Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 28 August 1919, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR. Aug. 31, Sunday. —Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost. Sept. 1, Monday.—St. Giles, Abbot. „ 2, Tuesday. — St. Stephen, King and Confessor, . „ 3, Wednesday. — Of the Feria. ~ 4, Thursday.—Of the Feria. ~ 5, Friday.—St. Lawrence Justinian, Bishop and Confessor. „ 6, Saturday.— of the Blessed Virgin Mary. St. Stephen, King and Confessor. St. Stephen was the first King of Hungary. Brought up from infancy in the Catholic religion, his greatest ambition was to bring his idolatrous subjects to a knowledge of the true Faith. At the same time he endeavored to promote their temporal interests. A ■brave and skilful general, he never engaged in war except when an honorable peace was impossible. St. Stephen died in 1038, at the age of 60. St. Lawrence Justinian. St. Lawrence Justinian was first Patriarch of Venice, in which city he was born in 1381. He was General of the Canons-Regular of St. George; Bishop of Venice (1433), Patriarch (1451). He built at Venice 10 churches and several monasteries. He died in the year 1456. His beatification was ratified by Clement VII. in 1524, and he was canonised in 1690 by Alexander VIII. GRAINS OF GOLD ON OUR LADY’S CORONATION DAY. O Mother Mary ! glad our hearts As we love’s tribute pay, And sing thy glory on this feast Thy coronation day. O Mother, Queen of heaven’s court! For thy strong help we pray, That we may nearer bo to thee Each coronation day. O Mother! in the last dread hour, When Death our feet shall stay, Smile thou on us, and we shall know Our coronation day. For, Mother, since the lilies bloomed Where thy dear form once lay, Thy children keep as pledge of love Thy coronation day. —S. Mark. REFLECTIONS. Endeavor, by fervent prayer and continual devotedness, to establish God’s Kingdom, not only within yourself, but also in all those souls whom the Heavenly Father has loved, whom Jesus Christ has redeemed by His blood—above all, in the souls of poor heretics and infidels. —Mother M. of the Sacred Heart. It is necessary to repent in such a manner that contrition be in the heart, confession in the mouth, and satisfaction in the works. — St. Ignace de Loyola. Animate your heart, your soul, and your whole being with a holy longing for the reign of God in you, so that the Divine Persons may come and fix their abode, and there accomplish their work. —Mother M. of the Sacred Heart. Should we feel at times disheartened and discouraged, a confiding thought, a simple movement of the heart towards God will renew our powers. Whatever He may demand of us He will give us at the moment the strength and courage that we need. — Fenelon.