198 FORTY DAYS OF ST. SWITIIIN, 



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JULY 16. St. Eustatiiius, patriarch of Aiitiocli, 

 A.D. 338. 

 St. Elicr, hermit and martyr. 

 Our Lady of Mount Carmel. — Engl.Cal. 



Obs. St. Eustathius was a native of Sida in Pamphylia. IIl 

 was learned, eloquent, and eminently endowed with all virtue. lie 

 was made Bishop of Beiaea in Syria, and in 324 was called to fill 

 the vacant see of Antioch. The Atians tried every means to remove 

 him : they accused him of Sabellianism, and hastened to inform the 

 Emperor Constantine, who, being prepossessed by the slanders of 

 two Arian bishops, ordered Eustathius to repair to Constantinople, 

 and thence sent him into banishment. lie died thirty years before 

 St. Miletius was advanced to the see of Antioch in 3f)0. 



It may i)e a curious subject of research to the antiquary why Our 

 Lady of Mount Curiiiel was inserted in the Calendar today. In the 

 Missal translated for the use of the British laity we find an office 

 today as follows: — '.'O God, who hast honoured the order of the 

 Carmelites with the singular title of the Blessed "\irgin Mary mo- 

 ther of God, mercifully grant that we who solemnize this her com- 

 memoration may by the aid of her prayers arrive at eternal happi- 

 ness." The reader will find in the Florilegium various beautiful 

 odes and hymns to the Virgin, under this day. The following is one 

 from the Cantiques Spirituets. 



Je met ma connance 



Vierge en votre secours, 

 Servez moi de defense, 



Prenez soin de mes jours, 

 Et quand ma derniere heure 



Viendra fixer mon soit, 

 Obtenez que je meure 



De la plus sainte mort. 



It is well known that the Carmelites deduce their origin from the 

 conversion of the Elian heimits on iMount Carmel. 



Greater Convolvulus Jpomaea coerulea fl. 

 Upright Virgin's Bower Clematis Flammula fl. 



Four Lily stalks iiiil tlii'ir wliite honours H'ed, 



To make a coionul, and lound liiiii jfrew 



All tendrils "reen, of every bloom and hue, 



Totretlicr intertwined, and traniinel'd fresh : 



Tlie vine of i^Iossy spront; tlic Ivy mesh, 



Sliadiuif its £tliiop berries; and Woodbine 



Of velvet leaves, and bugle blooms divine ; 



Convolvulus in streaked vases Husli ; 



The Creeper, inellowing for an autumn blush ; 



And Virgin's Bovver, trailing airily, 



With otliers of the sisterhood. Endymion, p. 70, 



