Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 16 January 1913, Page 3

Friends at Court

©LEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR January 19, Sunday.— Septuagesima Sunday. ~ 20, Monday.—The Most Holy Name of Jesus. „ 21, Tuesday.—Commemoration of the Prayer of our Lord in the Garden. ~ 22, Wednesday.—SS. Vincent and Anastasius, Martyrs. ~ 23, Thursday. Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ~ 24, Friday.—St. Timothy, Bishop and Martyr ~ 25, Saturday. The Conversion of St. Paul, ' Apostle. The Prayer of Our Lord in the Garden. ‘Kneeling down, He prayed, saying, “Father, if Thou wilt, remove this chalice from Me; but yet not My will, but Thine, be done.” And there appeared to Him an angel from Heaven, strengthening Him, and, being in an agony, He prayed the longer’ (Gospel of St. Luke). Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In this feast we commemorate the providential care with which God assigned to the Virgin Mother and her Divine Child, in the person of St. Joseph, a faithful guardian and protector in the necessities and trials of their daily life. St. Timothy, Bishop and Martyr. The name of St. Timothy frequently occurs in the New Testament. Born of a Jewish mother, he made from his childhood a special study of the Sacred Scriptures. After his conversion St. Timothy became the faithful companion of St. -Paul, two of whose epistles are addressed to him. For more than thirty years he governed the diocese of Ephesus, and finally crowned his saintly life by a martyr’s death, A.D. 97.

GRAINS OF GOLD

THE SOUL’S VISION. To him who sees in life no purpose high, All noble things of earth illusions are; He marks no Presence in the earth and sky, No symbolled spirit in the sun and star. To him who sees a purpose ages through, Life has realities unchanging, strong; He knows the Hand that globes the drop of dew, And find the Singer in the cosmic song. —Ave Maria. Be filled with hope and give the world the impression of your own mind, and material wealth will not count so much. Live the life of prayer; learn to bring everything, into prayer pain and trials and temptations of all kinds. Pray in the calm and in the storm. Pain comes to us from the hand of God for our good. _ Great are the rewards in store for those who know its value and accept it as a mercy. Friendliness is, after all, but little more than courtesy. Any man can be courteous without much effort, but apparently only a few connect the two. Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. -Some people bear three kindsall they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have. One of the most beautiful things in this world is to have brightened the life of one who loved us. Aside from God and His overmastering claim on us, that is fulfilling one’s destiny. Every flower is a hint of God’s beauty; every grain of wheat a token of His beneficence; every atom of the dust a revelation of His power. In and through all things He is attracting our regard. We should never stand between a man and his duty. It would be dishonorable in us, and, should our action induce dereliction on his part, he would have no further claim on our affection.