Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-14
THIS rs HOLY WEEK
SOLEMN SERVICES IN
ALL THE CHURCHES
Sacreaness Of The Season Observed
In Catholic And Episcopal
Churches
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This Is Holy Week.
During Holy Week all the masses
are of the Passion Of Christ and the
accounts given. respectively. BY the
four EyangelIsts OF Christ's sufferings
are assigned as Gospels for four days,
namely, that By St Matthew TO Palm
Sunday. yesterday that by st. Mark
to Tuesday tomorrow that BY ST.
Luke to Wednesday, and that BY ST..
John to Good Friday
Next Thursday nlorninI5 Holy
Thursday, the feast OF the commen-
oration or the institution of the Holy.
Eucharist By Christ the Catholic
will allow the celebration. IN each
church, OF one mass only Each mass
will be celebrated with the same splen-
dor as on the greater festivals White
vestments will be worn by the priests
celebrating the masses and the affairs
Will be adorned with flowers. After
the mass on next Thursday morning,
the mournful ritual of Passionfide will
be resumed The altars will be cere-
moniaily stripped Of their coverings of
linen and of their ornaments. At the
mass ON Holy Thursday each celebrat
ing priest will consecrate an addition
al Sacred Host. which will serve for
that of the priest officiating OH the fol-
loving day. Good Friday. when no con-
secration takes place. After the mass
on next Thursday. In each OF the
churches the sacred Host Is carried In
procession to side altar which is
specially prepared for the reception Of
the Host
Next Friday morning. Good Friday.
the anniversary of the Passion and
the Crucifxion Of Jesus Christ, will be
celebrated The distinctive feature OF
the Good Friday liturgy will be the
onlitting Of holy mass IN place OF the
regular mass, what Is called the Mass
OF the Presanctified, that is, the SOL
.emn receiving in holy communion by
the officiating priest of the Host con-
secrated on Holy Thursday. Is per-
formed The Good Friday services
viii consist Of lessons and prayers
from the Holy Scripture and prayers
which terminate with the chanting OF
the Passion Of Christ according to st.
John and solemn suppiication by
the clergy and congregation for all
classes Of people throughout the world
These prayers will be followed by the
alteration of the cross, which cere-
mony precedes the mass of the pre-
sanctified.
Next Friday afternoon the devotion
of the Stations Of the Cross VIII be
held IN many Catholic churches TO-
commemorate the sufferings which
Christ endured from the time that He
was sentenced to death until He died
on the cross In many Catholic
churches suitable sermons on the Pas
SION Of Christ will be delivered during
the hours from IL o'clock noon until
8 o'clock. These sermons are given
at the traditional time when Christ is
regarded to- have suffered for three
hours on the cross
On Holy Saturday morning the
Catholic churches will anticipate the
celebration Of the rising OF our Lord
from the dead BY the celebration OF
the mass Of the resurrection which Is
the fullest sense Of festal rite. The
priests will be vested In white; flow
ers and candles will be replaced upon
the affairs and the holy pictures and
statues In the churches. yelled since
Passion Sunday, will be uncovered
Organs and bells, silent since Holy
Thursday, will again be heard and the
chant of joyful Hebrew Alleluia Will
be resumed Previous to the celebra-
tion of the masses the new fire and
paschal candle will be blessed