Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 10 December 1908, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

December 13, Sunday.— Third Sunday in Advent. „ 14, Monday.— The Holy House of Loreto. „ 15, Tuesday. — Octave of the Immaculate Conception. „ 16, Wednesday. — St. Eusebius, Bishop and Martyr. Ember Day. „ 17, Thursday. — St. Leonard of Port Maurice, Confessor. „ 18, Friday. — Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Ember Day. „ 19, Saturday. — Blessed Urban V., Pope and Confessor. Ember Day. Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. As we approach more nearly to the great feast of the Nativity, the Church redoubles her exhortations to prepare in a worthy manner for its celebration. To-day she urges us to join in the longing desires and fervent aspirations with which the Blessed Virgin hailed the approach of the happy day when she was to hold in her arms the Incarnate Son of God. Blessed Urban V., Pope and Confessor. Before his elevation to the Papacy, Blessed Urban -was abbot of the monastery of St. Victor, near Marseilles, and as Pope he cultivated the same qualities which had distinguished him as a monk. His virtues were in striking contrast with the corruption of the times in which he lived, and would have done honor to a better age. His pontificate lasted from 1362 to 1370.