Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 12 June 1913, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR June 15, Sunday. —Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, ~ 16, Monday. —St. Antoninus, Bishop and Confessor. „ 17, Tuesday. — St. Paschal 1,, Pope and Confessor. ~ 18, Wednesday.—St. Isidore Agricola, Confessor. ~ 19, Thursday.—St. Juliana Falconieri, Virgin. „ 20, Friday.St. Silverius, Pope and Martyr. ~ 21, Saturday;— St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Confessor. St. Antoninus, Bishop and Confessor. St. Antoninus, a native of Florence, became at an early age a member of the Order of St. Dominic. At the invitation of Pope Eugene IV., he assisted at the General Council of Florence. Elected Archbishop of Florence, he gave a signal example of Christian charity on the occasion of a pestilence'which raged in that city during a whole year. St. Antoninus died in 1459. St. Paschal, Pope and Confessor. St. Paschal ascended the papal throne in 817. During a pontificate of nearly eight years ho manifested great energy in building churches, hospices, and convents, and in restoring and beautifying the sacred edifices which already existed. He was also solicitous in providing for the wants of the Greek Christians whom the persecutions of the Iconoclasts had driven from the East. St. Isidore, Confessor. St. Isidore was a farm laborer near Madrid, ignorant of worldly knowledge, but learned in the science of the saints. He sanctified his labor by continual prayer, but never allowed his devotions to impede the fulfilment of the duties which he owed to his master. He died in 1170, at the age of 60. GRAINS OF GOLD O HEART OF MINE. O heart of mine, why brood upon the bitter Where there's so much of sweet in human kind ? To see the sweet were surely always fitter, The silver bars behind the clouds to find. 0, heart of mine, so many hearts are breaking, So many souls are cast in sorrow’s mould, ‘ That why should you, the common cross forsaking, Seek summer days as beggar seeks for gold ? O, heart of mine, why add to sorrow’s total ? Why multiply the human weight of woe? If love is love, then love’s the soul’s betrothal— The symbol whence His fellowship we know. O, heart of mine, if, travel-stained and weary. Thy brothers fall along the way of life, A kindly smile upon their pathway dreary, One little word may nerve them for the strife. O, hearts of men, be makers of all gladness; Be like the Heart of Jesus, meek and mild; Do good to all, and then the world’s sadness Will fade before the smile of Mary’s Child. I —Catholic Record . Patience is the student’s virtue; it is the mark of the best quality of mind. Every time we pause to grumble at obstacles we delay the progress which we should hasten by leaping over them. We should try and understand that the most productive work in the whole day, both for time and eternity, is that involved in hearing Mass. If we had an ardent faith in the real presence of our Lord in the Eucharist, is there anything on earth that could keep us away from daily Communion ?