Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 18 January 1912, Page 3

Friends at Court

■GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR ; > M ■ January 21, Sunday. Third Sunday after the Epi- ' .• phany. St. Agnes, Virgin and ■' ‘ Martyr. ' • .;■'/• ‘ //■ ~ 22, Monday. — SS. Vincent and Anastasius/ ’ - ’ - Martyrs. ~ 23, Tuesday. — Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ~ . 24, Wednesday.—St. Timothy, Bishop and Martyr. ~ 25, Thursday. —Conversion of St. Paul, Apostle. „ 26, Friday.—St. Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr. . ~ 27, Saturday.— St. Vitalian, Pope and Con- ’ fessor. Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In this feast we commemorate the providential care with which God assigned to the Virgin Mother and her Divine Child, in the person of St. Joseph, a faithful guardian and protector in the necessities and trials of their daily life. St. Timothy, Bishop and Martyr. . „ / The name of St. Timothy frequently occurs in the New Testament. Born of a Jewish mother, he made from his childhood a special study of the Sacred Scrip- ’ tures. After his conversion, St. Timothy became the faithful companion of St. Paul, two of whose Epistles are addressed to him. _ . St. Vitalian, Pope and Confessor. A native of Southern Italy, St. Vitalian governed the Church for fifteen years. He labored incessantly for the diffusion of Catholicity, particularly in England, where, owing to a dearth of priests, religion was at a low ebb. He died in 672. / GRAINS OF GOLD \ A WISH. May peace attend you, Nor sorrow lend you To wistful weeping Or bitter rue ! ,■- "’ May joys enfold you, ~ The Saviour hold you' Within His keeping iv The whole year through! Ave Maria. To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance. We do not outgrow emotions; we simply wear • them out. The pleasaai things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the greatest art in life is to have as many of them as possible. * - _ . /" . Idleness is death, and a search for pleasure is sure to wreck life in shallows and in Safety and sanity lie in systematic useful effort. > There are people who go through life looking for slights, and they are necessarily miserable, for they find grievances everywhere. One has the same pity for such men as for the very poor. They are the morally illiterate. They have had no real education, J for they have never learned how to live. - ‘ / The one thing supremely worth the having is the opportunity, coupled with the capacity, of doing a thing well and worthily, the doing of which is for the welfare of mankind. Whoever would live his life over again, that'he might live a better life; would do well to remember-that he might do little better than he is a now doing. If you want to begin over again, begin now, . ;