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San Tommaso Becket, ora pro nobis |
December 29th is the Feast of San Tommaso Becket (St. Thomas Becket), Bishop and Martyr. Patron saint of secular clergy, he is the protector of Mottola, a town in the Province of Taranto, Puglia. In celebration, I'm posting a prayer for St. Thomas Becket. The accompanying photo of the gold Reliquary Pendant of Bishop Reginald of Bath for Queen Margaret of Sicily (Eng. ca. 1174-83) was taken at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. According to the inscriptions on the obverse of the pendant, the reliquary once contained pieces of the blood-soaked vestment of San Tommaso. Evviva San Tommaso!
Prayer for St. Thomas Becket
O God, for the sake of whose Church the glorious Bishop Thomas fell by the sword of ungodly men: grant, we beseech Thee, that all who implore his aid, may obtain the good fruit of his petition. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Who livest and reignest with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
