Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4, 25 January 1906, Page 31

Friends at Court

GLEANINCIS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR January 28, Sunday.-Fourth 'Sunday afternhe Epiphany> St.<;Jjt>hiij Ohrysos'tom, Bishop, Confessor Vand Doctor. 29, Monday .-St. Fraheis;'de Sales, Bishop, shop, Confesspr,, and Doctor. 30, Tuesday .-St. Felix IV?; Pope and Confessor. r "- . ■- „ 31, Wednesday.-.St. Peter Nolasco, Confessor. February 1, Thursday. -St. Brlgld, Virgin, „ 2, Friday.— Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ° „, 3, Saturday .-St. Denis, Pope and Confessor. St. John Chrys&stom, Bhho'p, Confessor, and Doctor. St fJohn, surnamed Chrysostom, or the golden?vr U i» hed A' n °^f C ° U A n J *° f his elot l u^ce, was born in ?7™ ' i • , Atr first a law s rer - he afterwards became a priest, and was subsequently elected Archbishop hLV° n J f a in °? e ;u Undeterred h y hum an respect, he boldly denounced the vices of the imperial court, thus making for himself many powerful enemies, at whose \Z p n «? t rh aS ni aiU , ss odo d t0 a remote district situated to the east of the Black Sea. The saint never reached his destination. Worn out by the exhausting journey he died in^ Armenia, A.D. 407. J '' ° St. Frandis de Sales, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor. >t , St - Prancis d e Sales was born in Savoy in 1547. Naturally of a passionate disposition, he succeeded in obtaining such perfect control over himself that his name - a fyn? ll ?™ for meekness and patience. Ordained priest, the sanctity of his hie, united to a gentle winShSrThf 11^ 1^ Wm t0 brins back to the Church S" 01 his countrymen who had been imbued from childhood with the heretical tenets of Calvin In 1602 he became Bishop of Oeneva. He died in 1622 after having shown himself the model of a bishop, as he had been that of a layman and priest. St. Felix IV., Pope and Confessor. nf St Felix died in 5&0, after having occupied' the Chair of Peter during four years. He was remarkable for, the | charity with wh-ich he endeavored to provide for the ; wants of the poor and sick of the Eternal City. St. Peter 'Nolasco, Confessor. OrrJ r hiS f S n int T Wa f a c native of Franc e- He founded the Order of Our Lady of Mercy for the ransom of Christians enslaved by the Moors, and to this project he devoted the considerable property which he had inherited /h «7^ er> He died on Christmas Day, 125&, in the 67.th year of his,age. ' ' St. Brigid, Virgin. St. Brigid, whose name is frequently, though incorrectly, spelled Bridget, is the patron saint of Ireland ?iW aS f T in ,-? 53 ' and accoraiin g to an ancient Irish account of her life, was born at Fochart (now Faugher). Her father s name was Dubhtach. She was foun?i5 S «f an da f bess of several convents, the most celebrated of which was that of Kildare (' The Church of the Oak ), which was erected in the year 490. She died in The Purification. This is a festival observed in the Catholic Church in commemoration of the Purification of -the Blessed Virgin Mary according to the Jewish ceremonial, forty days fltZ t G < b n lh ,? f £' hdst - U is also called ' CandlenS .(that is. Candle Mass 1 ) on account of the blessing of ;-m^ *SP/ rs ' — -^ re carried burnin g by those who ' p roces sipa which takes plac* afterwards: Tha "?hf??JS?i M rt R at^ ibuted ■to.tW^rifcno^is that thl Tnf Jf 1 TST Sh ° Uld^ Wltl ? -*?? hol^ Simeon ' in the Infant Jesus the salvation which the Lord had preRp C rw#? r ! - c H aC^ pf , the P e °P le -' A light to lighten th* Geniiles^andtfhe glory, of- the , people of Israel ' k- if IV: 31 ~ 32 > and be admonished by J the burnling tapers which ;they are carrying in their hands, that their faith iriust be fed and augmented by the exercise of good works, through which they are to become a light to'shine before men (Matt. v. 14-16). ' ; - Str Denis, Pope -and". Confessor. ,, n .j. St,' Denis, who was Popefrom 259 to 269, was born in Calabria. He was the successor, of Sixtus 11.