Born in 1118 to parents of some means, Beckets life from the
start was of some notable difference when compared to that of the
other St. Thomas, Thomas More. Whereas Mores parents were careful
never to encourage in their son any sort of profligate tendency,
Thomas Becket became very used to the good life early. His parents,
though, died when he was twenty-one, and since he had no trade or
employment even though he was already in his twenties, his means
had been seriously diminished says Fr. Butler. This part of St.
Thomas story reminds me too much of the youth of today who, well
into their thirties in some cases, live at home for lack of
initiative in a particular avocation. Wealth can have a stultifying
effect on the will, a truth that bears itself out in the life of
St. Thomas.
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