Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 13 October 1921, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR. October 16, Sunday.—Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost. ~ 17, Monday.—St. Hedwige, "Widow. ~ 18, Tuesday.—St. Luke, Evangelist. , 3) 19, Wednesday.—St. Peter Alcantara, Confessor. / „.' 20, Thursday.—St. John Cantius, Confessor; ~ 21, Friday.—St. Hilarion, Abbot. ~ 22, Saturday.—Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ■ «P St. Luke, Evangelist. One of the four Evangelists, and a disciple of St. Paid, whom he joined at Troas in the year 53. He was a native of Antioch, in Syria, a physician by profession, and a painter of no mean skill. St. Luke shared the travels and trials of St. Paul, and was with him in his second imprisonment. He afterwards returned to Macedonia and Achaia, and died a martyr at Patrae, at the age of 74. St. Luke is the author of the third Gospel and of the Acts of the Apostles. He wrote both works in Greek. St. Peter of Alcantara, Confessor. St. Peter was born at Alcantara, a town in Spain. While still a mere youth he entered the Order of St. Francis. His life in the Order was a 'perfect example of humility, meekness, obedience, and almost incredible austerity. He died in 1563, in the 64th year of his age. ' St. John Cantius, Confessor. St. John was born at Kenti, in Poland. Ordained priest, he exhibited the most ardent zeal for souls, and a boundless charityin a word, all the virtues of a good pastor. Severe to himself, he was ever indulgent to others, who were sure to find in him a generous friend in all their necessities\ He died in 1473, being then 70 years of age. St. Hilarion, Abbot. St. Hilarion, founder of the monastic life in Palesnie, was born at Tabathe, near Gaza. He became a Christian at Alexandria, and visited St. Anthony in the Thebaid. Returning into his own country in 307, he divided all his .goods among the poor and retired into the frightful solitude of Majuma, where numerous disciples placed themselves under his direction. He founded • numerous monasteries in Palestine and in Syria, and left his solitude and retired to the island of Cyprus, in order to escape celebrity. GRAINS OF GOLD A PRAYER TO MARY. Oh, Mother Mary, at thy throne, I kneel to-night in prayer; All sorrow with the day has flown, And peace reigns everywhere. My weary heart finds comfort sweet, Where candles burn for thee, And earnestly I now repeat, My holy Rosary. Oh! make my heart as pure and white, As roses fresh and rare, That beautify thy shrine to-night In garlands, everywhere. Grant to my soul the grace divine, To love thee more each day, ...... A.nd make my love for Jesus more Like thine, dear Queen of May. Wilt thou, dear Mother, be my guide, Through .life's dark perilous way, And keep me close to Jesus' side, Lest from the fold I stray? Thou hope of sinners, hear my prayer, My trust is all in thee, And thy sweet mercy let me share, Until eternity. —Frances Kane. REFLECTIONS. The true servant unceasingly rebukes the wicked, but he does it most of all by his conduct, by the truth which shines forth in his words, by the light of his example, by all the radiance of his life. —St. Francis of Assisi. Matter had its origin in the uncreated loveliness, and throughout the whole range of matter there are echoes of ■; spiritual beauty through which weNnay be led to their immaterial archetypes.—St. Dionysius. It is impossible that God should lose the honor due to Him either the sinner freely pays what he owes, or God receives it from an unwilling giver. St. Anselm.