Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 12 September 1912, Page 3

Friends at Court

BI£ANiNQS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR ■ ' ■ ■ ■ ■! --- " Sept. 15, Sunday.—Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost. The Seven . Dolors of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ~ 16, Monday. —SS. Cornelius and Cyprian, Bishops - and Martyrs. ~ 17, Tuesday.—The Stigmata of St. Francis, Confessor. ~ 18, Wednesday.-St. Joseph of Cupertino, Confessor. Ember Day. „ 19, Thursday. — St. Januarius and Companions, Martyrs. ~ 20, Friday. — St. Agapitus, 1., Pope and Com - fessor. Ember Day. ~ 21, Saturday. —St. Matthew, Apostle. Ember Day. The Seven Dolors of the Blessed Virgin Mary. To drink of that chalice of suffering which the Redeemer of mankind drained to the dregs has fallen to the lot of all the saints, but most of all to the Mother of God. Owing to the closeness of the sacred tie which bound her to her Divine Son, she felt most keenly every danger which threatened Him, and every pang which wrung His Sacred Heart. Her seven principal sorrows, commemorated to-day, were the prophecy of St. Simeon, the flight into Egypt, the loss of the Child Jesus, the meeting with her Divine Son on the way to Calvary, the Crucifixion, the taking down from the Cross, and the burial of our Lord, St. Joseph of Cupertino, Confessor. St. Joseph, the son of poor parents near Brindisi, in his early years followed the trade of a shoemaker. Having entered as a lay Brother the Order of Conventual Friars, his superiors, through admiration of his humility and penitential spirit, promoted him to the priesthood. .God deigned to reward the virtues of His servant by miraculous favors, which were the occasion of numerous conversions. St. Joseph died in 1663, at the age of sixty. St, Januarius and Companions, Martyrs. St. Januarius, Bishop of Benevento, in the south of Italy, was, with six companions, beheaded during the persecution of Diocletian. The remains of St. Januarius were conveyed to Naples, where every year on his feast, and during the octave, the celebrated miracle of the liquefaction of his blood takes place. GOD’S WAY. Though sometimes strange may seem to be The way thy Father leadeth thee, Yet trust, for He is by thy side, To help, to strengthen, and to guide ; Why should thy heart then shrink with fear With Him, the God of Love, so near ! And if at times no heavenly ray Shine on thy path, to show the way, Still One is ever near to aid. He Who hath said, ‘Be not afraid ’ ; Then trust that He, that faithful Friend, .Will lead thee safely to the end. So shalt thou find His way will be the best, the very best for Thee; the only way to lead thee right * * vim. blest home of peace and light. vtrv1 re rT^ OU or evermore shalt dwell With Him Who guided thee so well. WiH the greatest service to the State if you shail raise, not the roofs of the houses, but the souls of dwell in 6 ?™ n f °£ lfc 18 be J ter that S re at souls should I«rf i” g S “ a f ir lather than fr " e “ Sla ™