GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 38, 22 September 1904, Page 31

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

September 25, Sunday —Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost. St. Eustace and companions, Maityrs 2G, Monday —Si Eusebius, Pope and Martyr. „ 27, Tuesday. — SS. Cosmas and Daimian, Martyrs. „ 28, Wcdneshay. — St. Wenceslaus, King and Martyr. 29, Thursday.— Dedication of the Church ot St. Michael the Archangel. „ 30, Friday,— St. Jerome, Confessor and Doctor. October 1, Saturday.— St. Gregory, Bishop and Martyr.

St. Eustace and Companions, Martyrs. St Eustace, a Roman general, suffered martyrdom, together wit.h his wife and two' sons, shortly after the beginning of the second century. St. Eusebius, Pope ami Martyr. St Elusebius, who succeeded St. Marcellus on the Papal throne, was banished by Maxe*ntius to Sicily, wheie suffering and privation soon caused his death, A D. 310. SS. Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs. These two saints were brothers, born in Arabia, and renowned for their skill in medicine. They were remarkable for thoir charity, and for the zeal with which they enciea\ ored to propagate the Christian religion. They were both beheaded in the persecution of Diocletian, about the year 303. St. Wenceslau.s, King and Martyr. St Wenceiskuis, Duke of Bohemia, was remarkable for his devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. His zeal for tho of the true Faith Ir-d to his death at tho hands of his brother, A.D. 982. Dedication of the Basilica of St Michael the Archangel. The- dedication of the famous Church of St. Michael, tn 'Aionte (iargano, in Italy, gave occasion to tihe present feaM , W"t I'he Church alvo proposes to our devotion on this day the \cneration of all the angels Tori<i\, theicfore, we are called \\\wn to give thanks to (!oil fo- Ihe clnry and happiness w'hkh the angels enio\ . nnd to join with them in adoring, blessing, and piaising Him. St Jerome. Confessor and Doctor. St Jerome was born at Stridon, in Dalmatia, in 310 His- yoiith was passed in Rome, whither he was sent to complete Ins studies vnder Aelnus Donatlus, a celebrated snammarian Ilis thirst for knowledge caused him to \isiL foreign cities, among oi^iois Tte\es, where ho transcribed for his friend Rufinus a commentary on tho Psalms and a. treatise en Synods by St. Hilary. In 3KI Jerome went to Constantinople to study the Holy Scriptures under St. Ctregorv Na7.ian7en, and thence returned tio Rome. He was the intimate frietid of Pope Damasks, who appointed him his secretary. At the Pone's request, Jerome began his revision of the old Latin, or Italic version of the Bible. After the death of T\vuas."s he set out for Palestine, whee he founded and superintended several monasteries tntil his death v/!hi< h o'curred at Bethlehem in 420 He was burie'l a/mid the ruins of one of his monasteries 1 , which hoid been destroyed by the partisans of Pelapus. St. Jerome, who is called by the Church ' the greatest Dor tor raised by the Diviaie hand to interpret the Sacred S<Tmi.'i;reß,' wa.s the author of the Latin translation o f the Bible, known as the Vulsate Of all his writings Ihi-s is the most useful and most widely known. St Gregory, Bishop 'and Martyr. St CrTeirorv, Apostle of tho Armenians, was born about 257 at YalarK'habad, in the province of Ararat, Armenia, and educated at Caes&rea, Oa-rupadocia. In 303 he bantised King Tirida+es, and, with tthe aid of Oree-lc priests, propu'gated the Faith throughoilt - the whole country of Armenia. Having been consecrated, bis*h,O(!) t>y Leon ti us', Archbishop of Caesarea, in'Cappadocia, and constituted Metropolitan of Armenia, he consecrated a great nmmiber of bishop's (it is said about 4 00) for the converted nation Tic left tihe Chkirch of Armenia in a flourishing condition when he died in 332.