Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, Volume L, Issue 22, 7 June 1923, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR. June 10, Sunday.—Third Sunday after Pentecost. A „ 11, Monday.—St. Barnabas, Apostle. ~ 12, Tuesday.—St. John Fagondez, Confessor. ~ 13, Wednesday.St. Anthony of Padua, Confessor. ~ 14, Thursday.—St. Basil, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor, ~ 15, Friday.—St. Vitus and Companions, Martyrs. „ 16, Saturday.—Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. *? St. Barnabas, Apostle. St. Barnabas, a follower of Christ and one of the 72 disciples, accompanied St. Paul on his first missionary journey to Cyprus and Asia Minor (45-48). Of his apostolic labors, beyond what is contained in the Acts of the Apostles, nothing certain is known. St. Anthony of Padua, Confessor. St. Anthony was born in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, but he lived for some time in Padua, a city of •Northern Italy. Having entered the Franciscan Order, his humility led him to conceal his exceptional ability and profound learning. For some time he was employed in menial offices, but his gifts of mind having been providentially discovered, he was ordained priest, and appointed to teach theology in Bologna, Padua, and other cities. It was, however, as a. preacher that he became known in Italy, Spain, and France. Formed by nature and grace for this office, the effectiveness of his preaching was enhanced by the sanctity of his life and by the miracles by which God often deigned to signalise his labors. He died near Padua in 1231, at the age of 36. ■X’-O-X-O-X-'X'