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#ASaintADay | 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟗 • 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐘, 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲𝐫
Reflection. ”Learn from St. Thomas,” says Father Faber, “to fight the good fight even to the shedding of blood, or, to what men find harder, the shedding of their good name by pouring it out to waste on the earth.”
Saint Thomas Becket, thy last few heroic minutes on earth made thee a saint. Help all bishops, priests, and deacons to emulate thy manly virtues in standing strong for the Church in season and out of season, whatever the cost, their whole life long.
