Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-03-26

Holy UetE.
The present week IS known in the Episcopal
Church as .Psssion Week and in the Roman
Catholic Church as .-Holy Week, So because those
churches ar this period celebrate the mysteries
relative to the passion and death Of Christ with
solemnit,es Of peculiar interest Il was ancient
j. called the great OK painful week, or week Of
solrows. The ceremonies in the Catholic church
began on Sunday last, ''Plm Sunday when
+ Chri-t's entrance into Jerusalem was commem0r-
atei by the blessing Of palm by the priests and
its distribution to the congregation. Wednesday,,
known as SPY Wednesday, the Day on which
Christ va- discovered by the jews in the garden
Of Gethsemane: Thursday as Holy or N4un5ay
Tllr-lly, ana Friday as Good Frilly, when lie
was c-usifeI Oh Mount Calvary. On the eve
uing- Of these days the office of the Tnelrqr
(iarsnes-l which consists oil, the mathis AMI
laal for the services Of the mornings following,
Is chaa-eI pls.a- the service d large camille
stick supporting fifteen lights, arranged in form
Of O. triangle, Iea0..ug Christ and the prophets
who pred. tel his coming, stands ia DE sanctu-
airy: che lights ARE one by one eztiugli#hei I'M
ii only -be upper ono remains. which is taken
down and a'l--l under tie altar until the close /
of the office; this is INTENDED 90 symbolic .
tIrI-t's burial and resurrection. Ol Thursday. .
the institution u tle Lords Supper is c0meu- /
morltel, and - some places the priests wash the .
feet of j. poor persons, lu im tl-leu # the act
bells lre rgnr ar instruments Of music sounded
from the lilr.r t Er-L DO the Mass Of
Thursday until the same time ca saturday. A
col-ee --a1 host carried IN procession 90 some
teuplr. s. l.tlr prepared for It's reception and
Kent there until the next day, when the priest
carries 70 back 90 the main altar and consume
it on Good Friday there IS no mass, the altar
is stripped 10 lll IT'S ornaments and drapei ll
mourning and the tabernacle =hr0udci. The
ceremony li kissing the cross, is on this day per-
formed Is aI faithful Roman Catholics. pu Sat
urIay the services begin 5y the blessing Of fire
AMI water. aul Of the paschll candle, an emblem
u the Saviour, which is lighted in token u His
r.-srrec-i.u. and burns during a portion ot
-le 3.l-- from E--ter until Ascension Thurslly
d was ou saturday in Holy Week that tie
s.-v church used To administer Baptism 70 the
C4tschumars and parts Of the service still have
s meaning significant of this custom Holy
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trent animal SO the uicE door, % course no IN
rrlt-al could be given by the family, and the
lss- airing owner left on the tuu run, hoping
O. o'er-asl -le trulut % the thief Since which
time DE has not been heard or An hour or two
evening u hopes that O. sober second though,
might suggest e. the owner a search for him In