Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 18 September 1913, Page 3

Friends at Court

CLEANINGS FOR NEXT PEEK'S CALENDAR September 21, Sunday.—Nineteenth Sunday after ; ■'"■*■"'*■'.- " .Pentecost. St. Matthew, -''-.'■'- ' r • Apostle and Evangelist. „ 22, Monday. Seven Dolors of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ~ 23, Tuesday. —St. Linus, Pope and Martyr. ~ 24, Wednesday.—Our Lady of Mercy. ~ 25, Thursday. —SS. Eustachius and companions, Martyrs. v ,, 26, Friday. —St. Eusebius, Pope and Martyr. ~ 27, Saturday. —SS. Cosmas and Damian, v Martyrs. v St. Linus, Pope and Martyr. St. Linus, the immediate successor of St. Peter, received the martyr's crown after a pontificate of twelve years. SS. Eustachius and Companions, Martyrs. St. Eustachius, a Roman general, suffered martyrdom, together with his wife and two sons, shortly after the beginning of the second century. St. Eiisebius, Pope and Martyr. St. Eusebius, who succeeded St. Marcellus on the Papal throne, was banished by Maxentius to Sicily, where suffering and privation soon caused his death, A.D. 310. Saints Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs. These two saints were brothers, born in Arabia, and renowned for their skill in medicine. They were remarkable for their charity, and for the zeal with which they endeavoured to propagate the Christian religion. They were both beheaded in the persecution of Diocletian, about the year 303. GRAINS OF GOLD MY CHOICE. Prom day to day, these many years, some vain Imagined good has rilled my heart and eye,— Some pleasure slow to come and swift to fly, By long regret succeeded and disdain. How much is he mistaken and insane <. Who seeks delight in things of earth that die, — False joys which from the true far distant lie, A painted cloud, a phantom of the brain, —• Pleasure for which till it arrives we pine, Which scarcely brings enjoyment when possest, Which parting leaves us to remorse at last! Exchanged for such a state, O Lord, be mine That which embraces, in one moment blest, § The future and the present and the past! in- ■ .' 1.. — Ave Maria. § It better to reconcile an enemy than to conquer him. Your victory may deprive him of his power to hurt for the present but reconciliation disarms him even of his will to injure. It would be hard to portray the darkness of a world in which there were no reverence. Happiness would be impossible, for there could be no friendships upon which to build it and no values out of which it might spring. To view life thus would be to put it on the basis of pessimism, and pessimism is in its last analysis misery. The inner knowledge that one has been honest is a reward which passes words. One thus rewarded is rich beyond measure of wealth that might be dishonestly gained. These are not fancies, but facts. Humanity should have learned them as such and made use of them long ago. Not having done so, humanity should begin now. The first step is to be honest with self.