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Show ':'r -"i - , . , - r " t'i : j ' . : I - . - - - - -... . .J . w ..... . - ' - J - - " ' --''!:: v t-i e.e rc;e is aJvenceJ It j..ars. as 1 tl.e jrf - r.t por.l.T, is cf t: t :.: t r .t.i i : - Ti.'.j ctrerr.ory terrr.ir.ates ty each receiving re-ceiving from t:.e 1'ore a towel and a I c. t cf f.owers. Besides these a r-!l ar.l lilver racial Is presented by the northern transept. Ht!-s TLcn to Ojp. . ' The Pope then -washes his bands, is reinvested with Ms red cope and proceeds pro-ceeds In procession from tie northern transept to a larpe apartment' where a table Is epread. The Pope gives to the thirteen who have had their feet ' washed, water with which to wash their hands. He helps them to soup and other dishes. One of his chaplains reads prayers. He then blesses them, washes bis hands and departs. The priests who are the objects of these attentions are selected from different dif-ferent countries. Some of them are Italians. . Good Friday at Home. At Rome the services In the churches on Good Friday are of the same solemn character as on the preceding day. At he Slstlne chapel the yellow color of ths candles and torches, ths nakedness of the Pope's throne and of the other seats denote the desolation of the church. The cardinals do not wear their rings. ' Their dress is of purple, their mourning color. - In like manner the bishops do not ' wear eni C.- 'r. t'.ocV.r-s ere . t'.ack. . a i.-ice, es ws'l h t..e t i-filers' i-filers' arms, are reversri. The rc;e wears his red core, tut neither wears bis rlr? nor rives Ms 1 ' "T. A sermon H rreacted. The crue,.x Is partially unvellel and kissed by the Tope, who&e thoes are taken ort on approaching ap-proaching to do it homaye. In the afternoon af-ternoon the last miserere U chanted m the Elstlne chapel. ' ' relics of the True Cross. The Pope, cardinals and other Sl-clals Sl-clals proceed through a covered passage to St. Peter's in order to venerate the relics of the true cross, the lance and the voKo santo, which are shown from the balcony above the statue of St. Veronica. Ve-ronica. - " The chief ceremony at St Peter's on Holy Saturday is the blessing" -of the fire and the paschal candle. For this purpose new fire, as it is called, is used. At the beg-lnnlng- of msss a light, from which the candles and the charcoal for the incense is enkindled, is struck from a flint in the sacristy, where the chief sacristan privately blesses the water, the fire and. the five grain of incense, which are to be .fixed; In the paschal candle. , ' .' . .' JLfter ths service the cardinal-vicar proceeds to the baptistry of St. Peter's. There, after having; blessed the water for baptism - and dipped into - It the paschal candle, he concludes by sprinkling- some of the water upon the people. i ( , . i - , - r . . . r . i .' LniY ua- i.UWe " Holy week, as the week before Easter i3 callei, which Is now being observed In the Catholic, i:;!scopal, Lutheran and other churches cf Salt Lake, has during the past cor.ie to be largely kept by Christians throughout the world. The day before Good Friday has been marked from an early age by acts of humility, in imitation of that of Christ in washlnj the feet of his disciples on the'eve of his passion. The name of Maundy Thursday, formerly given to yToly Thursday, was in consequence of i-n association with an act of charity, r-Ah' distribution of food In baskets or Anaunds, throughout England. An old name for this day in England . was Shere (or Eh ear) Thursday, from the custom of shearing the hair, formerly for-merly generally observed by the priest- hood. ' ';'" '." ' ." - Cardinal 7asied Their Feet." . '. ;' Cardinal Wolsey. at Peterborough 'Abbey, in 1530. "made his maund in Our Lady's chapel, having fifty-nine poor men (the number corresponding to the years of his life), whose feet' he washed and kissed: and after he had wiped them, he gave each of the poor men twelve pence In money, three ells of good canvas to make them shirts, a $air of new shoes, a case of red herrings, her-rings, three white herrings, and one of these had two- shillings." 5 - . i Queen Elizabeth, when 89 years old, attended by thirty-nine "gentlewomen, performed this ceremony at the palace of Greenwich. "The feet of thirty-nine " poor persons were first washed by the yeomen of the laundry. with warm.wa-ter warm.wa-ter and sweet herbs, afterward by the suhralmoner and finally toy the Queen . herself, kneeling. The Queen, after washing each foot, marked it with the r; sign -of the cross above the toes and then kissed It. -f: - . v: .' ' w Distribution of Honey. "Clothes, . victuals and money .were then distributed. This strange cere-mony cere-mony was last performed In its full ex- - tent by James II. His successor. King s William, left the washing to his al-- al-- -'moner. George IL on April 15, 1731, being be-ing 481 years old. msde a, generous dls- . - tributlon of money and victuals to forty-eight poor men and women. Including Includ-ing "one large, old ling, one large, dried Vcod. twelve red herrings, twelve white JVftrrings and four half-quartern loaves; also shoes, stockings, linen and woolen loth,"- But there was no washing and ; "".kissing of feet. . ? .- - v.- t ; ; Y Tie Bite lit Auatria. " . ' ' in Austria the old rite of foot-washing Is still, kept up by the Emperor under un-der circumstances of great ceremony. '. ' On this day at St Peter's, Rome, af- ter mass In the Slstlne chapel, the Pope t 1 p. m. proceeds to the balcony, over the central door of St. Peter's, and there pronounces his general benediction. De- " scendliig to the -church, he proceeds to the northern transept. ; - Just as the Pope Is about to take his seat, there enter from a aide door thir-v thir-v teen blshopst dressed la . high white caps and white garments. Twelve of these represent the apostles, whose , feet were 'washed 'by- Christ. The tnlr - teentb represents, an -angel, who, according ac-cording to the legend, appeared to Gregory Greg-ory the Great (590-604). while he was - performing 'an act 6f charity to poor persons. These thirteen bishops take their seats upon a bench. ( J Y :.rit ot tb Bishopi. . i.-;, : s- After some si nging s.ni - reading of passages of Scripture the Pope's cope is Is takea off., an embroidered apron is "put on. a towel is fastened Xo his waist. Jle then' washes and kisses the right foot of each of the thirteen bishop. It is to be-understood that the washing. |