Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 20 March 1913, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR March 23, Sunday. —Easter Sunday. ~ 24, Monday. — Easter Monday. ~ 25, Tuesday.—Easter Tuesday. ~ 26, Wednesday. Within the Octave, ~ 27, Thursday. Within the Octave. ~ 28, Friday. —Within the Octave. ~ 29, Saturday. Within the Octave.

Easter Sunday.

The festival of Easter (writes St. Gregory) is the solemnity of solemnities, because it raises us from the earth into eternity, which it enables us to enjoy beforehand by faith, hope, and charity.' ' You shall rise again!' This is what the Church says to us by the eloquent voice of her ceremonies. From the holy temple all signs of mourning have disappeared. The altars are decked out with extraordinary magnificence. Ornaments of gay color and rich embroidery appear. Every face is bright. The bells are all in motion. The song of joythe Alleluiathat word of the language of heaven, fallen on earth for our festive days, resounds on all sides, is repeated every moment is varied again and again, is modulated into every key and when thereto are added the rays of a beautiful sun, you cannot fail to have those feelings of hope and delight which it is the mission of this great day to inspire.

Easter Monday.

' The contemplation of Christ's glorious Resurrection and the eternal joys of heaven ought particularly to occupy our souls at this season.'—Butler.

GRAINS OF GOLD HE IS RISEN. He is risen He is risen; Tell the tidings o’er and o'er; He has left His earthly prison, He now lives to die no more; He has proved His Christly teaching, He is Victor o’er the grave; And the joyous news is reaching To the souls He came to save. As partakers in His glory Let our gratitude be shown ; Let us spread the wondrous story To the lands where yet unknown Is the tale of our salvation From the toils that Sin has set; Tell it out to ev’ry nation That our Lord is Master yet! Amadeus, O.S.F. He sees enough who doth his darkness see. The noblest mind the best contentment has. He sins against this life, who slights the next. . The mould of a man’s fortune is in his own hands. Watch thy tongue; out of it are the issues of life. Everything that lives, lives not alone nor for itself. A man should keep his friendship in constant repair. Take what is, trust what may be, that's life’s true lesson. He who cannot hold his tongue cannot keep his friends. Things gained are gone, but great things done endure. Truth is truth, though from an enemy, and spoken in malice.