God First

Today we remember the martyrdom of of Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More, two great men, one a Cardinal, the other an honest lawyer and Lord Chancellor of England under King Henry VIII. Both opposed Henry's divorce and re-marriage and self-appointment as head of the Church of England. They were beheaded for being, as St. Thomas said, "the King's good servant, but God's first."
In today's Gospel passage, we read the strong injunction against judging others: "Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you." (Mt 7: 1-2). In the case of Henry, a judgment had to be made, albeit not a popular one, but one based on Truth. Henry's actions could not be tolerated, yet because he had the Power, the two men who opposed him were put to death. They could have abandoned the truth as others had done, but didn't.
In our own day, we could ask with Pilate: "What is truth" (Jn 19:38), for it seems that subtle pressures are moving us away from honest truth to fabricated truth. We are being asked to say that black is white, white black, or that it really doesn't matter. A society based on such mush is bound to collapse. What would be the judgment of these two great saints on what is happening today?
Can we still put God first?
Bro. Rene