This is how Dom Bede Camm's life of Thomas More (soon to be republished by Requiem Press God-willing) begins:
A story is told of our martyr as a babe, which viewed in the light of his after-life seems specially characteristic. His nurse was carrying him on horseback during some journey, when they came to a river which had to be forded. On reaching the opposite side, the horse slipped while trying to mount it, and the nurse in her alarm threw her little charge on to the bank. The precaution turned out to be unnecessary, as the horse got out safely, and the nurse, recovering from her fright, ran in some trepidation to see what had happened to the babe. It had fallen over a hedge and into a ditch. But far from being hurt or even frightened, the little one lay there smiling, and as he was lifted out he laughed and crowed in his glee.

Oremus pro invicem!

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