Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 2 July 1914, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR

July 5 ; Sunday. Fifth Sunday after Pentecost. Feast of the Most Precious Flood. ~ 6, Monday.—Octave of the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul. ~ 7, Tuesday. — St. Benedict XI., Pope and Confessor. ~ 8, Wednesday.—St. Kilian, Bishop and Martyr. }> '1; Thursday.—SS. Cyril and Methodius, Bishops and Confessors. ~ 10, Friday.—The Seven Brothers, Martyrs. » 11, Saturday. —St. Pius 1., Pope and Martyr.

Feast of the Most Precious Blood.

This feast commemorates the intense love which led the Son of God to shed His Blood for the salvation of men. ‘ Oh, my soul ! redeemed by the Blood of Christ, give thy heart to Him by whom thou art so loved; seek Him who seeks thee; "love Him who raised thee out of the depths of misery.’—St. Augustine.

St. Benedict XI., Pope and Confessor.

St. Benedict succeeded to the Papacy on the death of Boniface VIII., by whom he had been employed in many difficult negotiations, and whom he had "steadfastly supported against the insolent pretensions of the King of France. Ho died in 1304, after a pontificate of a few months.

St. Kilian, Bishop and Martyr

St. Lilian, an Irish monk, having been consecrated Bishop, was sent to preach the Gospel to the German idolaters in the north of the present kingdom of Bavaria. After having labored very successfully for nearly two years, he was martyred in 088. His remains were placed in the Cathedral of Wurtzburg.

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TO-NIGHT.

To-night, dear Lord, I can not pray My heart is sore oppressed,— So long and weary was the day, That fain would 1 have rest ! Before Thy Altar see me now, — I know that Thou art near ; And to Thee all my faith 1 bow', My Jesus, present here !

Although no word to Thee I speak. Thy love my heart can read, And see how poor, and vile, and weak Am I, in all my need ! Most humbly. Lord, I come before Thy majesty and might, And ask that to a heart grief-sore Thou givest peace to-night !

Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful. Pride is quite liable to lead to other sins. There is no abiding happiness away from effort. Make method your slave, but be not a slave to

method.

A laugh is worth one hundred groans in any market. —Charles Lamb.

There, is no greater misfortune than not to be able to bear misfortune.

If honest you will never betray a friend if noble you will never persecute an enemy. In order to see God we must be in a state of grace when we depart this life. It is well to try to keep in that condition. Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures ■of the mind as are harrowing and planting to obtain those of the earth.