Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-16


The immediate ecclesias teal ceremonies that
lead up to the feast of Eastertide in the Catho-
Tic church and in the Church of England. are
interesting and most impressive. The services
of each day commemorate the trial, condemna-
ton and death of our Saviour given in the Cos
pei accounts. There Is much disputation as to
the terms used i'll designating the separate
weeks Of the fortnight that precedes the Easter
Sunday. In the early DAYS of the church the
week preceding Palm Sunday was called Passion
week, because in those DAYS were the prefigura-
tion or beginning of the suferings of Christ
The hturgical name for the week following
Pain Sunday is Hebdoma major. 1t is Officially,
the great week of the church, and Holy Week.
Is it, popular designation.
Tomorrow. Wednesday. there will be in the
Catholic churches masses at 6, $50. :, and 9
o'clock. and the Forial Office. the service for
that day. viii be- ~aid; confessions will be heard
In the afternoon and the Tenebre service at
In the evening. The TenebrR service of the
Catholic church includes the chanting of the
Psalms and the singing Of the lamentations of
jeremiah.
on HOLY THURSDAY
solemn high mass will be celebrated in the
Catholic churches at s o'clock after which
there will be the procession to the repository
Tenebre at ; in the. evening and at St. Matthew's
church Rev. +. j. KerwIck will deliver a sermon
on the Last supper. Only one mass is said in
each church The procession of the Eucharist
Is one OF the notable ceremOuIals of the Roman
church. The Eucharist is taken from the
tabernacle Of the high altar and placed in a re-
pOsltOry prepared for IL In the Basement usu-
ally, 10 commemorate the burial of Christ. The
AturglcaI designation Of the repository is the
sepulchre. On holy Thursday the mass is
specially in concentration of the institution
OF The Eucharist and the Last Supper that was
held on that day. In the church the bishops
bless the sacramental oil that Is used In
chrIstenlngs. combinations. conferring of
orders and extreme JUNCTION during the year
In the English church this day is called
Naundy Thursday in commemoration of Christs
command: This do in remembrance of me-"
At -. Johns church the holy communion is
partaken Of at 100 in the evening There are
also services at $50 and u o'clock in the morn
ing. At the close OF the evening service the
church l. dismantled and the altar is draped in
black. and the organ Is not used nor the bell
rang again until the joyful Easter morning.
GOOD FRIDAY
is the fast kept in memory Of our Saviour's
suferings upon the cross in the week that is
called in the dictionaries and encyclopedias
Passion week, but in the church communions
Holy week IL Is also called great Friday At
st. Matthew'S. the services begin at o'clock
Way OF the cross office at 2:30, Tenebra and
sermon on the Passion Of our Lord by Rev DR.
COrTigan at 5. At the morning service there
Sill be the chanting of the passion music and
the macs Is that of the presanctified. so called
because there Is no conservation OF the elements
OF the Eucharist on that dav that cOnsecrated
on holy Thursday being used On this dav &C.
ours the blessing of the baptismal water to serve
during the year. The mass that follows in an
Gent times was said at midnight now il is cell
e6rated on Saturday morning. The church is
sile nj save for prayers and the low murmuring
Of chants.
THE AFFAIRS ARE pRAPED N PLACE
In ST. Johns services are held at $50 and II
Friday morning and at in the afternoon In
81 Johns chapel, on Virginia avenue, Dr. Pyne
viii conduct a service during the hours of our
saviour : passion upon the cross from " to g.
IL consists of htanies, prayers. HYMNS and
meditations and short instructions upon his
last words There will be service at st. Mary's
church also.
Great taste and ingenuity is displayed in the
arrangement Of these repositories which are
visited by the faithful on Good Friday, it being
incumbent upon every good Catholic 10 visit az
many as possible, saying prayers in silence be-
fore each. Sometimes there are representa-
lions OF the Saviour's birth, the stable the in
liant Christ, ST. Joseph, the Virgin Mary and the
wise men from the East being shown by figures
or paintings, while in every there are elabo-
rate floral decorations, cut flowers growing
plants and palms being brought into reauisi.
ton; The whole is brilliantly lighted by many
candles and produces an effect well calculated
10 stimulate religious feeling.
SATURDAY Is THE DAY
in which our Lord lay in the tomb On this
day also are chanted the waihng Tenebre in
memory Of the darkness that overspread the
earth at the death of Christ. The low lamenting
Of the Miserere. the darkness of the affairs and
the sadness Of all the services all contrast with
the joyful music. the light flowers and gladness
of the Easter celebrations. An interesting and
beautiful ceremonial is the blessing of the new
FIRE that is lighted in the sanctuary lamp in
Catholic churches, and also of the paschal
candles that are burned at all services. Con-
fessions are heard almost continuously in the
Catholic churches on Saturday in preparation
for the communion that all the faithful take on
Easter Sunday. The ladies Of the Altar society,
Of which Madame Boneparte is the president,
will decorate most magnihcently the altar and
repository at st. Matthew'S for Easter day. The
calendar at st. Matthew'S for Easter Sunday in
cludes masses at and 8; children's mass in
lower chapel at 9; solemn high mass at IL, when
Rev DIR. Chapelle will deliver sermon upon
The resurrection. The offertory collection on
Easter Is for the ecclesiastical students Of ST.
Charles college. Easter is the greatest feast of
the year, in the morning Of which the very sun
10 said to dance upon the waters for joy, and
the dew Of tine grass is endowed with gracious
healing qualities.
Jacob Lothian, the twelve-year-old son Of
George Lothian, Of Elkton, Nd, was drowned
N Elk river yesterday.