"Tis not from earthly paths I bid you flee,
But lighter in My ways your feet will be;
"Tis not to summon you from human mirth,
But add a depth and sweetness not of earth.
Still by the gate I stand as on ye stray;
Turn your steps hither; am not I the Way?
The sun is falling fast, the night is nigh;
Why will ye wander? wherefore will ye die?
Look on My hands and side, for I am He;
None to the Father cometh but by Me;
For you I died; once more I call you home;
I live again for you; My children, come.

Feast.-May 1.

B

LESSED are the dead which die in the LORD from henceforth: Yea, saith the SPIRIT, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. Rev. xiv. 13.

The vale of tears is left behind,

The gloomy valley of despair,

The well beloved of Jesus find

All joy, all bliss, all pleasure there. Nor eye hath seen, nor tongue may tell,

What glorious light round those shall dwell Who safe have passed the gates of hell.

The Invention of the Cross.

May 3.

EATH is swallowed up in victory.

DEATH

1 Cor. xv. 54.

Safe in thy forehead keep
The mark by Jesus set;
Before thee is a mighty deep,

A baptism waits thee yet.
As Lazarus rising, such thou art,
Thy soul and flesh again to part.

But when thy Lord and thou-
Thou from the grave, and He
From Heaven-shall meet, upon thy brow
A glorious cross shall be;

A light that needs no watching o'er,
Even as He rose, and died no more.

THESE

Saint Barnabas.

Eve.-June 10.

HESE are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the Blood of the LAMB. Rev. vii. 14.

May we, in Jesus' armour dight,
Share in the white-robed martyrs' fight,
To reap a like renown;
And militant on earth below,

Through Him withstand our ghostly foe,
And win our heavenly crown.

B

Feast.-June 11.

ARNABAS (which is, being interpreted, the son of consolation) having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the Apostles' feet. Acts iv. 36.

Never incense cloud so sweet
As before the Apostles' feet
Rose, majestic seer, from thee,
Type of royal hearts and free,
Son of holiest consolation,

When thou turn'dst thy land to gold,
And thy gold to strong salvation,
Leaving all, by Christ to hold.

Saint John Baptist.

Vigil.-June 23.

НЕ E must increase, but I must decrease.

S. John iii. 30.

Lo, here disclosed in winning form I see
Gifts that within my straitened compass lie,
Love built on acts of deep humility,

That bears to be abased when Christ is nigh.

Content to part with power, or forfeit fame, When He who gave shall what He gave

recall,

And waive each cherished right or fancied claim,

That all may live to Him who died for all.

ΑΝ

Feast.-June 24.

ND he confessed and denied not, but confessed, I am not the CHRIST.

S. John i. 20.

None holier than the desert priest
Beneath the Law's dim sky,

Yet in Heaven's kingdom with the least,
We read, he might not vie.

If he confessed, nor dared deny,

Woe to that Christian's heart,

Who in man's praise would walk on high,
And steal his Saviour's part!

Pray we our Lord, one pang to send

Of deep remorseful fear;

For every smile of partial friend,
Praise be our penance here.

ΑΝ

Saint Peter.

Vigil.-June 28.

ND the LORD turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter went out and wept bitterly. S. Luke xxii. 61, 62.

Oh, should temptation from us intercept
Thy loving countenance, yet whensoe'er
We turn again, and to Thine Altar flee

From our own sins, and from the world, O then
Lift on our hearts Thy gracious look Divine,
That we returning to ourselves and Thee,
May wet with tears the pavement of Thy shrine.

A

Feast.-June 29.

ND JESUS answered and said unto him,
Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona.
S. Matt. xvi. 17.

Pillar of Holy Church,
Chief of the Saints of God,
Who upward from his fall
The path of conquest trod;