Friends at Court
GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR; December 17, Sunday. Third Sunday oi' Advent. •Ho- „ 18, Monday. — Of the Feria. „ 19, Tuesday.—Of the Feria, ~ 20, Wednesday. Of the Feria. Ember Day. Fast. „ 21, Thursday. — St. Thomas, Apostle. 22, Friday.Of the Feria. Ember Day. Fast. ~ , 23, Saturday.—Of the Feria. Ember Day. Fast. ■ ’ ' (No Abstinence.) *r St. Thomas, Apostle. St. Thomas, .also called Didymus, was one of the 12 Apostles. He is rarely mentioned in the Now Testament. According to Origen and Sophronius, he preached in Parthia, Media, Persia, Carraania, Hyrcania, and Bactria. extending his . missionary labors as far as India. The Persian Magi, who adored Christ Our Lord in Bethlehem, are also numbered among those who were baptised by this Apostle. The Roman martyrology represents him as suffering martyrdom by a lance at Calami na, near Madras, India.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XLIX, Issue 49, 14 December 1922, Page 3
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138Friends at Court New Zealand Tablet, Volume XLIX, Issue 49, 14 December 1922, Page 3
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