Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 5 September 1912, Page 3

Friends at Court

©LEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR September 8, Sunday.—Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, ~ 9, Monday. —St. Kyran, Abbot. ~ 10, Tuesday. —St. Hilary, Pope and Confessor. ~ 11, Wednesday.—St. Nicholas of Tolentino, Confessor. „ 12, Thursday. The Holy Name of Mary. ~ 13, Friday.—St. Sergius 1., Pope and Confessor. ~ 14, Saturday. —The Exaltation of the Holy Cross. St. Sergius 1., Pope and Confessor. St. Sergius, a Sicilian, showed his zeal for the propagation of the faith by sending missionaries to the then uncivilised peoples of Germany. Notwithstanding the threats of the Greek Emperor, he constantly refused to sanction some disciplinary regulations which were opposed to the best interests of religion. He died in 701, after a pontificate extending over thirteen years. Exaltation of the Holy Cross. On this day we commemorate the recovery of the true Cross, which was left at Jersualem by St. Helena, and which, having been carried off by the invading Persians, was regained by the Emperor Heraclius in 628. GRAINS OF GOLD MORNING STAR. Hail*, crowned Maid, we praise and honor thee! Of womankind thou art the blessed one, The pure, the lustrous herald of the sun Forever shining over land and sea In glory of the Christ Whom thou hast borne. Thou art as chaste and bright in thy array As thou wert on thy great Assumption day, As brightly thou shalt shine on Judgment morn. Ere Christ shall come to judge the human race, Before the throne of God for sinners plead. Thou art the Morning Star forever fair, . ~ The beacon-light of hope, the Queen of Grace; Ere He shall come, for mankind intercede, And Christ, thy Son, shall heed His Mother’s prayer. 1 —Are Maria. Vanity is the quicksand of reason. It is a good thing to be deaf when a slanderer begins to talk. Envy is blind, and can only disparage the virtues of others. Don’t fold your hands in the presence of evils on the false plea that whatever is, is right. Speak kindly and act , kindly to others, and you will be sure to win affection as well as esteem. Don’t allow desire for a higher position To render you too small to fill your present place efficiently. Weeds thrive anywhere, but more delicate plants can only flourish in good soil.' Thus it is with sensitive natures; sympathetic environment is everything. We talk about the sleep of death. How much deeper, how much sadder, is the sleep of lifethe unresponsive heart, the unawakened mind, the hand palsied by lack of will to do ! Politeness is a sort of guard which covers the rough edges of our character, and prevents their wounding others. We should never throw it off, even in our conflicts with coarse people.