Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 27 March 1913, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR March 30, Sunday.—Low Sunday. - ~ 31, Monday.—Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (March 25). April 1, Tuesday.—St. Patrick, Bishop and Confessor, and Patron of Ireland (March 17). ~ 2, Wednesday.St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. (March 19). < j, 3, Thursday. — Of the Feria. ~ 4, Friday.—St. Isidore, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor. ~ 5, Saturday. — St. Vincent Ferrer, Confessor. Low Sunday. This Sunday is styled in liturgical language Dominica in Albis, or Sunday in White, because in olden times the neophytes, whom it was customary to baptise on Holy Saturday, wore their white robes for the last time to-day. The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ' The Angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, and, the virgin's name was Mary. . . . And the angel said to her: "Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God. Behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call His name Jesus" ' (Gospel t of St Luke.) GRAINS OF GOLD AVE MARIA. Hail, virgin mother of a King Whose throne thou art; Chaste daughter of thy Son divine Whose Sacred Heart Its precious life blood drew from thee, Hail, full of grace ! Hail, mother of the Lord, Who is with thee, Plant courage in this heart of mine, O pray for me; God's angel's word I bring to thee, Hail, full of grace ! Rev. Henry B. Tierney. A conscience without God is a tribunal without a judge. . Carry on every enterprise as if all depended on the success of it. Learning by study must be won; 'twas ne'er entailed from son to son. Let us make haste to live, since every day to a wise man is a new life. Nothing was ever so unfamiliar and startling to a man as his own thoughts. If you act ungratefully you are doing an injury to all who are in need. There are no blockheads in Nature. For them, we are indebted to society. The certain way to be cheated is to fancy oneself more cunning than others. Patience is the student's great virtue; it is the mark of the best quality of mind. The act we may perform does not sanctify us so much as the spirit in which we perform it. If you boast a lot about your distinguished forbears you cannot be living up to their standard. Perhaps no man ever practised all he preached, but this is not a final argument against preaching.