GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

New Zealand Tablet, 27 September 1906, Page 3

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

- v September 30, Sunday.— Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost. St. Jerome, Confessor and Doctor. October 1, Monday.— St. Gregory, Bishop and Martyr. „ 2, Tuesday.— The Holy Guardian Angels. „. 3, Wednesday.— St. Adrian 111., Pope -and Confessor. - - „ 4, Thursday.— St. Francis of Assisi, Confessor 5, Friday.— St. Galla, Widow. " „ 6, Saturday.— St. Bruno; Confessor.

St. Jerome, Confessor and Doctor. This illustrious Doctor of the Church was aeontemporary of St. Ambrose and St. Augustine. In his youth he became proficient in the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew languages, thus fitting himself for the important work he afterwards undertook, of translating and explaining the . Sacred Scriptures. He also composed many learned treatises for the instruction of the faithful and the defence of the Church He died in 420, at the age of ninety-one. The Guardian Angels. One of the most consoling doctrines of the Catholic Church is the spiritual union which exists between mankind and the angels who surround the throne of the Almighty. These glorious spirits, with whom we hope to share hereafter the joys of Paradise, are appointed by God to be our protectors during our mortal life. Though not an article of faith, it has always been the constant belief of the Church in all ages that Divine Providence has assigned to each individual a special angel to be his guide and guardian during his pilgrimage on earth. To this doctrine, which- is confirmed by many passages of the Holy Scripture, our Divine Lord alluded when He said • See that you despise not one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven always see the Face of My Father, Who is in heaven.' St. Galla, Widow. St. Galla lived in Rome in the beginning of the sixth century.Having lost her husband within a year after her marriage, she made over her property to the poor, and gave herself up to a life of poverty and austerity. -