The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-20
PONrIFICAL HIGH MASS.
Over 1900 Persons Attend Services
in ST. Marys Cathedral.

Solemn pOntificaI high mass was ceIe-
brated at u O'Clock yesterday morning
by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Laurence Scan
Ian at 81 Marys cathedral The bishop
was assisted in the impressive service by
Very Rev. Father Denis Kiely, vicar
general of The diocese. who was master
of ceremonies: Very Rev. Father A. j.
Gunan. president of All HalloWs col
lege, who was deacon OF the mass. and
Rev Father A. MOntrucchiO. Sub-deacOn
of the mass. The Easter sermon was
delivered by Rev. Father w. n. RYAN.
At the services over 1900 people at
tended. The temporary chapel in the
basement of the new cathedral was filled
10 the doors, scores of people standing
up in the rear. The somewhat gloomy
aspect of the bare basement was dis
PEELED by a profusiOn of flowers that
weighed down the main altar and the
side affairs.
The Easter music at this mass was
very beautiful. The choir. under the di-
rectiOn of Miss Gleason. sang Cimerosa' 5
grand military mass, accompanied by
organ, violin and cello. The solo parts
were well taken and the chorus of voices
in the impressive parts of the ceremony
added to the magnificence of the serV-
Ice. Some OF the music that was eN-
ceptiOnally good included the solo EFT In
patrick; the ''Veni Creator" by J. w.
Curtis; the ''SanCtus" by Miss Rose
mary Holland, and the tenor solos by 4.
j. DuQuesne. Edward Fitzpatrick. on the
accompanied the choir and the soloists
I'll close sympathy.
Rev. Father ". X. Ryan began a force
ful sermon on the resurrection by re
ferring to the large gathering at the
church. He spoke of the pleasure which
1t afforded the bishop to observe such
magnificent attendance. He also con-
graduated the paTishiOners on the large
Yearly masses. Nearly 800 received the
sacrament AT O'Clock mass and over
$50 at the service at o'clock The priest
pictured wildly the glorious dawn of the
resurrection and cOntrasted it with the
sadness and gloom of holy week.
ON Holy Thursday. said Father Rv
an, I'VE COmmemOrated the last supper
of our Lord. when God in his infinite
goodness and mercy gave 10 us the bles-
sed sacrament of holy communion, when
he left in commemOratiOn of himself, as
a means through which We might be
saved, his sacred body and blood.
On Good Friday We SOTrOWfuIIy took
our thoughts back to the crucifixion of
our Lord, 20 the sacrifice that he made
for us that we might merit the saliva
ton which he had gained for us From
IL We gained the lesson of love and sac
Tifice, the object Of the life of the Christ.
From il we may learn in measure what
We owe to the Lord for this sacrifice,
made in order that from the example
of the sufferingS and death of our Sa-
Vior on the cross we might gain the
salvation that we can never merit.
Father Ryan then ikened the resur-
rectlOn Of Christ from the SepulchFe TO
the rise from the death of sin. He il
Illustrated that though often we might be
deep in sin. so deem that a recovery
seemed impossible vet through the death
of Christ redemption is possible. In
his opinion, no matter how low and how
often we had fallen. through the grace
of God We might peTsevere in the right
and be received into salvation.
He spoke of the resurrection as an his
tOrical fact and declared that this fact
in the life of the Christ on earth must
satisfy any doubling mind that there