Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 2 August 1917, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR August 5, Sunday. Tenth Sunday after Pentecost. ~ 6, Monday. Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus ' Christ. ~ 7, Tuesday.—St. Cajetan, Confessor. ~ . 8, Wednesday.—SS. Cyriacus, Largus, and t Smaragdus, Martyrs. >> 9, Thursday. Vigil of St. Lawrence. „ 10, Friday.—St. Lawrence, Martyr. ~ 11, Saturday.—SS. Tiburtius and Susanna, Martyrs. Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The miraculous Transfiguration of our Blessed Lord, in the presence of the Apostles Peter, James, and John, is narrated by St. Matthew in that portion of his Gospel which is read at Mass on the second Sunday in Lent. St. Cajetan, Confessor. St. Cajetan, the son of wealthy parents in the north of Italy, was remarkable for his charity to the poor. On the death of his parents, he expended a great part of his patrimony in the establishment of hospitals and pious associations for the relief of the sick and indigent: the remainder he divided between the poor and those of his relations who were in straitened circumstances. In conjunction with Archbishop Caraffa, afterwards Pope Paul IV., he founded the religious congregation of the Theatines. He died in 1547, worn out by labors and austerities. ORAINS OF OOLD. A WORD TO ME ! A word to me? A. word for me apart, No other ear to hearken, heart to heart? A word Thy hidden pleasure to impart ? O Master, say it ! Is it a word of love entreating mine Poor recompense indeed for love divine, Yet precious to that human Heart of Thine? Dear Master, say it ! A word to cast aside my craven fears, To bravely bear my cross, these many years, Dragged after Thee with protest and with tears? O Master, say it ! Perchance a dreaded word, not once or twice. But often sueing for a gift of price ; Can I invite the call to sacrifice? Yes, Master, say it ! One tender word to Thomas brought relief, One pitying word, Thy Kingdom to the thief, One only word would bring my soul relief. O Master, say it! —Mother M. Loyola.

REFLECTIONS. As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that fear him.— Psalm cii. 13. No man can be a friend of Jesus Christ, who is not a friend to his neighbor.—Mgr. R. IT. Benson. Silence makes us great hearted and judging makes us little hearted. —Father Faber. A chariot full of good works driven by pride is bound for hell, but driven by humanity it" takes the road to heaven.—St. Gregory of Nyasa. 4| If we take all things as from God, and behold all things as in the light of the brightness of His coming, all shall be well.—Cardinal Manning. Misunderstanding and neglect occasion more mischief in this world than even malice and wickedness.