St Thomas More's Meditation from the Tower

Source: CTS

Happy Feast of St John Fisher and St Thomas More!

While awaiting his execution in the Tower of London, St Thomas More spent his last days writing this moving meditation in the margins of the Book of Hours. This inspiring prayer reveals the mindset of a man of God who was ready to meet his death - and his Saviour - with open arms.

Give me thy grace, good Lord,
To set the world at naught.

To set my mind fast upon thee
And not to hang upon the blast of men's mouths.

To be content to be solitary,
Not to long for worldly company.

Little and little utterly to cast off the world
And rid my mind of all the business thereof.

To read on see: www.ctsbooks.org/st-thomas-more-a-godly-meditation/