GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

New Zealand Tablet, 2 August 1906, Page 3

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

August 5, Sunday.—Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, De- „ dication of the Church of St. Mary ad Nives. _ i „ 6, Monday.—Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ. „ 7, Tuesday.—St. Cajetan, Confessor. \ „ 8, Wednesday.—St. Cyriacus ana' Companions, Martyrs. v „ 9, Thursday—St. Emygdius, Bishop and Martyr. ,~ 10, Friday. —St. Lawrence, Martyr. „ 11, Saturday.—St. Sixtus 11., Pope and Martyr. Dedication ol the Church of St. Mary Ad Nives. The church of St. Mary ad Nives, or, as it is more frequently called, St. Mary Maior, is one of the four great basilicas of Rome, and the largest and most celebrated of the many in 1 hat city which are dedicated t 0 the Mother of God. Built in the 4th century,' under Pope Libenus, it was rebuilt on a magnificent scale in the following century. Traiisfiguiation of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The miraculous Transfiguration of Our Blessed Lo-d in the presence of the A'ostlos Peter, James, and John, is narrated by St Matthew in that portion of his Gospel which is read on the second Sunday in Lent. St. Cyria'us and Companions, Martyrs. St. Cyriacus was a Roman ""deacon, who, with twentvtwo others, suffered a g'orinus martyrdom during the reign of Diocletian, A.D. 303.