Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 22 September 1921, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR. September 25, Sunday. —Nineteenth Sunday after Pente--1 cost. ~ 26, Monday.—SS. Cyprian and Justina, Martyrs. ~ 27, Tuesday.—SS. Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs. ~ 28, Wednesday.—St. Wenceslaus, Martyr. „ 29, Thursday.—St. Michael, Archangel. ~ 30, Friday.—St. Jerome, Confessor and Doctor. October 1, Saturday.—Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. , SS. 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 endeavored to propagate the Christian religion. They were both beheaded in the persecution of Diocletian, about the year 303. . St. Wenceslaus, Martyr.

St. Wenceslaus, Duke of Bohemia, was remarkable for his devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. His zeal for the propagation of the true faith led to Fis death at the hands of his brother, A.D. 982.

GRAINS OF GOLD

IRELAND AND THE ROSARY.

Since the days when dear St. Patrick brought the Faith to Erin’s isle To which, through ages we have faithful been; After love and worship of our God, we’ve ever been renowned v For devotion to His Mother, heaven’s Queen. And the gift wo love to offer her, when at her feet we kneel, Is a wreath of roses, white, and red, and gold While we ponder on the mysteries in the Rosary contained, In which her sorrows and her joys are told, 0 Virgin blest! what joy was yours, when the Angel Gabriel came . And saluted you as Mother of our Lord; And 'when later on, in Bethlehem’s Crib, you saw your infant Son By the shepherds and the Eastern kings adored. We, too, have had our time of joy, in the days of long ago, When religion in our country sped apace. And to. bring the Faith to other lands, and spread the Gospel’s light; • Was the privilege accorded to our race. * » / But ’tis Mary’s trials and sorrows that appeal most to our heart ■ As we meditate on each sad mystery-; Of grief and tribulations, like to her we’ve had a part, For we’ve trod the path that leads to Calvary. You bore your cross, dear Mother, with patience to the end; ' Now with your Son you reign in bliss, and love, And on Ireland’s suffering children, who have ever sought v your aid . ■- You will look with pity from your throne above. 4 ■%v • ■ « .For after every sorrow there comes a time of joy; Every, v cross that’s bravely borne will win a crown So we’ll wait with ,patience God’s own time for the glorV- ious days--to come, , -f jr. When peace, through Mary’s hands, will be sent down. ’-, <'• . An Irish Exile. ■y /Somewhere in France, May, 1921. v ' :