The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-02-17
be held in the afternoon, or after
daily Mass,

| be held in the afternoon, or after
daily Mass.
Pastors will exhort those who are
dispensed from the precept Of fast and
abstinence by legitimate authority to
do penance by prayer, aims giving and
self-imposed modification. During
this holy season, Catholics should
renew their spirit of fervor and make
some extra sacrifices in honor of God,
| for the benefit of their immortal souls
and the progress of our Holy Mother
Church. The we'll disposed will avoid
all worldly amusements, attend strict
ly to the Lenten devotions and assist
faithfully at daily Mass. Larger num-
bers will approach more frequently
the sacred tribunal of penance and
oftener be united to their Eucharistic
God in Holy Communion. Every even
ing let Christian parents assemble the
members of the family in the home
and recite aloud the Rosary in COM
mon, that blessed custom of our fore
fathers. Such holy practices will bring
peace and benediction to both the
individual and the family
Holy Week.
Most salutary are the effects, the
ceremonies of Holy Week produce on
the minds of the faithful. The sacred
| liturgy thereof tends to commemor-
ate the Passion and Death of our Holy
Redeemer. The Church's Offices
naturally excite in the hearts of the
faithful sentiments of love and COM
passion for the sufferings of our Lord,
and Of sorrow and detestation for sin.
In the various Parish Churches,
therefore, where the Rubrics of the
Roman Missal cannot solemnly be
carried out with the assistance of
sacred ministers, the Parvum Rituale
of Benedict the Thirteenth, or the cere-
monies for small churches as found in
! Ceremonials must, as far as possible,
be strictly observed, that is, the Priest
may celebrate the sacred functions pri-
vately with the help Of altar boys. It
is not permitted for a Priest, on his
own authority, to select some portions
of the ceremonial and leave out others.
Little or no difficulty will the zeal
GUS Pastor experience in training the
Altar boys to a proper execution of
the ceremonies and in securing the
articles required to be used.
The Priest simply reads the prayers
in the Missal and, for the professions,
alteration of the Cross, etc., he may
either recite or chant the hymns, or
have this done by the assistant minis
| tiers.
On Holy Thursday evening there
will be the recitation of proper prayers
at the Repository, followed by SER
mon on the Most Blessed Sacrament
On Wednesday afternoon and even
ing confessions will be heard.
On Good Friday, after the Mass Pre-
sanctified and the ceremonies, the Pas
tor, vested in surplice and violet stole,
will present to the people the Crucifix
to be kissed. In the evening, there
| will be sermon on the Passion and
the devotion of the Stations of the
Cross.
N Holy Saturday, even in Church es
where the Baptismal Font unfor-
even, where the Baptismal Font unfor-
tunately does not exist, Mass will be
celebrated and the other part of the
office will be duly carried out. Holy
Communion will be given after Mass.
In Churches, where the ceremonies
of Holy Week cannot possibly be car
ried out, even according to the Par
yum Rituale, the following regulations
must strictly be observed:
Wednesday afternoon and evening
confessions will be heard.
On Holy Thursday only parochial
Low Mass will be said, during which
Holy Communion will be distributed.
| The Blessed Sacrament cannot be
reserved solemnly. On Good Friday
neither the. Mass Presanctified will be
celebrated nor any part of the Office
carried out, but, owing to the sacred
ness of the day, a sermon on the Pas.
sion will be delivered, after which the
Pastor will present the Crucifx to be
kissed by the faithful. In the evening
there will be the devotion of the Way
to the Cross.
On Holy Saturday, neither the Mass
will be celebrated, nor any part OF
the Office be carried out The Bap
tismal Font may not be blessed.
The little booklet: Holy Week, >
sold for five cents by the Cathedra
Library Association, 24-26 East 21st
street, New York, would assist the
faithful in rejecting on the great my
stories of Holy Week.