Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 3 April 1919, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR April 6, Sunday. Passion Sunday. » 7, Monday.Of the Feria. ~ 8, Tuesday. the Feria. »> 9, Wednesday.—Of the Feria. ~ 10, Thursday.—Of the Feria. i> 11, Friday.—Seven Dolors of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ~ 12, Saturday.Of the Feria. The Seven Dolors of the Blessed Virgin Mary. To drink of that chalice of suffering which the Redeemer of mankind drained to the dregs has fallen to the lot of all the saints, but most of all to the Mother of God. Owing to the closeness of the sacred tie which bound her to her Divine Son she felt most keenly every danger which threatened Him, and every pang that wrung His Sacred Heart. Her seven principal sorrows, commemorated to-day, were— prophecy of St. Simeon the flight into Egypt, the loss of the Child Jesus, the meeting with her Divine Son on the way to Calvary, the Crucifixion, the taking down from the Cross, and the burial of our Lord. GRAINS OF GOLD. A SIMPLE PRAYER. Each Jewish mother taught her son A simple prayer, whose words thus run: “My spirit I commend to Thee, Q, Father, God eternally !” This was the last prayer Jesus spoke Before His heart in anguish broke; And Mary stood beside the Tree, And heard the words learned at her knee. Ah, thus, to ease her woeful loss, Did Jesus tell her from the Cross, “I think of home and lessons done; ’Twas sweet to be thy little One.” Florence Gilmore. REFLECTIONS. In devotion it is better to be safe than to be original. —Father Faber. In placing intellect above character we have undone the equilibrium of society. —De Gasparin. There is only one real power in this world for man or womanthe power given by character; it carries far more weight with it than does talent. The great lesson we have to learn in this world is renunciation, not so much courage, as resignation to give it all up; it is not so much resolution as that we need.— Rusk in. The man or woman, however humble, who cult**, yates unswerving rectitude, firm energy, and persevering goodness, is sure to become a centre and a factor in the lives of others. The Most Blessed Virgin stands between her Son and us. The greater sinners we are the greater is her tenderness and compassion for us. The child which has cost its mother the most tears is the dearest to her heart.— -Blessed Cure of Ars, Most of our sorrows are of our own manufacture ; eo let us resolve to make the best of things in the future, and always to choose the sunny side of the street. —Bishop Vaughan. God is to-day the same as He has always been. _Jesus Christ and His Holy Gospel are to-day what they have always been, consequently the true spirit of faith is to-day and will be until the end of time what it has always been.— Mother M. of the Sacred Heart.