Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16
SPECIAL SERVICES
PRECEDING EASTER
Distribution Of Palms Today in
Many of the Local
Churches.
LECTURES AND SERMONS
AND APPROPRIATE MUSIC
Exercises Closing the Lenten Sea-
son, Commemorative of Christ's
Death and Resurrection.

The distribution Of palms in many OF
the churches today, in connection with
| special services in other churches, marks
| the beginning of passion or holy week.
To many this means a period of extreme
sadness, when Christians should bow
their heads and ray silent tribute to the
| Savior who died for their sins. The op-
pressiveness produced by thought of the
event commemorated is relieved, how
ever, by anticipation of the Easter Sun
day, marking the anniversary of the
| resurrection of Christ and the close OF
Lent.
| The week will be filled with Lenten
services. illustrated lectures on the
| life of Christ will be given by many
ministers, and sacred cantatas are to
| be presented by numerous choirs.
Services will be held during the day. in
the evening and at night in some of
the churches. and sermons by the
clergy will remind the people of the
events of which the week is COM
memorative.
Musical Features.
Elaborate musical programs have
been prepared for many congrega tions.
and the choirs have been practicing
for many days. Not only has music
been selected and rehearsed for today
and Easter Sunday, but during the
week some of the churches will have
musical selections as part of the serv-
ices.
Today is declared to be the first time
that Palm Sunday has fallen in the
calendar in advance of st. Patrick s
day in 100 years. 1t is said 1T will
M. nj, OF -fnrt 1rS
again.
Roses and orchids, SO popular in
Easter decorations, are declared by for
lists to be unusually scarce this year.
set to some extent by the great album
dance of other spring flowers.
The Catholic and Episcopal churches in
particular have made preparations for i'm
pressive services today, and the exercises
will continue throughout the week.
Franciscan Services.
Among the most impressive of the serv-
ices will be that at Mount st. Sepulchre,
in Brookland. At this monastery church
of the Franciscans the program will re-
in the life of Christ during the week in
which He was crucified.
All the pomp of the church ritual, as
1t is used in Jerusalem, will be exemplified.
There will be sermons in four languages
during the ceremony of the funeral of
Christ, which will be held Friday night
at O'Clock. These will be short, and in
English, German. French and Spanish.
Holy Saturday night the service of the
resurrection will be closed by process
sion of the blessed sacrament and solemn
benedfction. The music for the week will
be taken from the works of the Fran,
ciscian composer, Father Peter Baptist
Falconara. and Easter Sunday morning
the Mass in B fiat. by Domenic Bellando,
will be given. Motets for. the occasion
by Halter will be sung during the entire
mass. No tickets will be needed for the
services Following the mass on the
morning OF Maundy Thursday and until
the services Good Friday there will be
continuous alteration Of the blessed sacra
ment.
The program at the monastery for the
week follows:
Palm Sunday-9 am, blessing of the
palms and solemn high mass: $3.50, PM,
complines and benediction.
Spy Wednesday, pm, tenebrae.
Maundy Thursday-9 am, solemn high
mass and procession to the holy sepul-
cher. followed by the mendatum (wash-
ing OF the feet; Pm, tenebrae; 8 Pm,
the holy hour.
Good Friday-9 am, singing of the
passion. alteration of the cross, process
sion and mass of the presanctified; 3
pm, way of the cross: pm, tenebrae;
= p. m, funeral of Christ.
Holy Saturdays am, blessing of the
new fire and of the paschal candle, sing
ing Of the prophecies and holy mass; 8
pm, the resurrection.
Easter Sundays and 7:3O am, holy
mass and communion in the chapel of the
holy Sepulcher; 8 In, solemn high mass: