Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 30 July 1908, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR August 2, Sunday. — Eighth Sunday after Pentecost. St. Stephen 1., Pope and Martyr. ,; 3, Monday. — The Finding of the Body of *St. Stephen, First Martyr. „ 4, Tuesday. — St. Dominic, Confessor, v S, Wednesday. — Dedication of St. Mary's, Rome. „ 6, Thursday. — Transfiguration of Our Lord. -"' ' „ 7, Friday. — St. Cajetan, Confessor. „ 8, Saturday. — St. Cyriacus and Companions, 'Martyrs. Dedication of -the Church of Our Lady of Snows. The Church of Our Lady of Snows, or, as it is more frequently called, St. Mary Major, is one of the four great basilicas of Rome, and the largest and most celebrated of the many churches in that city which are dedicated to the Mother of God. Built in the fourth century, under Pope Liberius, it was rebuilt on a magnificent scale in the following century. The title of ' Our Lady of Snows ' has reference to a tradition connected with' 1 the building of the church. -Transfiguration of Our Lord. The miraculous Transfiguration of our Blessed Lord, in the presence of the Apostles Peter, James, and John, is narrated by St. Matthew in that portion of his Gospel which is read at the Mass on the second Sunday in Lent.