Friends at Court GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 31, 4 August 1904, Page 31

Friends at Court GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

August 7, Sunday —KlcAcnl.h Sunday after Pentecost. .St. C'aietan, Coinfessoi „ 8, Monday — St. Cynacus and C omp-anioi s, Mariji*. „ 9, Tuesday.— St. Emygdiufi, UisJvop and Martyr. JU, \\ed<nesda\ — SI Lawumie, Ma.rl\i 11, Thursday '—St Sivtus 11., Pope afi<d Martyr. „ 11, Friday.— St. Claie, \ lrgm. „ 13, Saturday —St. Philcmiena, Vrrgim and Martyr. St. C a jet an, Confessor. St. Caieta»'i, the son of wealthy parents fn ttie north of Italy, ,w<us remarkable for his charity to the poor. On tihe death of his parents he eAiper»de-d a great pait of his patnmonv in the establishment of hospitals and pious associations for the lelief ot the sic.L and tjie indigent , the remainder he diwded between tl%et I% e p( of &M thnse of Ins relations who weie m straitened circumstances In conjunction with Ai'chbish,op CaraTa, afterwards Pope Paul I\'., Jie founded tihe religious Congregation of Theatincs. lie died in 1.) 17, vain out Ity labors and austerities St. (Jy-riacus and Companions, Maityrs. St Cynac'ujs was a Roman deacon, who, with 22 others, \ui]eieid a glorious, martyrdom d,ur.n? the reign of Diocletian, A.D 303. St. Emygdius, Bishop and Martyr. St Einj gfcli'us, a nalne of Rhenish Prussia, wa3 ( nvp> l dted BMiop ot As* alon by Pope Ma'CeT s After ,i saintly lite, ini'moi able loi the miracles Hue ji (Jod >vio>ught through his mst runient'ality, he was martyred d.mug the persecution of Diocletian. St Laurence, Martyr St. LawrenVe, deanm and martyr, was born near Ifyiesca, Sppin. Me was the chief among the se\en deac(n-> ot the Roman Church In the y*ar 258 Pope Si;xtus was hd out to die, and St Lawrence stctod by, weeping that, he could nit senate his fate. The holy Poipe comforted him with the words ' r<o not weep, mv mmi , m three da\s you will follow me ' This piophevv (Mine true The piefeit of the city Knew tiie rich oftetrmiis which tlv Christians put lhto the hand., of the clergy, artd he demvjiiied the treasures of Uie Roman C'huich from Law rcn\e, t.heir gtuai'dian. The saiflxti pjotniifd. at the end of thiee days, to show him Li'*hes exceeding all the v. ealth of the emf'iiie, artJ set a'so'iit collecting the poc.i, the infiim, and tHic lehgious w/ho h,\ed by the alms of tiie fanciful Ho then bade t.l■ opi elect c see the tie.iMire-^ oi I'ie Chuu'li ' Chn.st, \V lirjTii Lawrcrve !nd snr\e.l in his j-onr, gave him st.Tengih m Ch "- (h( h n'\\' t wliuh ensued Roasted over a slow/ lite, lie made ynoit of h; c ; ]>a>ns ' I am done eno'g'i,' he said, 'cat if join will ' Ihs remains veie b'aried m the Cataro'nbs ot Campo Vo^ano ConM.inhne buiM o\ or his tomb a basilua, wihich i's one ot the t:\e pafiiauhal cMnirc'hes ajid one of 1-he se\en •»mi( i;\al ht at ions. St Sixtus II , Po>pe and Alartyr. St. Si\t''s, a (Jieel by birtih, ruled the Church for abo.Ml a car He was beheaded three -days before St Lawicn c, m 2.kS. St Clare, Virgin St. Clcue of Assiisi, who renounced wealth and rank to eanbiace the) religious state, was remarkable for ncr lo\e of penertv and her defvotioli to t!ie Blessed Sa^rameint; Slie b("'a.mo, under the direction of St Francis of Assist, the founder of a veiy strut religws O^rder, the members of wjnch ]nra''tis('d tJie most ri^rous a'ist'euiues k S"he died in her 60t«h year, A.D. 125-3. St. Plnlomcna, Virgin. St Philnniftna w?js one of Uic-e countless martyrs who sealed their faith with their blood in tiie peTsocutioin of the R'oma/n Kmperors 'I he date and man- er of her deata are uncertain.