Episode Twenty Nine: Thomas More
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🗓️ 23 March 2026
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🗺️ Lent with the Saints - Episode Twenty Nine: Thomas More
In this episode, Kiley tells us how to give alms at home and we'll listen to the story of Thomas More.
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| 0:00.0 | Lent with the Saints. |
| 0:29.9 | To start this fifth week of Lent, |
| 0:32.1 | we're going to visit St. Thomas More and his busy family in England. |
| 0:37.1 | Last week, we talked about how he can give alms and be Jesus' hands and feet, taking care of his friends. |
| 0:43.3 | You made a plan for how to give to the needy during this week of Lent with your family. |
| 0:48.3 | If you haven't finished your plan yet, that's a good thing to work on today. |
| 0:52.3 | But you don't have to go outside of your home |
| 0:55.5 | to give of your time and talents |
| 0:57.1 | to care for those in need. |
| 0:59.3 | Your family are some of Jesus' friends. |
| 1:02.5 | Your mom, dad, brothers, and sisters |
| 1:04.6 | need you to take care of them too. |
| 1:19.2 | St. Thomas Moore was the father of a large family. He had a joyful household in England, |
| 1:27.1 | full of good food, beautiful gardens, and lots and lots of stories. Thomas had four children, Meg, Elizabeth, Cecily, and John. They all got |
| 1:31.0 | married and had children of their own, so Thomas Moore was also a grandfather. He had 23 |
| 1:37.0 | grandchildren. Listen to how the Moore family tried to have their picture painted. You see, |
| 1:43.7 | they didn't have cameras back then, |
| 1:45.6 | so they all had to sit still for hours while an artist painted them. |
| 1:52.0 | Sir Thomas, I cannot work under these conditions. Could we please tie the monkey up? Cage him, |
| 2:00.1 | give him a banana. He doesn't like bananas. If the monkey up? Cage him, give him a banana. |
| 2:01.6 | He doesn't like bananas. |
| 2:03.6 | If the monkey must be in the painting... |
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