Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 6 October 1921, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR. October 9, Sunday. Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost. ~ 10, Monday.—St. Francis Borgia, Confessor. „ 11, Tuesday.— the Feria. ~ 12, Wednesday.—Of the Feria. ~ 13, Thursday.—St. Edward, King and Confessor. „ 14, Friday.—St. Callistus, Pope and Martyr. „ 15, Saturday—St. Teresa, Virgin. SJB St. Edward the Confessor, St. Edward after spending his youth in exile, was crowned King of England in 1042. Though by his piety and simplicity he seemed better suited for a cloister than a court, yet the kingdom of England was never more blessed than during his reign. He had no other desire than to see his people happy, and they, for their part, loved him as a just and generous ruler, while they revered him as a saint. St. Edward died in 1066. St. Callistus, Pope and Martyr. The Pontificate of St. Callistus, which began in 217, terminated in 222 by the martyrdom of this holy Pontiff. A detailed account of his sufferings has not come down to us, but it is probable hat he lost his life in a popular uprising during the reign of Alexander Severus. St. Teresa, Virgin. St. Teresa, the glory of the Catholic Church in Spain, was born at Avila, a town of Old Castile, in 1515. In her twentieth year she made her religious profession in a convent of Carmelite nuns. She showed herself henceforward a perfect model of obedience, humility, and selfdenial. She was also blessed by God with an extraordinary gift of prayer, on which subject she has left us books full of profound knowledge and of the greatest utility to all “ those who seek to walk in the path of spiritual perfection. After spending close on 50 years in the cloister she died a saintly death in 1582. GRAINS OF GOLD THE CHILDREN’S PRAYER FOR PEACE. Lord, Thy little' children Come to Thee to pray That Thou mayst guard us And our land to-day. Hear us, gently pleading That all strife may cease — Jesus, Friend of Ireland, Give Thy people peace. Guide the nation’s leaders, N With Thy light inspire Ireland’s trusted envoys; Set their souls on fire With love, truth, and justice, So that they may free Our dear isle from bondage And give her liberty. Lord, hear Eire’s children Knocking at Thy Door: Heal our stricken people, With hearts grieved and sore; A future bright and happy To holy Ireland send; In this grave hour of danger, Lord, be our dearest Friend. — Michael Douglas, K.n,s.,Tara, in the Irish Catholic. REFLECTIONS. All the disciples of the Lord are priests.—St. Irenaeus. No man is strong by his own strength, but is safe in the indulgence and pity of God. —St. Cyprian. Thee we never lose, unless we forsake; and, if we forsake, whither do we go, whither fly, but. from Thy loVe to Thy wrath? —St. Augustine. Why should we become drowsy in so much sloth, and not seek by some means or another the way of Salvation? St. Cuthbert. ’