FIRST DAY Through your prayers and intercession, duties. Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory ______obtain for me the virtue of diligence and Be... Glorious St. Thomas More... persistence in my preparations for all Dear St. Thomas More, in your earthly life, undertakings. Our Father... Hail Mary... FIFTH DAY you were a model of prudence. You never Glory Be... Glorious St. Thomas More... ______thrust yourself rashly into any serious undertaking; instead, you tested the THIRD DAY Dear St. Thomas More, in your earthly life, strength of your powers and waited on ______you were a model of humility. You never God's will in prayer and penance, then allowed pride to lead you to take on boldly carried it out without hesitation. Dear St. Thomas More, in your earthly life, enterprises beyond your abilities; even in Through your prayers and intercession, you were a model of industriousness. You the midst of earthly wealth and honor, you obtain for me the virtues of patience, threw yourself wholeheartedly into never forgot your total dependence on your prudence, wisdom and courage. Our everything you did, and you found Heavenly Father. Through your prayers Father... Hail Mary... Glory Be... enjoyment even in the most serious things. and intercession, obtain for me the grace of Through your prayers and intercession, an increase in humility, and the wisdom Glorious St. Thomas More, I beg you to obtain for me the grace of always having not to overestimate my own powers. Our take up my cause, confident that you will suitable employment, the grace to find Father... Hail Mary... Glory Be... Glorious advocate for me before God's Throne with interest in everything fitting, and the St. Thomas More... the same zeal and diligence that marked fortitude always to pursue excellence in your career on earth. If it be in accord with whatever task God gives me to do. Our SIXTH DAY God's will, obtain for me the favor I seek, Father... Hail Mary... Glory Be... Glorious ______namely ______. St. Thomas More... Dear St. Thomas More, in your earthly life, V. Pray for us, O Blessed St. Thomas FOURTH DAY you were a model husband and father. You More. R. That we may faithfully follow ______were loving and faithful to both of your you on the hard road that leads to the wives, and a diligent provider and example narrow gate of eternal life. Dear St. Thomas More, in your earthly life, of virtue for your children. Through your you were a brilliant lawyer and a just and prayers and intercession, obtain for me the SECOND DAY compassionate judge. You attended to the grace of a happy home, peace in my ______smallest details of your legal duties with family, and the strength to persevere in the greatest care, and you were unflagging chastity according to my state of life. Our Dear St. Thomas More, in your earthly life, in your pursuit of justice tempered by Father... Hail Mary... Glory Be... Glorious you were a model of diligence. You mercy. Through your prayers and St. Thomas More... shunned procrastination, applied yourself intercession, obtain for me the grace to with fervor to your studies, and spared no overcome every temptation to laxity, effort in achieving mastery in any skill. arrogance, and rash judgment in my (legal) SEVENTH DAY NINTH DAY ______

Dear St. Thomas More, in your earthly life, Dear St. Thomas More, you spent your you were a model of Christian fortitude. whole earthly life preparing for the life to You suffered bereavement, disgrace, come. Everything you endured prepared poverty, imprisonment and a violent death; you not only for the glory God wished to yet you bore all with the strength and good bestow upon you in heaven, but for your cheer for which you were known work as the patron of lawyers, judges and throughout your life. Through your prayers statesmen, and steadfast friend to all who and intercession, obtain for me the grace to call upon you. Through your prayers and bear all the crosses that God sends me with intercession, obtain for us aid in all our patience and joy. Our Father... Hail Mary... necessities, both corporal and spiritual, and NOVENA Glory Be... Glorious St. Thomas More... the grace to follow in your footsteps, until TO at last we are safely home with you in the SAINT THOMAS MORE EIGHTH DAY mansions our Father has prepared for us in ______heaven. Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory Sir Thomas More was born on February 7, 1477 to a Be... Glorious St. Thomas More... Catholic family in London. A man of letters, he Dear St. Thomas More, in your earthly life, wrote numerous works of poetry, in both Latin and you were a loyal child of God and a English. He also wrote academic prose, his most steadfast son of the Church, never taking famous of which is The Utopia. As a lawyer and Imprimatur: layman, he constantly reminded the clergy of their your eyes off the crown for which you duty to God over King Henry VIII. However, More strove. Even in the face of death, you Most Reverend Michael P. Driscoll, MSW, DD had a connection with the King that eventually trusted in God to give you the victory, and Bishop of Boise earned him the title of Chancellor, under which he He rewarded you with the palm of July 18, 2007 protected the English Church from Heresy. martyrdom. Through your prayers and When Henry VIII abandoned the Church for its intercession, obtain for me and mine the refusal to allow him a divorce from his wife, grace of final perseverance and protection Catherine of Aragon, More resigned from his post. from sudden and unprovided death, so that Ever faithful to the Church, he refused to comply with the King’s orders. The King saw this we may one day enjoy the Beatific Vision resignation as an act of treason, and ordered More’s in your glorious company. Our Father... Execution. Hail Mary... Glory Be... Glorious St. On July 6, 1535, St. Thomas More was beheaded on Thomas More... Tower Hill. However, this fierce execution did not have the effect for which the King had hoped. By his death, the bold More defied the rule of King Henry and took a stand against the corrupt nature of his culture. His Feast Day is June 22nd. +AMDG