Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 3 November 1921, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR. November 6, Sunday.—Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pente- , cost. ~ 7, Monday.Of the Octave. „ 8, Tuesday. Octave of All. Saints. ~ 9, Wednesday. —Dedication of the Lateran Basilica. ~ 10, Thursday. —St. Andrew . Avellino, Confessor. ~ 11, Friday. — St. Martin, Bishop and Confessor,' ~ ~ 12, Saturday. — St. Martin 1., Pope and Martyr. V Dedication of the Lateran Basilica. This church is commonly known as the Basilica of St. John Lateran. It is the Cathedral of Rome, and was the first of the great basilicas consecrated to Divine worship after the accession of Constantino had given peace to the Church. St. Andrew Avellino, Confessor. St. Andrew Avellino was born in 1521 at Castronuovo, a small town in Sicily. His baptismal name was Lancelotto, which out of love for the cross he changed into Andrew when he entered the Order of Theatines, founded by St. Cajetan. From his youth he was a great lover of chastity. At Naples he studied Canon and Civil Law, obtained the degree of Doctor of' Laws, and was ordainefl priest at the age of 26. Later he was made Master of Novices of his Order, and subsequently superior. He was indefatigable in preaching, hearing confessions, and visiting the sick. He died at the age of 88. In 1624, only 16 years after his death, he was beatified by Pope Urban VIII. and in 1712 was canonised by Clement XI. He is venerated as patron by Naples and Sicily, and invoked especially against sudden death. GRAINS OF GOLD THE LITTLE FLOWER OF JESUS. Sheltered from storm within the cloistered walls Of Carmel’s garden, bloomed a Little Flower; From gazing oft upon the Sacred Face, It shed new radiance o’er that holy bower. Full-blown to beauty by the Spirit’s breath, Warmed by the sunshine’ of Eternal Love, Too frail for earth, the Gardener Divine Transplanted it to grace the courts above. Drawn by its fragrance, clients throng the shrine, Youth flushed with joy, and old age bowed with care, Brave soldiers, battle-scarred, their' homage pay, And little children lisp a fervent prayer. Purchased with pearls, the tears which Jesus shed, _ These are, 0 Soeur Therese, thy rightful prize; Be thou their guide along thy little way, Until they reach the gates of Paradise/ ; —John A. Lennon, S.J., in The Messenger. REFLECTIONS. We but think of God worthily when we own Him' to be beyond our thought.—St. Cyprian. * In the nightly hours let there be no omissions of prayer, no idle waste, in the moments of worship —St Cyprian. l e Yes. so + great is the Virgin, that he must be ignorant is not filTed - + \° f . G °. ’ T ho does not wonder ’ yea,.. more, . ? ot fi l led " lth admiration at the greatness of the Virgin s soul.—St. Peter Chrysologus. Receive, 0 Lord, the whole freedom of myself. Accept my memory, my understanding, my entire will. Whatsounon me ~ ThOU hast of Thy bounty bestowed upon me. All this I restore to Thee, and surrender it to be disposed of aboslutely, according to Thy will Only s : n ; r ° r J h f’ a, T With grac i. "d °a£ ■ I hav ;I r k / 0r n ° thlng m ore.’ : ’—St. Ignatius, you: nor do V f Ved * S ° 1? t 0 be ashamed to live among God.”—Sf. Ambrose. ° be9ause we have ’ a gracious