With shame be it spoken: by her fall, the Church’s liberties have been sacrificed for the sake of temporal advantages. The road to her ruin lay through the sinuous paths of riches: she has been prostituted in the streets to princes; she has conceived iniquity and will bring forth oppression to the undeserving.
Saint Thomas Becket
St. Thomas, pray for us!
There’s a great composition which I recently was made aware of that was likely composed during the years of Becket’s exile (1165-1170). You can hear a recording of it here: https://youtu.be/c30K1rQsaiI
chantblog has more specifics: https://chantblog.blogspot.com/2017/12/for-feast-of-st-thomas-becket-in-rama.html
We just watched Becket last night. An all-time favorite. Almost four centuries later.another King Henry would outdo his predecessor in attacking the Church. To help make his point he had St. Thomas Becket’s tomb destroyed.