Saints John Fisher and Thomas More like many saints of the Church are remembered for the good fruit that they have bore to the world. Both of these men wanted to live up to the truth of the Church even if it brought them death for it. King Henry desired that both of these men would abandon the authority of the pope and recognize him as the new head of the Church. Both of these holy men knew that people would come into the world that would want to rip the Church apart from the inside. Instead of trusting in mere men they realized the importance of trusting in the wisdom of the Church. This attitude led to them to being beheaded, but like the beheading of Saint John the Baptist this would lead many faithful people to be inspired to live out the life of the Church.
These men will forever be known for fearing nothing over the importance of the Church. This was the good fruit that they bore to the world that can still be felt today. We must ask ourselves what good fruit we want to be remembered for once we have left this world. There are many false prophets out there who want to led us astray, but we can not allow them to take ahold of us by transforming our fruit into something that is rotten and no good for society.
It can be hard to stand up against society, but this is something that we must do if we are to be called Christian. By the fact that we have received Christ inside of the Eucharist will give us the strength to encounter these situations and help to keep our fruit fresh and pure. Worthily receiving Christ in the Eucharist will help us in any battles with false prophets that we run into once we depart from this place. May we fear not when we bring Christ into every place of the world! Because we know that the Eucharist is driving us forward and is helping us to bear good fruit within our daily lives.
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