Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 7 August 1913, Page 3

Friends at Court

v GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR August 10, Sunday.—Thirteenth Sunday after Pente- ' -V cost. St; Lawrence, Martyr. ' „ : 11, Monday.—St. /■" Sixtus 11., Pope and ,- ':-. Martyr. ." V' : ' : -'.V : -'.- : : : ■'.-.. , ■ - „ 12, Tuesday.—St.'Clare, Virgin: „'■'•'.- 13, Wednesday.St. Philomena, Virgin and Martyr. ' „ i 14, Thursday.St. Hormisdas, Pope and Con- '. ; ; . ' - fessor. Fast day. ■ " „ '-■■'■ 15, Friday. The Assumption of the Blessed ■-■■■■. Virgin Mary. Holy. Day of Obligation. No abstinence. ■' „ 16, Saturday. —St. Koch, Confessor. ■ , St. Hormisdas, Pope and Confessor. St. Hormisdas, who was unanimously elected Pope . on the death of St. Symmachus, in 514, displayed great energy in propagating the Gospel and eradicating heresy and schism. He died in 523. The Assumption, of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Church has always believed that the body of the Immaculate Virgin was, after death, assumed into heaven, and reunited to her spotless soul. Without being an article of faith, this belief, first expressed obscurely by the early Fathers, has gone on developing, like so many other truths; so much so that it is now formally held by all Catholics. It seems indeed appropriate that the reunion of soul and body, which, in the case of the generality of men, will take place on the day of final resurrection, should have been anticipated on behalf of her who had been, by Divine intervention, preserved from that original sin of which death and corruption are the consequences. To-day, therefore, we honor the glorious Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, both body and soul, into heaven, where her intercession is a power to succor us in our wants, comfort us in our trials, and protect us from the dangers to which we are exposed during the course of our mortal pilgrimage. GRAINS OF GOLD HYMN TO THE SACRED HEART. Oh ! Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in Thee !' Whatever mav befall me. Lord. Though dark the hour may be, In all my joys, in all my woes, Though naught but grief I see, ' Oh ! Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in Thee!' When those I love have passed away, And I am sore distrest, O ! Sacred Heart of Jesus, I fly to Thee for rest! In all my trials, great or small, My confidence shall be Unshaken, as I cry, dear Lord, 'I place my trust in Thee!' : This is my one, sweet prayer, dear Lord ! My faith, my trust, my love, But most of all in that last hour, When death points up above, Ah; then, sweet Saviour, may* thy face Smile on my soul set free, i Oh ! may I cry with rapturous love—--9 • 'l've placed my trust in Thee!' i. ', - — The Missionary. e The man who has his price gives himself away. *, He that studieth revenge keepeth his wounds open. j Judge men by what they do, not by what they 'promise to do.