The Washington herald., 1908-04-17
OBSERVE HOLY DAYS
Good Friday and EasterSery.
ices in Local Churches.
ELABORATE CATHOLIC WORSHIP
Anniversary of Death of Redeemer
Inspires Faithful Christians TO
Unite for VeneratioR of the Cross.
On Easter Morning the World
Celebrates Glad Feast of Hope.

On Sunday the Christian world viii
celebrate the glad feast of hope Easter.
Commemorating the resurrection of
Christ. ornaments Of Joyous colors re-
place the signs of mourning: rich en-
broideries adorn the affairs. the bells, ring
out their joyous chimes, and in the sane
tuary a chant TO heaven rises in all
voices, "Alleluia! Alleluia. Alleluia
To-day, Good Friday, the anniversary
OF the death of the Redeemer Of Man
kind faithful Christians unite for the
veneration of the cross. and the church
places before the eyes of her children the
history of the great Victim of the human
race.
The aItars. stripped Of all ornament, the
silence of the bells. the vestments of
mourning in the sanctuary, the sadness
upon each face, tell that this day is the
anniversary OF a great sorrow.
Cross shown to the Pious.
In the Catholic Church, the cross, en-
tirely uncovered. is shown to the pious
and recoIlected crowd Following the
alteration of the cross. the mass OF the
presanctifed is eelebrated-mass because
some of the rites of the mass are pre-
served; "of the presanctiied' because
the celebrant there offers to the alteration
OF the people the host eonsecrated III the
mass of Holy Thursday,
In the afternoon the Way of the Cross,
commemorating the Passion of Christ,
will take place in an churches between 3
and 4 O'clock-the hour Of crucifxion.
The devotion in honor OF the Three
Hours Agony, beginning promptly at
noon. will be held in st. Aloysius' and IN
St Paul's Church Rev Father p. J.
Casey. s. j.. Will preach the sermon at
this service in ST AlOySius' Church. and
Rev Father Martin O'Donoghue in St.
Paurs-each preacher a native Of this
city
The music to be sung at St, Aloysius' is
Mercadante's Seven Last Words, rem
dered by soloists. quartet, full choir, and
string orchestra. Admission to this de-
votion will be by card only.
Keener interest is felt in this solemn
service this year in St. AlOysius because
il is the last occasion upon which the
famous choir of mixed voices viii be
heard in that church.
The sanctuary choir Of St PauTs
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boys. augmented by the seminarians from
St Thomas Aquinas College, numbering
altogether about seventy-five voices. viii
render the music of the Three Hours
Devotion in St. Paurs to-day. and the
music of the Tenebrae tonight.
Service of the Tenebrae.
The impressive service of the Tenebrae,
chanted Wednesday and last evening. will
/ be sung again tonight. and a sermon on
/ the Passion preached in all churches.
The solemnities in the Catholic Church
yesterday. Holy Thursday, made a truce
| for a moment in the sorrows of Holy
Week
/ The single mass celebrated on the ami
versary Of the institution of the Eucha-
rist, and the communion distributed 10
/ the clergy and the faithful present the
/ gospel scene when Christ the only con-
secrator Of the last supper, and the apos-
ties, were seated at the eucharistic table
In honor of this solemnity the bells ring
out their joyous peals during the mass;
then till Holy SATURDAY. they remain
/ silent
This silence alone is a sign of great
mourning. bat it recalls, also, the silence
OF the apostles, not daring to raise their
voices TO defend their Master
| The solemn procession of the Blessed
Sacrament TO the repository takes place
after the mass. The procession yesterday
in St Aloysius', St Dominic's. and St.
/ Patrick's was a beautiful feature of the
H service-400 children of St Patrick 5
/ Academy and Sunday school. students
from Holy Cross College, and the priests
of the church, took part in the procession
in ST. Patrick's.
In the repository. or Paradise. the
chalice becomes, as it We're, the tomb OF
the Saviour; the pail with which il is
/ covered replaces the stone rolled before
the sepUlcher, and the paten laid above
1t represents the seal OF the Phar sees. 4
white veil envelops this mystic tomb in
memory Of the winding sheet which was
used In the burial Thousands OF Catho-
lies. one steady stream OF humanity,
| typlfying all conditions and races, visited
the repositories in the various churches
yesterday
In St Aloysius'. St Patrlck's. and St
/ Dominic's, the Alteration Of Christ in the
Holy Eucharist did not cease at night
fall. Men of the parish and OF the Third
/ Sunday League knelt in alteration in st.
o'clock this morning. Men Of St. Patrick
congregation and the Holy Name Society
in ST. Dominic kept this holy vigil.
Il In t!se Marble Chapel.
The repository in ST. Matthews. placed
in the marble chapel dedicated to St.
Anthony, was particularly handsome.
, That OF St Patrick's Church, adorned
with white lilies was surmounted with a
!. unique representation of the cross ar
ranged in wax tapers. The repository in
ST. Aloysius' was In the upper church
this year. and adorned the niche to the
right Of the sanctuary. where the new
sanctuary choir VIII be heard for the
first time on Easter. The repository in
ST. Dominic's and in St Mary's was
richly adorned with white lilies and cui
flowers.
A large number of persons visited the
Church Of the Nativity, Brightwood
where there was repository for the first
time That of St AIMS Church, Ten
nallytown. was pronounced TO be one oi
the handsomest and was beautifully