Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 11 January 1912, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEAN?NGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR January 14, Sunday!—Second Sunday? after the Epir ' - . phany. The Most Holy Name ' ■ of -Jesus. - ;V: ?- : ' „ , 15, Monday.—St. -Ita, Virgin. ~ 16, Tuesday.St. Fursey, Abbot. ' :- * 7 ?? ' - ~-- 17, Wednesday.—St. Anthony," Abbot. „ 18, Thursday:—Chair of St. Peter at Rome. ~, 19, Friday-;—St.' Canute, Martyr. .- '',, 20, Saturday.SS. • Fabian and Sebastian, -■ "'?' Martyrs. ~ . The Most Holy Name of ~ Jesus. -_ St. Paul tells us that : Our - Lord 'humbled Himself, becoming obedient unto death, even the death of the " Cross: \ For which cause God also hath exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above all names : v that at the name of Jesus every; knee should? bow, of ■ those that are in 'heaven, on earth, and under the : earth.' ,: The object of the Church in instituting the feast which we celebrate to-day was to bring before her children the sacredness of the name of Jesus, and to make atonement for the sins of those who use it irreverently. . -_.. ■■■ -.-•■■, ' _ ? St. Ita, Virgin. - St.'lta was born in the South' of Ireland. She has always been held in great esteem in the district in which she lived, but, unfortunately, few details of her life have come down to us. . She died in 570, and is styled by Colgan the second St. Brigid of Ireland. ?:- ■'.-■-' -■.'. .•' v : St. Fursey, Abbot. ? - : ?? r ? ' -'■'■;. : St. Fursey was born in the west of Ireland, and was of noble parentage. -He spent a portion of his life in England, where he founded a monastery, in the county of Suffolk. Passing over to France, he continued to labor zealously for the advancement of religion until his death in 650. The remains of St. Fursey are still preserved at Peronne, in the neighbourhood of Amiens. ' ".' ' GRAINS OF GOLD THE HEART OF GOD. 'Tis a lonely Heart—lt has waited long For the sound of prayer and the voice of song, For the welcome footsteps that seldom come; The aisles are* silent, the air is dumb. 'Tis a patient Heart, while the taper gleams Through ; the desolate gloom like; a light in dreams, ? Hoping and yearning for some bright day ' V T k en souls awakened shall pass that way. 'Tis a Heart of forgiving—the world grows old, Women are restless and men are cold . Oh, ff they knew what a peace It brings; :■ : & The Heart of. God ! Of the King of Kings! •■-' He that contemneth small things shall fall by little :and little.> .'.'■.--. '- ..--•_. ■ Money builds the churches, but faith makes them the temples of God.. 3 - - ■■- - . Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquaintance is that of good books. ' ' ;--' : .^/ The soul gathers wisdom out of quiet, and strength " out of struggle and conflict. -■■','.: .;-•: _ ' • To keep the "heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent—that is to triumph over old .age.;-;:: . . . ~:.„■ _,-.-. - . Next to the Passion of Our Divine Lord the com- ' passion of : His Blessed Mother appeals to us and teaches us the.awful nature of ; sin, which required so * bitter anexpiation. For if the death of Christ and the grief of His Blessed Mother were necessary for its forgive-i ness, surely the sorrow of the, guilty bought-: to correspond as far as possible with that of the innocent Saviour, : and His Immaculate Mother.