Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 16 October 1913, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR October 19, Sunday.—Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost. . , ~ 20, Monday.St. John Cantius, Confessor, ~ 21, Tuesday. —Blessed Victor 111., Pope and Confessor. 22, Wednesday. —SS.. Cykil and Methodius, Bishops and Confessors. ~ 23, Thursday. —Our Most Holy Redeemer. ~ 24, Friday.—St. Raphael, Archangel. „ 25, Saturday. — St. Boniface 1., Pope and Confessor. Our Most Holy Redeemer. This day is set apart by the Church to praise and glorify God for the great mystery of our redemption, and,to honor the Person of His Son, Who, by becoming man and dying for us, has freed us from the slavery of Satan, and restored to us our heavenly inheritance. St. Raphael, Archangel. It is narrated in the Old Testament that the Archangel Raphael was sent by God to guide the young Tobias on a journey. The description of this journey, given in the Book of Tobias, enables us to better understand the exceeding charity of our guardian* angels, who, though invisible to our eyes, preserve us from evil and guide us on our way -to heaven. St. Boniface 1., Pope and Confessor. St, Boniface was, much against his will, elected Pope on the death of Pope Zosimus in 418. Though a lover of peace, he strenuously maintained the rights of the Holy See against the ambitious encroachments of the patriarch of Constantinople. He died in 422. GRAINS OF GOLD MORNING STAR. Hail, crowned Maid, we praise and honor the®! 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 shaft 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. What is coming out of our lives we can never quite know. The unexpected continually happens. But of one thing we can be —that is, if we do our best, something will come that is worth while. It must be admitted that to those who have endured a great sorrow it is permitted to grasp the lesser of life, to seek peace "where joy once feigned. To have a sweet temper we must have faith in a Divine Providence. That alone lifts us above anxiety and care; that alone plants our feet upon a rock and brings content, satisfaction, and peace into the soul. Life is largely a matter of habit. As we grow older we shall certainly have habits good or bad. We cannot live on without fixed habits of action. It would be a great waste of strength if we could. But the formation of a good habit is not a matter of accident or circumstances. Bad habits will form themselves; good ones must be cultivated.