Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 5 August 1920, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR.

August 8, Sunday. —Eleventh Sunday after Pente- ' : : cost.

~ . 9, Monday.—Vigil of St, Laurence. ~ 10, Tuesday.—St. Laurence, Martyr. ',, 11, Wednesday.—SS. Tiburtius and Susanna, Martyrs. ~ 12, Thursday.—St. Clare, Virgin. ~ 13, Friday. —SS. Hippolytus and Cassianus, • Martyrs. „ 14, Saturday,— of the Assumption. Fast No abstinence.,

St. Laurence, Martyr.

St. Laurence, Deacon and Martyr, was born near Huesca, Spain.. He was the chief among the seven deacons of the Roman Church. In the year 258 Pope Sixtus, as one of the victims of the persecution of Valerian, was led out-to die, and St. Laurence stood by, weeping that he could not share his fate. The holy Pope comforted him with the words: “Do not weep, my son; in three days you will follow me.” This prophecy came true. Christ, Whom Laurence had served in His poor, gave him strength in the conflict which ensued. His remains were buried in the Catacombs of Campo Verano. Constantine built over his tomb a basilica, which is one of the five patriarchal churches, and one of the seven principal stations.

St. Clare, Virgin.

St. Clare of Assisi, who renounced wealth and rank to embrace the religious state, was remarkable for her love of poverty and her devotion to,the Blessed Sacrament. She became, under the direction of St. Francis of Assisi, the foundress of a very strict religious Order, the members of which practised the most religious austerities. She died in her sixtieth year, A.D. 1253.

GRAINS OF GOLD EVENING PRAYER. O Lord, most merciful, Father of my soul, I cry to Thee; At eventide, secluded and alone, I bow the knee. I’ve greatly sinned and wandered far afield, Pray give me rest; As night comes on I yearn to lay my head Upon Thy breast.

Through this dark night on Thee I will repose, And to Thee cling; As wanderer finds amid the gathering gloom A mother’s wing.

Condone, O Lord, my tardy thought of Thee — I plead for grace ; Help me to live by, faith, and dying see « Thy blessed face.

Frank Steele.

Forgetess of God has been in all a fr es the grand evil of the world.-Father Faber. ° w “Better late than never” is nob half so good a maxim as “better never late.” Every day brings its own blessings, hidden perchance beneath the cloak of suffering. - The Sacred Heart of Jesus is the source of more strength and power than this world wots of. Therein lies the secret of all that is high and noble and worthy. ■ , . If thou takest pains on what is good the pains vanish, the- good remains; if thou take pleasure in what is evil the evil remains and the pleasure vanishes. What art thou—the worse for pains or the better for pleasure when both are past -Quarles.