Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 8 December 1910, Page 1999

Friends at Court

CLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR December 11, Sunday. Third Sunday in Advent. ~ 12, Monday.-—St. Melchiades, Pope and Martyr. ~ 13, Tuesday.—St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr. ~ 14, Wednesday. Holy House of Loreto. Ember Day. ~ 15, Thursday.—Octave of the Immaculate Conception. ~ 10, Friday.St. Eusebius, Bishop and Martyr. Ember Day. ~ IT, Saturday.—St. Leonard of Port Maurice, Confessor. Ember Day. St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr. The island of Sicily honors St. Lucy as one of its most illustrious children. Accused of being a Christian, she steadfastly endured many torments rather than abandon her religion. She died in prison of her wounds, A.D. 304. St. Eusebius, Bishop and Martyr. St. .Eusebius, a native of Sardinia, was Bishop of Vercelli, in Piedmont. His episcopate was much troubled by the Arian heretics, who were supported by the Emperor Constantins. _ St. Eusebius showed himself as incapable of being deceived by the wiles of these heretics as he was of being terrified by their threats. Through their machinations be was forced to spend six years in exile. Returning to Italy after the death of Constantins, he was received, as St. Jerome relates, with universal joy. He died a natural death in 371, but is styled a martyr on account of his previous sufferings. St. Leonard of Port Maurice, Confessor. This saint was born near Genoa in 1676. Having entered the Order of Friars Minor, he soon showed a special aptitude for missionary work. During forty-six years he visited nearly every part of Italy, everywhere, by the force of his eloquence and the example of his virtues, animating the good to increased fervor, and touching the hearts of the most hardened sinners. He practised assiduously, and earnestly recommended to others, the devotion of ‘ The Way of the Cross.’ St. Leonard died in Rome in 1751. GRAINS OF GOLD A HYMN TO JESUS. Jesus, splendor of the skies, To Whom angelic voices rise In holy melodies divine; , Where everlasting light doth shine, And thousands of ten thousands sing Their mighty anthems to our King. Jesus, Father of the poor ; Generous source of all their store; Sinful, hungry, sad and weak, Thy suppliants, we rich bounty seek. Say but the words, ‘ 0, come to Me,’ Life of our souls, we haste to Thee. Jesus, infinitely wise; Remember us in paradise. Unworthy we to join the band Of Thy redeemed in that blest land ; Clothe us in wedding garments white, Fit guests of Thine in God’s pure sight. Jesus, God, eternal love! Hear our prayer and let us prove Our fervent faith and constancy, By ever keeping close to Thee; Nor earthly wiles our hearts decoy From Thee Who art our only joy! v —Boston Pilot. Live as it wore on trust. All that .is in you, all that you are, is only loaned to you. Make use of it according to the will of Him Who lends it; for never regard it for a moment as your own. The foundation of domestic happiness is faith in the virtue of woman ; the foundation of political happiness is faith in the integrity of man ; the foundation of all happiness, temporal and eternal, is reliance on the goodness of God. Guard within yourself that treasure- —kindness. Know how to give without hesitation; how to lose without regret; how to acquire in your heart, by the happiness of those you love, the happiness which you, yourself, might have missed. If we are commonplace and indifferent, we will find other people so. Mind finds its level, just as water does. A really original and sympathetic person will find others interesting and agreeable. To complain of those we meet is really to proclaim ourselves dull.