Thomas of Londom was born of Norman leniage on December 21, 1118 in London.. At age 36 Thomas was made chancellor by the young new King Henry II who ascended the throne when his father King Stephen died.
We do not have a portrait of Thomas at this time as we do of Thomas More because there were no Holbeins in those days. But here is a verbal description of Thomas:
He was "of slim growth and pale, dark hair, a long nose and a straightly featured face. ...Blithe of countenance was he, winning and loveable in his conversation, frank of speech in his discourses, but slightly stuttering in his talk, so keen of discernment and understanding that he could always make difficult questions plain after a wise manner." -- as written by Robert Cricklade in his "Icelantic Saga."
Henry also thought he could control the Church if he made Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury. But Thomas warned Henry that as Archbishop, Thomas would be loyal to the Church and put her first and could not use his position in the Church for the King's gain. But Henry was stubburn and continued to believe he could control the Church with the help of Thomas' strategic positioin in the Church. But as Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas kept his word and opposed King Henry at every turn and verified by deeds that he would not let Henry take over the spiritual power of the Church.
Finally, King Henry realized there was no controlling Bishop Thomas and said in the hearing of his guard that he wanted someone to "rid him of the meddlesome priest." Assisins were all too egar win the favor of the King and slew Thomas while he was saying Vespers in the Cathedral.
Now there is a great danger regarding the State's polictical power and the Church: If the State tries to run the Church, it is doomed to fail because the concern of the Church and its agenda is as St. Paul said: "We preach Christ crucified "and "resurrected". The State does not have this agenda. Even today, the State tries to show its power in the separation of church and state; but the First Amendment does not do not separated the Church and State since both are needed for the good of the people. So our founding fathers made God a great part of their governing. They said "We have inalienable rights endowed by the Creator to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Even when Supreme Court Justice, Hugo Black declared this separation of Church and State by closing for two years all Catholic Schools. But he failed in this edeavor, too. Against injustice, the Church always wins because the "gates of hell will not prevail against her". Henry did not win either. Even when he made the comment: "Who will rid me of the meddlesome priest?" that caused the death of Thomas while he was at service in his own cathedral, the Catholic Church declared Thomas a Saint in just two years because there were so many miracles taking place at Thomas' Shrine. Thomas was only 62 years old when he was martyred on today's date: December 29, 1170. Henry and his assassin went - as a public penance - to the Holy Land. It is believe that both of them Both died there and are buried in Jerusalem.
All this proves that the Church always prevails in Faith and Morals. Even when the state tries to set the agenda for the Church -- as did Henry VIII try when he tore down the Shrine devoted to the memory of St. Thomas a' Becket...and even when he created new martyrs such as St. John Fishe and St. Thomas More -- the Catholic Church keeps on going and has for 2000 years and will continue to the end of time.
In 1538, King Henry VIII tried to destroy St. Thomas of Lond's Shrine. He had the body exhumed and burned; but in 1888, a skeleton was found on the sight that is now revered as that of St. Thomas. It just seems that the Saints just don't want to go away.
What about today? When Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black - a devoted member of the Ku Klux Klan - declared the separation of church as the basis of his closing down Catholic Schools for two years, the nuns reversed this and opened them up again because the First Amenment did not declare a "separation of church and state, but only supreme court justices do.
Interestingly enough it was Supreme Court Justice Blackmunn who allowed abortion for Roe in Roe v. Wade, in 1973. But even he said that "..if the suggestion that a fetus is a human person can be proven, then the appellant's case (Roe) would completely collapse; for then the fetus would be protected by the 14th Amendment: "No state shall deprive any person of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.." So, now these very words are the basis of a new law before Congress. This law is called "Life at Conception Act" that will declare every and all fetus from the moment of conception a "human person." Roe v Wade will be completely overturned and all abortion will be illegal. Even if after this Act is passed by Congress and is subsequently vetoed by President Obama (who says that "women's right to abortion must be protected"), still 2/3 majority of the Congress will override his veto. [Please note that there is no legal document or any congressional document or any consitutional document that ever menions "a woman's right to abortion". There is no document because abortion is not a "right"; it is a "wrong".] I deeply believe that there is no power on this earth that can stop the "Life at Conception Act" proposed by Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky from becoming law! Why? Because the Holy Spirit wrote this law.
God is not just looking the other way with abortion...as He did not look away when 6,000,000 Jews were killed by the Nazis. God suffered with the Jews and suffers with all 60,000,000 babies killed in the womb. But in both cases, He sends saviors: Raoul Wallingburg, the American GI's who saved the Jews; and now He is sending Senator Rand Paul and Fr. Frank Pavone and all the pro-life workers. God will send His "Moses" to rescue His people. He always has. He aways will. You and I will see all abortion clinics declared illegal. All babies in the womb will be protected by the 14th Amendment and by the Power of Almigty God. No Hitler nor Obama will be able to declare any innocent human being to be executed by the state. Pres. Obama in five of his speaces in mentioning our "inalienable rights....of life, liberty...and pursuit of appiness," did so while skipping the most important words of all: "endowed by the Creator". Pres. Obama skipped those words because like Hitler he wants to let the State create what "rights" men and women should have. If our rights are "endowed by the Creator", then abortion is nullified by his own words because the rights of the fetus IS ENDOWED BY THE CREATOR. After the passage of the "Life at Conception Act", the fetus will have a CHOICE for the first time in 38 years.
SOLOMON'S COMMENT on President Obama's view of himself:
"All the ways of a man may be right in his own eyes, but it is the Lord who proves hearts. To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than Sacrifice.....He who makes a fortuen by a lying tongue is chaing a bublle over deadly snares." Proverbs 21: 2 and 6.
And what shall we do with President Obama: "Expel the arrogant man and discord goes out; strife and insult cease." Proverbs 22: 10.
And who is President Obama really? "As a man thinks in his heart..so he is," so Solomon says. And what does the President think in his heart? His mouth speaks his heart. He skips the words: "endowed by the Creator" five times. He says that "women's right to abortion must be protected" when abortion is against the First and Fourteenth Amendments. No one has a right to kill an innocent defenseless person. So what is in President Obama's heart IS who he IS! And who is he? In his heart, he is a murderer...and speaks to please pro-choice women. Let the merciful words of St. Michael the Archagel spoken to Lucifer be our words to this president: "May God correct you!"
In this Country, there is a popular saying of "Separation of Church and State" which is was never part of any of our Constitutional documents. There is a cooperation between Church and State because these two great institutions need each other. But today: the "hearsay doctrine of separation of Church and State" really means a "Suppression of the Church by the State." This is proven by these Court decisions:
1) 1962: School prayer censored.
2) 1973: Child's right to life under the 14th Amendment is canceled by Roe v.Wade: abortion is made legal for any reason and at any stage of fetal development - even up to 9 months of gestation.
3) 1980: The 10 Commandments are censored.
4) 1987: Teaching of "Creation" in the sciences is censored.
5) 2004: Marriage between one man and one woman is re-defined to include same-sex couples which is an ontological impossibility.
6) 2005: The 10 Commandments are further censored.
All of the above Supreme Court Decisions are contradictions to the Judaic-Christian and Natural Law.
Jesus said that anyone "lives by the sword, will die by the sword." Well, this applies to the abortive swords that kill babies in the womb. It applies to the Word of God that cuts like a two edged sword into error and false doctrines. We as a Nation are moving away from God which makes us no better than China which openly says that atheism is the State religion. But we - with people like Obama in the Whitehouse - are moving very quickly towards a God-less, State-controlled Nation. God - please - help us!
Love, Pio
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