Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 5, 4 February 1904, Page 31

Friends at Court

QLEANINQS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR February 7, Sunday.— Scxagesima Sunday. 8, Monday.— St. John de Matha, Confessor. N, Tuesday —Commemoration of the Passion of Our Lord, in, Wednesday —St Scbolastica, Virgin 11, Thursday.— St Anterus, Pope and Martyr. 12, Friday— St Telesphorus, Pope and Martyr. 13, Saturday.— St. Gregoiy 11., Pope and Confessor. St. John de Matha, Confessor The lite of St John de Matha was one long course of self sacrifice for the glory of (iod and the good of his neighbor. As a child his chief delight was serving the poor, and he often, told them lie had come into the world lor no other end but to wash their feet He studied ati Pans with such distinction that his professors advised linn to become a priest, in order that his talents might lender gi eater service to others , and, for this end, John gladly sacrificed his high rank and other wordly advantages At his first Mass an angel appeared, clad in white, with a red and blue cross on his breast and hia hands reposing on the heads of a Christian and a Moorish caplne To ascertain what this signified, John repaired to St Felix of Valois, a holy hermit living near Mcaux, under whose direction he led a life of extreme pen me o The angel again appeared, and they set out for Rome 'to learn the will of God from the lips of the So\eie,igri Pontifl, who told them to devote themselves to the (redemption of captives For this purpose they founded the Order of the Holy Trinity The religious fasted oAery day, and gathering alms throughout Europe took them to Barbary to redeem the Chiistian slaves They denoted themselves also to the sick and prisoners m all countries Worn out by his heroic labors John died m 1213 at the age of 53,' St. Seholastica, Virgin Scbolastica, Sister of St Benedict, was born at \uisia, Haly, and li\ed near him in the monastery of Plombanole, -which she caused to be built about five miles fiom that of Monte Cassino St Anterus, Pope and Martyr St Anterus was a Creek by l^irth He was elected Pope aftei the death of Pontamus, on No\ ember 21, .Ms 1 He occupied the Holy Soe only one month and a few days He died on January 3, 23f1, and had for successor St Fabian. St Telesphorus, Pope and Martyr St To'esphorus was Pope from 127 to 138 He was ,i Cieek by buto, an anchorite ot Mount Carmol, became a successor of Sixtus I and died a martyr in Home under Hadrian He instituted the practice of sa> nig time "Masses on Christmas Day St Ciegory II , Pope and Confessor. St Ciegory II was successor to Pope St Gregory I , and leigned from 715 to 731 He was a man of raro \itti'e and equally renowned for learning and administrate e> abiliU The ende.nors ol the Iconoclast LeO 111 wei c resisied by Ciogorv with all the force of his apostolic authority He rebuilt the ruined walls of Rome and restored the Monasteiv of Monte Cassino, winch, one hundred and forty years before, had been desI1I 1 o\ ed by the Lombards You can protect yourself from any serious after effect.-; ariwinj? from & bad cold by taking TTJSSICTTT'A — • Tn the most obstinate enses of coughs and colds TUSSTCURA can be relied upon to afford immediate and permanent relief — *** TO OUR READERS —You will find it to your advantage to deal with 'Tablet' advertisers. They are enterprising, up-to-date business men. They want your trade ami are prepared to cater for it Give them a trial You will do us a service by kindly mentioning the ' Tablet.'—*** MAKE NO MISTAKE '—You may fancy a cou^h \* a trivial affair, but unless von take precautions you will find it ranidly develop into something very seriou3. Take warning, therefore, and at the first symptom of trouble try TTJSSICURA, which e%eryone who has once taJcen it acknowledges to be the only certain remedy for complaints of the Throat and Lun;, r s. There will be no d'fficulty in obtaining it, as all Chemists and Storekeepers' keep TUSSICURA, and you should insist on having that and nothing else.— ***