Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 16 March 1922, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR. March 19, Sunday—Third Sunday of Lent. „ 20, Monday.— St, Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ~ 21, Tuesday. —St. Benedict, Abbot. „ 22, Wednesday.Of the Feria. Abstinence. ~ 23, Thursday. —Of the Feria. „ 24, Friday. — Of the Feria. ~ 25, Saturday, Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

❖WWW RAINS OF GOLD THE IRISH TE DEUM. Thanks be to God for the light and the darkness; Thanks be to God for the hail and snow ; Thanks be to God for shower and sunshine; Thanks be to God for all things that grow. Thanks be to God for the lightning and tempest; Thanks be to God for weal and woe; Thanks be to God for His own great goodness; Thanks be to God that what is, is so; Thanks be to God when the harvest is plenty; Thanks be to God when the barn is low'; Thanks be to God Avhen our pockets are empty Thanks be to God Avhen again they o’erflow; Thanks be to God that the Mass bell and steeple Are heard and are seen throughout Erin’s green isle ; Thanks be to God that the priest and the people Are ever united in danger and trial; Thanks be to God that the brave sons of Erin Have the faith of their fathers far over the sea ; Thanks be to God that Erin’s fair daughters Press close after Mary on Heaven’s highway.

AN OLD IRISH BLESSING. May God guard thee, watch o’er thee, surround thee with His love and blessing. May He keep thee in the palm of His Hand! May He set His angels to keep thy steps from dawn till dawn again, that they may never stray. May His benison alight on thee and thy endeavors. May He encompass thy soul with the rampart of His love; may His coming at thy death be as welcome to thee as the flowers of May are to mortals. May His Mother look on thee as her own, never losing sight of thee, till thou art safe within the gates of Heaven. Amen,

ST. PATRICK’S BREASTPLATE. CHRIST be with me, CHRIST before me, CHRIST be after me, CHRIST within me, CHRIST beneath me, CHRIST above me, CHRIST at my right hand, CHRIST at my left, CHRIST in the fort, CHRIST in the chariot, CHRIST in the ship, CHRIST in the heart of everyone that thinks of me, CHRIST in the heart of everyone that speaks to me, CHRIST in every eye that sees me, CHRIST in every ear that hears me.

REFLECTIONS. When Ave have eaten the flesh of the Lord and drunk His blood, then we are in Him and He in us. Christ dwelling by His flesh in our bodies is the cause of our life, for He truly is life. We shall live by Him, as He lives by the Father, who is in Him. —St. Hilary. When we are at peace, books are our treasure and delight; when we are fighting, they are our arms; when Ave i are hungry, they, are our food; when we are sick, they are our remedy.—St. Hugh. God will not permit me, as I hope, to need human remedies. He has Himself the power to cure me Avhen He will.St. Simon Stylites. Now to be a true three things are necessary : Charity in, the heart, truth on the lips, and purity of life; • if we are wanting in these, we are unworthy of the name ; of Christian. — St. Hugh.