Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 1 May 1913, Page 3

Friends at Court

etBANINOS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR May 4, Sunday.--Sunday within the Octave. -.-.- ~5, Monday.—St. Pius V., Pope and Confessor. \, ~ 6, Tuesday. John at the Latin Gate. ~ 7, Wednesday. —St.'.benedict ii., Pope and Confessor. '.-_■■' ;V: ; ■;, 8, Thursday.—Octave of the Ascension. ~ 9, Friday. —St. Gregory Nazianzen, Bishop, ConV* ' feasor," and Doctor. „ 10, Saturday. —Vigil of Pentecost.

St. Pius V., Pope and Confessor.

On the death of Pius IV., in 1565, Cardinal Ghisleri, a native of Northern Italy, and a member of the Order of St. Dominic, became Pope, under the name of Pius V. His pontificate was signallised by the brilliant victory gained by the Christians over the Turks at Lepanto. Tne expedition was organised mainly through the efforts of St. Pius, and its success is attributed no less to the prayers which he caused to be offered up throughout Christendom than to the valor of the Christian soldiers. As Pope, St'. Pius lived the same simple and frugal life which he had adopted when embracing the religious state. He died in 1572, in the sixty-ninth year of his age.

St. John at the Latin Gate.

In this feast the Church commemorates the miraculous deliverance of St. John the Evangelist, when, having been cast, by order oi the Emperor Domitian, into a cauldron of boiling oil, he emerged uninjured. This miracle happened in Rome in the year 95, near the gate of the city through which passed the road to Latium.

GRAINS OF GOLD GOD IS THY FATHER. I. God is thy Father—draw thee near Unto His presence without fear; "When darkness lowers, look above With faith and hope, for He is Love. 11. His voice in wrath like thunder peals — A God of Justice, He reveals His might and power —but to thee He whispers low— ' Child, come to Me!' 111. Lean hard upon thy Father's breast, And find a haven of sweet rest. For though the world reveres His name, A child, certes, His love may claim Henry Coyle.

When the members of a family are fond of one another, when they are kind, tender, and helpful to one another, their mutual love is the best ornament of their home. It far surpasses in value the finest furnishings. A determined will is half the battle. Health and strength, talents, influence, are all helpful; but some of the greatest successes have been gained by men possessing these in slight measure, but whose meagre gifts were supplemented by an unconquerable will. There is contagion in a sweet and beautiful character, for health is contagious as well as disease. We are all the time giving to others either wholesome or unwholesome moodspoisoning their atmosphere with doubt and suspicion or clearing it with helpfulness and good cheer. Many are they who openly boast of illustrious ancestors in order that they may shine by reflected light, ignoring the fact that, by so doing, they are acknowledging their own inferiority; that' they have retrograded ; that they are literally descendant. They forget they are compelling attention to their own littleness by contrast.