Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 20 August 1908, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

August 23, Sunday.— Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost. The Most Pure Heart of Mary. „ 24, Monday.— St. Alphonsus, Bishop, Cpn'fessof, and Doctor. „ 25, Tuesday. — St. Bartholomew, Apostle. „ 26, Wednesday.— St. Zephyrinus, Pope and Martyr. „ 27, Thursday. — St. Joseph Calasanctius, Confessor. „ 28, Friday. — St. Augustine, Bishop, Confessor, and •Doctor. „ 29, Saturday.— Beheading of St. John the Baptist.

St. Bartholomew, Apostle. After the Ascension of our Blessed Lord, St. Bartholomew carried the Gospel to the most remote, and barbarous countries of the East. He afterwards preached in. Asia Minor, and crowned his labors by a glorious martyrdom in Armenia. - The manner of his death is not absolutely certain, but the common tradition is that he was flayed alive. St. Zephyrinus, Pope and Martyr. St. Zephyrinus became Pope in 202, the year m which the Emperor Septimus Severus began -a general persecution of the Church throughout the Roman Empire. His pontificate, extending over seventeen years, was troubled by many heresies which the holy pontiff resolutely combated. Whether his dea,th was that of a martyr, or this title was given x to him -on account of his previous sufferings for the faith, cannot be accurately determined.