Evening journal., 1911-04-05
SOLEMN SERVICES
BEGIN ON SUNDAY
Palm Sunday Marks Advent
of Christ Into City Of
Jerusalem
SPECIAL SERVICES
THROUGHOUT WEEK

Palm Sunday. which commentaries
the triumphant entry Of Christ into /
Jerusalem prior 10 his passion and
his resurrection. will be solemnly oh
served I'm an the churches of the city
next Sunday. The Sunday follow
ing will be Easter Sunday. which
commentaries the glorious rising of
1 Christ from the grave. which event
/ forms the most important baliet ot
tho Christian religion.
In tho Catholic churches on Sun
day next the chief ceremony will be
the blessing OF the palms, which are
then distributed among the members
OF the congregations and the priests
and people Join in procession aboW
1.-The churches. The passion of Christ
as narrated I'm the Gospels is also
chanted by the priests and the choirs.
tho singing being wierd and plainiive-
The blessing of the palms viii take
place I'm the Cathedral, where Bishop
Monaghan Will oficiate.
Palm Sunday ushers In Holy Week,
which is celebrated I'm churches or all
denominations. the eek closing with
the celebration of Easter on Sun
day
I'm the Roman Catholic and Protest
ant Episcopal churches OF the city the
observance of Holy Week is perhaps
most marked The singing or chant
ing Of the tenebrae is customary In
the Catholic churches on Wednesday,
Holy Thursday and~good Friday
/ Rejoice on Holy Thursday.
Holy Thursday is more of day OF
sacred rejoicing than Of sorrow in
/ the ritual of the churches Of the
Catholic and Episcopal denomina-
tons, as on this day in commemorat-
ed the institution Of the Lords Sup
per or the Holy Eucharist
In the Catholic churches there VIII
be on Holy Thursday solemn mass in
the morning. at the close of which
the Blessed Sacrament is carried in
procession from the main altar to a
side altar where the sacred species
are kept until the following morn
ing, when they are used at the SER
vice peculiar to Good Friday Holy
Communion is received and at night
the tenebrae is sung.
In the Protestant Episcopal
churches Msundy Thursday, as it is
called, will be celebrated by Holy
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and solemn preparation for the
Easter Communion.
With the dawn of Good Friday. the
day which commentaries the cruel
fxion and death of the Christ on the
cross a feeling Of gloom and sorrow
pervades the church. The Catholic
churches are draped In black crepe
the statues are shrouded from view
and the crucifx, which has huns
draped in black, Is taken down from
the altar and uncovered and giver
b 10 the people for alteration. AT nigh
! the tenebrae is sung, during which
the draped candles are gradually eX
tinguished to signify the departure
. one BY one, Of the apostles from tn
e dying Saviour. until finally after al
= impressive silence. a tremendou
noise is made to signify the earth
= quake and general earthly disturb
ances that accompanied the death o
; Christ on the cross
Services are also conducted In IN
Catholic church on Good Friday al
ternoon and consist of stations o
the cross and in some few churche
4 the devotion known as the thre'
hours agony, commemorating TN
three hours of agony endured pl
Christ as he hung. dying for the SIM
: of mankind, upon the holy ROOD
m The Easter Service.
Is churches there will be special ser
vices ON Good Friday morning. There
will also be morning prayer service
the Iitany and the pro-anaphora
From noon until o'clock in the af'
= ternoon. the hour OF Christs oea.h
there will be in some churches tbs
g nreaching of the cross, which com
: memorates the three hours Of agon!
= of our Saviour. In the evening Their
J. will be evening prayer and an ad
e dress.
" Holy Saturday is observed in tn
T Catholic churches, and at the hig
:. mass celebrated in the morning, IN
= drapings are removed from III
Il church and the bells. which have bee
silent since Holy Thursday, are run