GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

New Zealand Tablet, 23 August 1906, Page 3

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

August 26, Sunday.— Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost. The Most I'uie Heart of Mary. „ 2?, Monday.— St. Joseph Calasanctius, Confessor. „ 28, Tuesday.— St. Augustine, Bishop, Confessor, anci Doctor. „ 29, Wednesday.— Beheading of St. John the Baptist. „ ?>Q, Thursday.— St. Fiacre, Confessor. „ 31, Fiiday.— St. Raymond Nonnatus, Confessor. September 1, Saturday.— St. Louis, King and Confessor. The Most Pure Heart of Mary. God, having selected Mary to be the mother of His Incarnate Son, bestowed on her with a lavish hand the graces which were necessaiy to fit her for her exalted office. On various days thioughqut the year, some one or other of the piincipal events in the life of the Blessed Virgin, or of the piivileges which she received fiom God, forms the subject of our consideration Today we contemplate that m tenor perfection which made her heart a glowing furnace of divine love, and gave to her most trivial actions a spiritual excellence which none of the saints have equalled. St. Fiacic, Confessor. St. Fiacre was an liishinan who, having crossed over inlo Fiance, lived for many yeais in a solitude not fathom ihe city of Me.iux. His life there was mo.i au->-leie—a continual exercise of prayer and heavenly contemplation, which he interrupted only to aftord relief to the poor, or to attend to those who, led by the fame of his sanctity, came to seek his advice. After his death m (>7tl, his tomb became famous for numerous miracles, and was resorted to l»y pilgiims fiom all parts of Fiance. St. Louis, King and Confessor. St Louis was King, of France, and it may be tiuly said that count ly never enioyed the blessing, of a wiser or moie vntuous iultr. Though his life in the midst of Ins court was that of a poifect lchgious, he nevei neglected the aftms of CJo\ ernnient, the public duties ol Ins position, or the wants of h.s people. Ills alms deeds wimp unbounded, and one ot his greatest pleasures was ministering to the sick in the public hospitals. St. Louis (1 led in 1270, at the a^e of 55.