Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 23 July 1914, Page 3

Friends at Court

QLEANINQS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR Anly 26, Sunday .—Eighth Sunday after Pentecost * St. Anne, Mother of thi ’■r" Blessed Virgin Mary. ~ 27, Monday. —St. Vincent de Paul, Confessor. ,> 28, Tuesday. St. Victor 1., Pope and Martyr. ~ 29, Wednesday. — St. Felix 11., Pope and Martyr ~ 30, Thursday. —Blessed Urban 11., Pope and Confessor. ~ 31, Friday. — St. Ignatius Loyola, Confessor. August 1, Saturday. —St. Peter’s Chains. St. Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary. St. Anne is proposed to the faithful as a perfect model of a wife and mother, and .as special patron of those who have entered into the married state, or are entrusted with the care of children. St. Vincent de Paul, Confessor. St. Vincent was born in the South of France. Having been ordained priest, his heart was touched by the state of spiritual destitution in which he found the remoter country districts of France. The remedy lor this appeared to him to be a scries of retreats or missions, by which the people might be taught their duties to God and man, and at the same time earnestly exhorted to fulfil them. For this purpose St. Vincent instituted a congregation of priests, popularly known in English-speaking countries as Vincentians. * lie was also led by a spirit of ardent charity to found numerous hospitals, asylums, and orphanages, and to establish confraternities for the education of youth, the service of the sick, and the relief of the destitute. St. Vincent died in 1660, at the age of 85. St. Ignatius Loyola, Confessor. St. Ignatius was born at the castle of Loyola, in the north of Spain, lie was at first a soldier, but, feeling himself called to a more perfect life, he began, at the age of 33, to stud}' Latin, with the object of becoming a priest. He completed his studies at the University of Paris, where he gained the affectionate esteem of several young students, who were afterwards the first members of the religious Order which he founded, and which is known as the Society of Jesus. St. Ignatius was its first Superior, and held that office from 1541 to 1550. GRAINS OF GOLD. IN EXPECTATION. ' He comes. lie comes, the promised One! O Sion, lift your gates! Let watchers call from turret tall; The King of glory waits! Ho comes with power in His hand, This Ruler from afar. O hail the King, whom angels sing, Whose herald is a Star ! His form is as of Libanus, His face is as the sun. Behold, He waits! Lift up your gates! i He comes, the Holy One I The Prince of all the heavenly host Is here, O blessed day! Make haste each heart, lest He depart And come no more this way. — Are Maria. Go to God as children go to. their parents, full of reverence yet confident withal. Go to Him as a dutiful child would ; tell Him your joys and sorrows, your temptations, your struggles and your shortcomings. Go, acknowledging the coldness of your heart in His Holy Presence. He is a fire of love while your heart is cold.