Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 6 July 1916, Page 3

Friends at Court

CLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR

. ... July 9, —Fourth Sunday after Pentecost. Mk J ■ ~ 10, Monday. The Seven Brothers, Martyrs.' ~ 11, Tuesday .—St. Pius 1., Pope and Martyr. „ 12, Wednesday.— John Gualbeft, Abbot. - ' ~ 13, Thursday.—St. Anacletus, Pope and Martyr. „ 14, Friday.—St. Bonaventure, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor. „ >-15, Saturday.—St. Henry, Emperor and Confessor. The Seven Brothers Martyrs. The seven saints whose glorious death is commemorated to-day were sons of St. Felicitas, and suffered at Rome about the middle of the second century. They were exhorted to constancy in suffering by their heroic mother, who herself soon after received the crown of martyrdom. St. John Gualbert, Abbot. St. John was born at Florence of noble parents in 999. Like many of the class to which he belonged, he grew up imbued with a pride which .would neither brook opposition nor allow any injury to pass unavenged.' Having, however, on one occasion, in obedience to the promptings of Divine Grace, forgiven a defenceless enemy, this exercise of Christian charity proved the beginning of his complete conversion. He entered a Benedictine monastery,’ and afterwards founded the famous abbey and Order of Vallombrosa. He died in 1073. St. Anacletus, Pope and Martyr. St. Anacletus, the second successor of St. Peter, Was martyred under Trajan about the beginning of the second century. GRAINS OF GOLD. I SHALL NOT PASS THIS WAY AGAIN. I shall not pass this way again ! The thought is full of sorrow ; The good I ought to do to-day I may not do to-morrow. If I this moment shall withhold The help I might .be giving, Some soul may die, and I shall lose • The sweetest joy of living. Only the present hour is mine— I may not have another In which to speak a kindly word. Or help a fallen brother. The path of life leads straight ahead, I can retrace it never The daily records which I make - Will stand unchanged forever. To cheer and comfort other souls, : And make their pathway brighter; To lift the load from other hearts, And make their burden lighter. This is the work we have to do— It must hot be' neglected, £ J • That we improve each passing hour, *»«-» Is of us all expected. I shall not pass this way again! /. L ■; •O! then with high endeavor May I my life and service give ’ > > To Him who reigns forever. - Then will the failures of the past ■ • , ' _ - ~>; N o longer bring me sadness, And His approving smile will fill ' ~■■■>■:' ; ; . . .: . . ..My heart.with joy and gladness.