The New York herald., 1871-03-27
ST. STEPHENS CHURCH.
The Passion and Death Of Christ Sermon by
the Rev. DIR. McsIynn.

The Passion and Death Of Christ Sermon by
the Rev. DIR. McGIynn.
At half-past ten yesterday morning high mass was
celebrated in ST. Stephens Catholic church. Twenty
eighth street. AS usual the sacred edi6ce was
filled to repletlon The musical part OF the service
under the direction Of the organist, Mr.. Danfortl
was sung in superb style. After the gospel the
Rev. DR.. McGlynn entered the pulpit and delivered
an able sermon In his usual eloquent and logical
manner taking for his text the epistlc OF the day
Passion Sunday, Hebrews TX :-"Christ the High
Priest OF the good things to come not by the blood
OF goats or OF calves but by His own blood entered
once into the holy place. and, therefore, He is the
Mediator OF the New Testament The Church on
Passion Sunday begins the special season or com.
memoration OF the passion and death OF Christ
by which, out Of our ransomed humanity ;,
He won her to be His eternal BRIDE She invites,
even by touching appeals TO their Senses tho Sc
Children whom she has begotten to Him, 10 lament
with her over HIS agony and death.
THE CHANT OF THE "aLoRrA, Is HUSHED
and her sacred pictures are draped In the garb OF
mourning. Her children cannot better show their
love and gratitude for the great price at which they
have been redeemed than by conforming at this sea-
son their minds and hearts to ner-to that mind Of
hers which is so wise, 80 consderate, poetic, SO
human and yet so divine, because the holy spirit OF
God has been promised to abide with 1t and to be its
animating principle; TO that heart Of hers in which
Is concentrated the tenderness Of the hearts of oil
the SAINTS and that Is loving with love more than
human because 1t Is In closest harmony with
THE HEART OF THE MAN-GOD.
But IL was not left merely to the poetic mind ana
loving heart OF the Church OF Christ devise the
manner Of commemorating the passion and death
OF her Saviour. He Himself has left with her His
own sweet memorial. He has entreated and COM
manded her to ''do 1t in remembrance' OF Him,
and particularly Of His passion and deaJh--'.As
often as We DO this. you shall show for tn
the death or the Lord, until He come" Christ
the "high priest Of the good things to Gomez and
the mediator or the New Testament, has purchased
to Himself not by the blood OF oxen and calves and
goats but by His own blood the right to enter into
the holy OF holes, where He lavishes all the wealth
or love OF His human heart and all the resources OF
His divinity In tnstituting o sacrifice that shall
supersede all
THE BLOODY OFFERINGS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT,
shall be the seal and conservation OF His last will
and testament and shall be 70 US His most precious
memorial, not merely because IL Is the last chosen
mementO OF our dying Saviour, but because mys-
tertously yet truly, the picture OF this sacrifice IS
none other than Himself 'This ia my bOdy;' ''This
Is the chalice OF my blood OF the New TesLament;'
"D0 this In remembrance OF me.n 1t was this
eucharlstio sacrifice OF Christ the priest that Mala
chi prophesied when he foreshadowed the cessation
Of the oden sacrilces to be superseded by that
should be ofered among oil nations; "for My name