Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, Volume L, Issue 30, 2 August 1923, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR. August 5, Sunday.—Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost. 6, Monday.—Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ. „ 7, Tuesday.—St. Cajetan, Confessor. »> 8, Wednesday.—SS. Cyriacus and Companions, Martyrs. » 9, Thursday.—Vigil of St. Laurence, Martyr. ~ 10, Friday.—St. Laurence, Martyr. ~ 11, Saturday.—SS. Tibertius and Susanna, Martyrs. t V Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The miraculous Transfiguration of Our Blessed Lord, in the presence of the Apostles Peter, James, and John, is narrated by St. Matthew in that portion of his Gospel which is read at Mass on the second Sunday in Lent. St. Cajeton, Confessor. St. Cajetan, the son of wealthy parents in the north of Italy, was remarkable for his charity to the poor. On the death of his parents he expended a great part of his •patrimony in the establishment of hospitals and pious associations for the relief of the sick and indigent the remainder he divided between the poor and those of his relations who were in straitened circumstances. In conjunction with Archbishop Caraffa, afterwards Pope Paul IV., he founded the religious congregation of the Theatines. He died in 1547, worn out by labors and austerities. St. Cy riacus and his Companions, Martyrs, St. Cyriacus was a Roman deacon who, with 22 others, suffered a glorious martyrdom during the reign of Diocletian, A.D. 303. 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 lie 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.