Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1912-02-23
sight OF the sufferings Of Christ and be
hlled with contrition for our sins.

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filled with contrition for our sins.
But the spirit of pensnce culminstss
in Holy Week, which begins with Palm
Sunday, eight days before Easter and
ends with Holy Saturday. In the early
times the Christians would not work
during Holy Week. Prisons - were
liberated; enemies were reconciled: In.
suits were forgiven and debts wsre
payed. "God SO loved the world that
He gave His only begotten Son." Dur.
ing this week we commemorate His
suffering and death. We must love.
we must serve, we dare sin no more.
Palm Sunday ushers in tho Holy
Week. On this day palms are blessed,
distributed among the people and
procession takes place, in memory OF
the triumphant entry OF Christ into
Jerusalem, when the Jews went forth
with palm branches to lead Him %
their king into the city. The palms
are blessed, because the Church wishes
that everything used in Divine Service
should first be sanctifled for that pur.
pose. The faithful carry the palms
home and preserve them to express
that even in their homes they will light
for the palm of heavenly victory. But
scarcely have the Hosannas of Palm
Sunday died away, when our hearts
turn anew and with increased fervor
to the coming sutferings Of Jesus. We
read his passion daily. Holy Thursday
comes. On that day Jesus took the last
supper with His Apostles. He institu.
ted the Holy Eucharist aud then Judas
went out into the night to betray His
Lord and Master. Christ went to
Mount Olivet to pray. In his agony he
sweat blood. Judas came with the
soldiers. Christ was led away to suffer
cruel scourging, the browning with
thorns and death ON the GROSS ON Mount
Calvary at 3 p, m. on Good Friday. Our
sins have done 1t. In Christ and his
CROSS lies our salvation. He hes done
his share. We can be saved. Having
freedom of will, we must come to Him
freely and drink of the fountain Of
salvation by true penance and faith
and have his merits applied to otlr soul
by the Sacrament of the Baptism OF
water or desire or blood and by Ill the
other Sacramento aud means instltutsd
by Christ for that purpose. He he's
left behind His word and His true
church that men may not add or Sub.
tract from His teaching and thus lead
people astray. Find the true church
by the aid of your intellect, then learn
her teachings and practice 1t.
On Good Friday night before sun.
down we see the Lord laid away into
the tomb. But on the glorious Easter
Morn "He arose again from the dead. -
And every Christian true to his faith
participates in the Easter joys. Ate.
festive services in the church the faith.
full wends his way to his lowly cottage
and better meal takes the place Of
} the fasts of Lent.
1t is an old time custom to distributa
variously colored Easter eggs. The sge
is symbol Of the resurrection, for .,
the bird comes out of the she'll alive
80 came forth the living Christ from
the tomb, and so shall we. one day
come forth from the grave. In some
places it is also customary to present
toy Easter lambs, bearing little ban
ner as reminder of the true Easter
Lamb who conquered death.
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