The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-20
.LENTEN SEASON IS
DRAWING TO CLOSE
One Week Remains Before East
er Sunday, When World May
Become Gay Once More.
SOLEMN SERVICES WILL
MARK DAYS OF HOLY WEEK
Brief Word About Significance
of Various Ceremonies
Carried Out.

This is Palm Sunday, 1t is COM
memorative OF the acclaim with which
Jesus was received by the populace Of
Jerusalem. In the Catholic churches
palm branches will be blessed and dis
tributed TO the congregations in token
Of the act of the multitude which met
Jesus at the gates Of the holy city and
strewed his path with branches cut from
the trees, singing "Hosannas the
while. Palm Sunday marks the begin,
ming of Holy week, the last week Of
Lent, an occasion observed with cere
mony unprecedented throughout tho re-
mainder of the year.
On Wednesday-called Spy Wednes-
day-the services of The Tenobrae
(darkness) will begin at o'clock in
st. Mary's Catholic cathedral,
On Maunday Thursday (Mandatum--
a command) one mass only is permit
ted under the rules Of the Catholic
church, In st. Mary's this mass, pom
8 clock This is the mass Of the Holy
Eucharist. At this mass tho bishop
consecrates the oil used the ensuing
year in baptism, confirmation and for
amounting the dying. After the mass
the sacred Host, consecrated for the of
fee of the following day Good Friday)
is placed in the repository. After the
Tenebrae there will be sermon.
Significance of Good Friday.
Good Friday, commemorative of the
crucifxion of the Savior, is the most
solemn and sorrowful day in all the
year. Tho passion is sung at the mass
Of the Presanctiied, which viii be cele-
brated at s O'Clock. Preceding the
mass the "Adoration of the Cross
will be observed. AT this office every
OF Christ nailed TO the cross In the
evening, after the Tenebrae, the Way
of the Cross will be gone over and
there viii be sermon on the Passion.
The last day of Holy week is Holy
Saturday. On this day, at 8 clock,
there will be mass. Preceding the cele
bration of the mass the holy water
used during the year in haptisms and
for other purposes will be blessed. The
paschal candle will also be blessed. In
blessing the holy water few drops of
the oil and chrism are mixed with the
water, signifying conservation to the
Lord in infancy by the sacrament Of
baptism.
On Sunday, Easter Sunday, there will
be pontifcal high mass at II CLOCK
Easter Sunday is Of surprising import
ance TO all churches in the Christian
faith. 1T marks the resurrection of the
Lord. Tho event is made joyous with
glad singing and ceremonial Indicative
OF the Joy which the Christian people
feel that the Lord has risen from the
dead.
Glorious Easter Music.
Perhaps more masses have been writ
ten for Easter services than for any
other occasion, not excepting Christ
mas. The characteristic features of all
these masses are the swelling bursts Of
glory, and the grand music Of Easter
comes in striking contrast to the sol
emnity of the sorrowful services which
precede it Holy week.
If, from the sacred point Of view OF
the deyout, Easter Sunday holds sub
lime significance, the day is no less of
transcending Importance to the world at
large, for on that day the "glad rags
for which so much preparation has been
made appear in all the brilliancy of
their hue, style and degree of fit, There
Will be million-dollar bopnets and won
derfully constructed gowns, and tho men
will wear clothes that are calculated TO
make the less fortunate of the popu-
lace assume seated posture and take
careful observation,
Easter Sunday will lift the embargo
which has been placed on all gaiety
and frivolity during the preceding forty
days, and everybody will again be per
mitted, by all law and custom, to wade
IN and enjoy himself again.