Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 17 June 1915, Page 3

Friends at Court

QLEANINOS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR June 20, Sunday. Fourth Sunday after Pentecost , ~ 21, Monday.St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Confessor. ~22, Tuesday. Paulinus, Bishop and Confessor. ~ 23, Wednesday.— of the Feast of St. John the Baptist. ~ 24, Thursday.—St. John the Baptist. ~ 25, Friday. William, Abbot. ~ 26, Saturday.—SS John and Paul, Martyrs. ... ' ..< St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Confessor. St. Aloysius belonged to a noble family of Lombardy. Through the tender care of his virtuous mother, he attained even in childhood a high degree of spiritual perfection. He has been designated by the Holy See as special patron of young persons, to whom he has left an example of all the virtues, but particularly of spotless purity, rigorous mortification, and profound humility. He died in Rome, in 1591, of an illness contracted while attending the sick during a malignant pestilence.

St. William, Abbot.

St. William, a native of northern Italy, inspired with the desire of leading a penitential life, retired to a lonely spot named Monte Vergine, near Benevento. Having been followed by many persons desirous of placing their souls under his guidance, he established a religious congregation, which was afterwards united to the Benedictine Order. St. William died in 114 2.

GRAINS OF GOLD. A VISIT TO THE BLESSED SACRAMENT. In this quiet ev'ning hour When the twilight shades appear, When the Angel Gabriel's Ave Fills the hearts of men with cheer ; Ere the last sweet tunes forever Fade away from mortal ear, Come I to Thee, sweetest. Jesus, To Thy lowly dwelling here. Hero unto Thy presence holy, Heart of Jesus, bring I Thee All my little cares and troubles, Knowing Thou will list to me. For I have Thy promise sacred, For I hear Thy words so blest ' Come to Me all ye that labor, And by burdeus are oppressed.' Then to pray for all my loved ones, For the friends so dear to me, And for those who, now unfaithful, Walk in paths afar from. Thee. Sweetest Jesus, fast the moments Pass into eternity, ' Bless us all ' is my petition As I say ' Good-night' to Thee. It is a good rule to be deaf when a slanderer begins to talk. Envy is blind; and can only disparage the virtues of others. Every man's life is a visible expression of what he thinks about God. . f Success is utter failure if achieved by the sacrifice of moral principles. ■■' There is only one sort of shabbiness that matters — a shabbiness of the soul. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. Christianity has been too often in what seemed deadly peril that we should fear for any new trial now.