Gunnison news-champion., 1922-04-07

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OF the fact that the church Il stlll In
mourning during the Lenten seasoa,
enters the church In his chair OF state.
He advances up the nave; he gives
his blessing to the assembled multi.
tUdes until lac finally reaches the
throne at the further end OF the
church.
Blessing the Palms.
After some music the pope proceeds
60 bless the palms which are brought
g. him from the altar. The blessing
Is effected b. reading certain prayers
and the incensing Of the palms three
times An embroidered apron i now
placed upon the pope's knee and the
cardinals advance TO his holiness. re-
ccivc palm from him, kissing his
right hand. his knee md the palm.
The mltrcd ahhots. who are next 10
receive the palms, kiss the pope's foot
Instead OF his knee. There IS some
NOR. music and then low mass i said.
after which the pope ls carried back
with the same gravity 20 the small
chapel whence he came, which con-
Af'tN ~ i'AN'h- - WAN Ah' HAANfAs
The great event in Rome on Wed.
nCsday In holy week Is the singing OF
the Mlserere In the Sistine chapel.
The service which Is also called Tene-
hrne from the darkness I'm which ~
j. held begins at half-past four. The
whole Office is n finely finished musical
composition which IS performed by the
80 A,.
j. probably the finest choir In the
world. During the singing Of the serv
tee all tn. candles on the altar are ex-
tinguIshed one by one. with the eNcep-
ton Of the tnpmOst candle which is
concealed behind the high altar,
symbol Of deaths of all the prophets
before the coming OF the Savior and
Of the resurrection Of the Christ.
The Sacred Oils.
On Thursday. the ceremony OF bless
Ing the oils takes pace IN ST. Peters
during mass. There are three varieties
OF oils TO be blessed and the ritual
surrounding beatifcation Is some
what complex. The hrst 10 the
oil OF the catechumens used In
blessings, baptism. in consecrating
churches or ordaining priests and
In blessing and crowning SOW
ereigns. The second IL the oil used
In extreme unction administered to
those who are dying. while the third
or sacred chrism composed OF oil Of
the balm OF Gilead is used In confirIna-
tion. In the conservation of bishops
and In the blessing OF bells. The bish-
ops are attended by at least twelve
priests with seven deacons and seven
subdeacons all robed In white, and
the ceremony Is most impressive to
the members OF the Catholic church.
All the bells In Rome are mute from
half past eleven on Thursday morning
until Saturday evening and such Is the
force Of custom that In many of the
hotels handbells are employed to an
nounce the hour for dinner and even
school bells are mute. On Thursday
also the pope attends at st. Peters
for the ceremonial washing OF 13
bishops. The pope IL dressed very
plainly In white with q small white
biretta and red cape He divests
himself OF his cape before the cere-
monial and at the close presents each
Of the bishops with a towel and a
few flowers, gold medal being after
wards sent to them by an Official Of
the Vatican
Ceremonial Of the Supper.
After this there is the ceremonial
celebration Of the Supper. In which
the 13 bishops hand plates to the
pope. who pours out wine and water
for them to drink. On this day the
altars are all stripped and there Is
set up In the nave of ST. Peters the