Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 10 August 1911, Page 1499

Friends at Court

i * GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR; August 13, Sunday. Tenth Sunday after Pentecost. ' St. Philomene, Virgin ; and . ..Martyr.’*"" - 1 ~ 14, Monday.—St. Hormisdas, Pope and Confessor. Day of Fast and Abstinence. ~ 15, Tuesday.—/The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Holy Day of Obligation. ~ 16, Wednesday.— St. Roch, Confessor. ~ 17, Thursday. Octave of f , St. Lawrence, Martyr. „ 18, Friday. —St. Hyacinth, Confessor, 19, Saturday.— St. Urban 11., Pope and Confessor. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ■ The Church has always believed that the body of the Immaculate Virgin was, after death, assumed into Heaven, and reunited to her spotless soul. Without being an article of Faith, this belief, first expressed obscurely by the early Fathers, has gone on developing, like so many other truths; so much so that it is now formally held by all Catholics. It seems indeed appropriate that the reunion of soul and body, which, in the case of the generality of men, will take place on the day of final resurrection, should have been anticipated on behalf of her who had been, by Divine intervention, preserved from that original sin of which death and corruption are the consequences. To-day, therefore, we honor the glorious Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, both body and soul, into Heaven, where her intercession is a power to succour us in our wants, comfort us in our trials, and protect us from the dangers to which we are exposed during the course of our mortal pilgrimage. St. Roch, Confessor. Montpellier, in France, was the birthplace of St. Roch, as well as the scene of his death. The devoted charity which he displayed in assisting, at the risk of his own life, persons suffering from a virulent and contagious disease has caused him to be regarded as a special patron in time of pestilence. He s lived in the fourteenth century. GRAINS OF GOLD THE NAME OF JESUS. Like the dawn of rosy morning - ■ When the gentle zephyrs blow; Or the summer’s golden grandeur Neath the noon-sun’s torrid glow; Purer than the purple twilight, Of the day the sweetest hour; Is the Holy Name of Jesus, Name of Majesty and power. Greater than the wondrous ocean; Spotless as an angel’s wing; Fragrant as the rose’s petals, Or the violet in Spring; Mightier than a mighty army; Tender as a gentle dove, Is the blessed name of Jesus, Name of pity and of love. Dearest, holiest, name of Jesus, Be my safeguard thro’ the day ; Fill my heart in hours of slumber, Drive all evil thoughts away. In my wanderings safely guide me Be my anchor on life’s sea, Blessed be Thy name, O Jesus Blessed may it ever be!