Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 3 July 1913, Page 3

Friends at Court

i "*- —' - —- GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR July 6, Sunday.—Eighth- Sunday after Pentecost. ,•£- Feast of the Most Precious m - . Blood. ,i 7, Monday. Benedict XL, Pope and Con- _ . ~ fessor. a 8, Tuesday.St. Kilian, Bishop and Martyr. ' i, 9, Wednesday. The Prodigies of the Blessed - Virgin Mary. it 10, Thursday."— Seven Brothers, Martyrs. „ 11, Friday.—St. Pius 1., Pope and Martyr. } , 12, Saturday.—St. John Gualbert, Abbot. Feast of the Most Precious Blood. This feast commemorates the intense love which led the Son of God to shed His Blood for the salvation of men. ' Oh, my soul! redeemed by the Blood of Christ, give thy heart to Him by Whom thou art so loved; seek Him Who seeks thee; love Him Who raised thee out of the depths of misery.'—St. Augustine. . St. Kilian, Bishop and Martyr. , St. Kilian, an Irish monk, having been consecrated Bishop, was sent to preach the Gospel to the German idolaters in the north of the present kingdom of Bavaria. After having labored Very successfully for nearly two years, he was martyred in 688. His remains were placed in the Cathedral of Wurzburg. The Prodigies of the Blessed Virgin Mary. God, who rewards His saints with perfect happiness in heaven, often honors them before men by miraculously assisting those who invoke their intercession. The Blessed Virgin being, as Mother of God, the greatest of all the saints, her devout clients have most frequently been the recipients of such miraculous favors. From the changing of the water into wine at the marriage feast at Cana to the miraculous cures that are yearly effected at Lourdes and other celebrated shrines, God has in every age exercised His power on behalf of those who appeal to Him through His Blessed Mother. In the feast of to-day, instituted on the occasion of some miraculous events which took place in Rome at the close of the eighteenth century, we express our gratitude for this display of God's power and mercy, and we honor her whom He had condescended to thus honor. GRAINS OF GOLD - TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN. Oh! who shall praise thee, Virgin meek— O wonder of creative skill ? But since my words are. all too weak, Accept the homage of my will. 0 lily pure! O fragrant rose! 0 first of all things fair to see ! Nature at best but faintly shows The perfect work God wrought in thee! And perfect is the work of love God wrought by thee to all mankind, Till earth below and heav'n above, In sweet communion are combined. 0 ever blessed Mother-Maid, Far down beneath thy dwelling-place—- , The words from heav'n to earth conveyed—--1 hail thee, Mary, full of grace ! And so, saluting thee on high, fek Forever with thy Son Divine, ~ One prayer I waft on many a sigh Give me the sorrow that was thine! vrive me the sorrow, and the tears, That laved thy soul when Jesus died; And I shall be, through all my years, Content, whatever may betide ! Irish Messenger.