Sunday Corner.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXI, Issue 14, 3 August 1894, Page 16

Sunday Corner.

CALENDAR.—AUGUST 6—ll.

Sunday, 5th — St Maria ad Nives.* Monday, 6th— Trantfigurfctu n of our Lord. Tuesday, 7th— Bt Caj -tan, coufeeaor. Wedntsday, 8th — Sta Cyndeus and companions, martyrs. Thursday, 9ih — St Smygdiun, biribop, martyr. Friday, 10th — St Lawrence, martyr. Baturday, llth— St Xystus 11.

The month of Augu9t is d-d ca d to the He3rt of Mary.

•St Mary of Srowt-.— ln the Church Bt Murii.e ad Nives, called also St Mary of the Crib, tl, > i. hes i f the crib m which Christ wai laid are pcesarved. Thj Ocurc , likewise, is c-illed St Mary Major since the Bth cen'ury, bee uaa ot its imp>rtanci>. It ranks as the second church in Chmt -iidom. rfi John L ths Cathedral of Rome, takes precedei cc. Tbu nurnj "of the Slo*b" is givea to it because of a miracle recorded i>y Popa Benedict XIV. A Komai Patrician and his noble w.fe -being ehiHli-ss, deterin ne 1 to spend their fortuoe in honouring the h ily Mother ol G >d. l'h yr< solved to begin the erection of a nii';-i fi ■ut cnutch. !"h • nt- ti ba chossn was designated in a v.bud io >h'-(n and Pope Li'enu-. it was to U> marked oat by snow. It w<ts t .v.id thu snow acvually iVll oq this spot in the heat of an August day. Hjnce St Mary of tlv «jio*. Brery year oq the patroual festival a laige number of tho tiny peu.ls of delicate white flowers are diopped from the roof, by an ingenious arrangement, and give the appear. nee of falling snow throughout the church.