--- title: "St. Thomas More: Feast Day June 22, Life & Quotes · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-more/ description: "St. Thomas More, Martyr, patron of lawyers, politicians, and difficult marriages. Remembered on June 22. Read their life and their own words, with sources." --- Martyr · Remembered on June 22 # St. Thomas More St. Thomas More is remembered on June 22 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of lawyers, politicians, and difficult marriages. Below: a short life and 4 sourced quotations in their own words. | | | |---|---| | Remembered on | [June 22](https://blessbible.app/saints/june/#22) | | Title | Martyr | | Died | 1535 | | Patron of | [lawyers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#lawyers), [politicians](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#politicians), [difficult marriages](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#difficult-marriages) | | In their own words | [4 sourced quotations](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-more/#words) | | Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Tuesday, June 22, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-more/#calendar) | ## Life Lawyer, scholar, and the wittiest man in England; Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII and author of Utopia. When the king broke with Rome over his marriage, More resigned, kept silence, and was condemned on perjured testimony. On the scaffold he declared himself ‘the king’s good servant, but God’s first,’ and moved his beard from the block — it, at least, had committed no treason. ## Patron of Tradition invokes St. Thomas More as patron of lawyers, politicians, and difficult marriages. [Lawyers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#lawyers) [Politicians](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#politicians) [Difficult marriages](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#difficult-marriages) Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/). ## In their own words Each quotation names the work it comes from. Bless quotes these in the comments beside the verses listed under [In Scripture](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-more/#scripture). > I trust I shall not fear, since the Lord will not let my fear overcome me. — *Letter to Margaret Roper from the Tower*, 1534 > I die the King's good servant, but God's first. — *Words on the scaffold*, 1535 > Give me, good Lord, a longing to be with Thee, not for the avoiding of the calamities of this wretched world, nor so much for the attaining of the joys of heaven, as even for a very love of Thee. — *Prayer written in the Tower*, 1534 > Tribulation is a gracious gift of God, which He sends to those He loves. — *A Dialogue of Comfort, III*, 1534 ## In Scripture In Bless, St. Thomas More’s words appear in the comments beside these verses. This page’s labels say how each is linked: “on this verse” means the saint wrote about that very verse; “on this theme” means the quotation shares its theme. Scripture is quoted from the Catholic Public Domain Version. 1. On this theme > My enemies have trampled over me all day long. For those who make war against me are many. — [Psalm 55:3](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/55/#v3) · CPDV Beside their words: [“I trust I shall not fear, since the Lord will not let my fear overcome me.”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-more/#q109) 2. On this theme > For what is there for me in heaven? And what do I wish for on earth before you? — [Psalm 72:25](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/72/#v25) · CPDV Beside their words: [“Give me, good Lord, a longing to be with Thee, not for the avoiding of the calamities of…”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-more/#q111) 3. On this theme > Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not turn away, for I am your God. I have strengthened you, and I have assisted you, and the right hand of my just one has upheld you. — [Isaiah 41:10](https://blessbible.app/bible/isaiah/41/#v10) · CPDV Beside their words: [“I trust I shall not fear, since the Lord will not let my fear overcome me.”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-more/#q109) 4. On this theme > They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Then render to Caesar what is of Caesar; and to God what is of God.” — [Matthew 22:21](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/22/#v21) · CPDV Beside their words: [“I die the King's good servant, but God's first.”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-more/#q110) 5. On this theme > But Peter and the Apostles responded by saying: “It is necessary to obey God, more so than men. — [Acts 5:29](https://blessbible.app/bible/acts/5/#v29) · CPDV Beside their words: [“I die the King's good servant, but God's first.”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-more/#q110) 6. On this theme > And not only that, but we also find glory in tribulation, knowing that tribulation exercises patience, — [Romans 5:3](https://blessbible.app/bible/romans/5/#v3) · CPDV Beside their words: [“Tribulation is a gracious gift of God, which He sends to those He loves.”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-more/#q112) 7. On this theme > For I am constrained between the two: having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, which is the far better thing, — [Philippians 1:23](https://blessbible.app/bible/philippians/1/#v23) · CPDV Beside their words: [“Give me, good Lord, a longing to be with Thee, not for the avoiding of the calamities of…”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-more/#q111) 8. On this theme > For whomever the Lord loves, he chastises. And every son whom he accepts, he scourges. — [Hebrews 12:6](https://blessbible.app/bible/hebrews/12/#v6) · CPDV Beside their words: [“Tribulation is a gracious gift of God, which He sends to those He loves.”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-more/#q112) ## In the calendar The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Thomas More. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given. | Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) | |---|---|---|---| | [Tuesday, June 22, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/06/22/) | Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Genesis 13:2, 5-18 · Psalm 15:2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5 · John 8:12 · Matthew 7:6, 12-14 | | [Thursday, June 22, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/06/22/) | Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Sirach 48:1-14 · Psalm 97:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7 · Romans 8:15bc · Matthew 6:7-15 | Readings Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish. [June 21 St. Aloysius Gonzaga](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-aloysius-gonzaga/) [June 23 St. Joseph Cafasso](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joseph-cafasso/) [All the saints of June](https://blessbible.app/saints/june/) [Born on June 22?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#06-22) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/) Spotted a mistake in a date, a patronage or a quotation? [Report an error](https://blessbible.app/support/#report) and we’ll fix it in the app and here. St. Thomas More Remembered on June 22 On this page 1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-more/#life) 2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-more/#patron) 3. [In their own words](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-more/#words) 4. [In Scripture](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-more/#scripture) 5. 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