Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 29 May 1913, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR June 1, Sunday. —Third Sunday after Pentecost. ~ 2, Monday.—St. Eugene 1., Pope and Confessor. ~ 3, Tuesday. —St. Mary Magdalen of Pazzi, Virgin. ~ 4, Wednesday,—St. Francis Carraciolo, Confessor. ~ 5, Thursday.St. Boniface, Bishop, and Martyr. ~ 6, Friday. —St. Norbert, Bishop and Confessor. ~ 7, Saturday.—St. Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop and Confessor.

St. .Mary Magdalen of Pazzi, Virgin.

This saint belonged to the illustrious Florentine family of the Pazzi. From her very childhood she was remarkable for her charity to the poor, often denying herself her dinner in order to feed them. In the frequent ailments by which she was visited, her patience was a source of edification to all. As Butler remarks: It was the prayer of this saint, under her severest trials, that she might live only to glorify God by her patience and submission in suffering to His will and for His sake. She died in 1607, at the age of 41.

St. Boniface, Bishop and Martyr.

St. Boniface was a native of Devon, in England. Shortly after his ordination to the priesthood, he was commissioned by Pope Gregory 11. to preach the Gospel to the pagan inhabitants of Germany. He labored with such success that in a short time many episcopal sees were erected in that country, Boniface himself being appointed Archbishop of Mayence. He suffered martyrdom at the hands of the infidels in 755. GRAINS OF GOLD OUR PEACE. Peace at the dawn of morning, Peace ’neath the noonday sun, Peace as the day is closing, As night's deep shadows come. Peace going forth to labors "" ‘ Wherever He doth call, Peace as we walk in darkness With Him our all in all. Peace shut in from toiling, While other workers go, Peace mid pain and suff’ring On me He doth bestow. Peace as the clouds hang o’er me, , As the bitter tear-drops fall; Peace like a river flowing Sweet peace He gives to all.

Peace as we look toward heaven . For Christ, our Lord, to come, Peace as with Him we enter

Our everlasting home.

Oh, what a well-spent day is the day that has been given wholly to God! What a glory for this Divine Master is a servant who does all He wills, as He wills, and who lovingly offers Him all that he does!

We are born to inquire after truth; it belongs to a greater power to possess it. It is not, as Democritus said, hid in the bottom of the deeps, but rather elevated to an infinite height in the divine knowledge.— Montaigne. In your little niche of life, are you a help or a hindrance? If a girl, do you strive to shed a sweet influence in home and over your friends ? Are you helpful in the little things of life ? If a boy, are you a staff for your old father to lean upon, or do you rank football higher in importance than school or duties to your loved ones?