Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 25 September 1913, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR September , 28, Sunday.— Sunday after . • Pentecost. ~ \ 29, Monday.—Dedication of the Church N '- —■ of St. Michael, Archangel. ~ 30, Tuesday. —St. Jerome, Confessor and Doctor. October 1, Wednesday. —St. Gregory, Bishop and ' . Martyr. ~ 2, Thursday.—Feast of the Holy Angel Guardians. ~ 3, Friday. — St. Adrian 11., Pope and Confessor. ~ 4, Saturday.—St. Francis of Assisi, Confessor. St. Gregory, Bishop and Martyr. The memory of St. Gregory, who preached the . Gospel in Armenia, has always been held in special _ honor by Armenian Catholics. Though he died a natural death in the time of Constantine the Great, he receives the title of martyr on account of the cruel and protracted tortures to which he submitted rather than abandon the Faith. Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels. One of. the most consoling doctrines of the Catholic Church is the spiritual union which exists between mankind and the angels who surround the throne of the Almighty. These glorious spirits, with whom we hope to share hereafter the joys of Paradise, are appointed by God to be our protectors during our mortal life. Though not an article of faith, it has always been the constant belief of the Church in all ages that Divine Providence has assigned to each individual a special angel to be his guide and guardian during his pilgrimage on earth. To this doctrine, which is confirmed by many passages of Holy Scripture, our Divine Lord alluded when He said : ‘ See that you despise not one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven always see the Face of My Father, Who is in heaven.’ GRAINS OF GOLD WHAT THINGS ABE MINE. What things are mine shall come to me, Somewhere from out the dark unknown, — In storm or calm, by land or sea, Through deserts wild or fruitful sown. ( What things are mine shall come to me, Though heart may ache and eyes may weep; What things are mine, these I shall have; And, having, shall forever keep. I envy not my fellowman, However full his joys may be; For this I knowin God’s good time, What things are mine shall come to me. —Ave Maria. Praise makes a wise man modest, a fool arrogant. If you have faith, preach it ; if you have doubts, bury them; if you have joy, share it; if you have sorrow, bear it. It is consoling to think that our Lord couples humility with rest. Rest is one of the sweetest words he ever used. God grant us rest! The path seems narrow at the beginning, but it broadens out at the end. Let us never voluntarily dwell upon the faults of others when they present themselves to our minds; instead of dwelling on them let us at once consider" what there is of good in these persons. ... No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.St. Teresa.