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PAGE 6—THE BXJLvjktIN. April *5, 1§oC
EASTER AT CARMEL
xhsn thffi Chantresses wifi intone
the cantiile “Benedictus” and re-
CATHOLICS ACCEPT ALL
PASTS OF CONSTITilM
By Freddie Boyle
A beautiful Holy Week of in
tensely living the Church litur
gy followed by a joyous Easter
of devotional ceremonies, meal
time treats, and family visits is
in store for Discalced Carmelite
nuns throughout the world.
In an old red brick building
surrounded bv a high wall in
Baltimore, Md., near the city’s
business section, 21 of these nuns
live their lives of prayer and
sacrifice as cloistered contem-
platives. This way they begin on
earth the life they expect to be
theirs in heaven. Their strict
routine is intensified during the
last three days of Holy Week
when they live in snirit the last
sorrowful days of Our Lord on
earth followed by the joy of His
glorious resurrection on Easter.
WASHING THE FEET
Observance of these davs is
much the same in Discaled Car
melite monasteries the world
over. However, a ruling of the
Father General during this ex
perimental stage of adaption to
the new rubrics for Holy Week,
permits some choice on certain
minor points like whether to
chant or simply recite Matins
and Lauds, parts of the Divine
Office, on Holy Thursday, Good
Friday and Holy Saturday.
Tvnical of the soirit on Holy
Week is the following praver
froauent.ly reneated on Holy
Thursdav and Good Friday:
“Look down, we beseech Thee,
O Lord, unnn This Thv familv:
for which our Lord .Tasns Christ
hesitated not to he delivered ur)
into the hands of wicken men
and to undergo the torment of
the cross.”
Holv Thursday afternoon at
3:30 will find the nuns in a room
of the monasterv eouinned with
an altar for special ceremonies.
There the Prioress, ass's+°d bv a
few of her charges, will wash
the feet of the other nuns in
commemoration of C h r i s t’s
washing the feet of bis anostles.
Mass will be at five in the
evening in the monastery chaoel
with the celebrant One of the
chanlains anoninted by the
Ardhh'sVino of Baltimore — ei
ther Father J. Chester Griffith
or Father John Beinsfelder.
The nuns assist at Mass in
the chapel Choir where they
kneel on the bare floor and are
hidden from view by a curtain
drawn across a large grate of
metal bars. The curtain is low
ered a- little during Mass so at
least some of the nuns can see
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the altar. An outside choir sings
the Mass.
After Mass the Blessed Sac
rament will be placed in a re
pository in Choir where the nuns
will take turns spending two
hours in adoration throughout
the night.
The spirit of sadness will be
carried through Good Friday
with such devotional lines as
these from Lauds: “God spared
not His own Son, but delivered
him up for us all” and “My spi
rit is overwhelmed within me,
my heart within me is troubled.”
The liturgical service prescrib
ed for the afternoon of Good
Friday will be held in the mon
astery chapel at 3:00 p. m. with
one of the chaplains as celebrant
and altar boys from St. Paul’s
parish in Baltimore. The nuns
will chant parts of the service
ordinary sung by choirs in
parish churches.
GIFTS OF FLOWERS
Since the Vigil Service is no
longer anticipated, the nuns stay
close in spirit to our Mother of
sorrows throughout Holy Sat
urday, With the Queen of Mar
tyrs, they mourn the death of
her Divine Son.
Beginning on Tuesday or
Wednesday in Holy Week,
friends of the nuns bring potted
lilies, hyacinths, and tulips to
brighten the otherwise barren
rooms of the cloister once the
joyful celebration of Easter be
gins.
Callers deliver their gifts
without seeing the nuns by de
positing their plants in the
“turn.” Found in all cloisters,
this is a device for delivery of
packages to the nuns without
their being seen. It is. like a
small empty barrel which turns
back and forth from the foyer of
the monastery to the cloistered
section. When the caller rings a
bell, a voice from within the
cloister answers. Then the open
ed side of the “turn” is moved
to the foyer so the visitor can
deposit his package.
Observance of Our Lord’s res
urrection will start at 11:30 on
Holy Saturday night at the Car
melite monastery. The liturgy of
the Easter vigil will be car
ried out by a priest and servers
from St. Paul’s parish. An out
side choir will sing the Mass
while the nuns in Choir follow
it from their missals.
Ringing of the bells at the
Gloria will mark the end of the
usual silence of the cloister and
talking will be permitted Easter
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
(Normally the nuns do not speak
except during recreation periods
or when necessasy in an emer
gency or in their work.)
After communion of the Mass
as the priest purifies the chalice,
the Chantresses among the nuns
will' go to the Prioress to an
nounce the antiphon “Alleluia”
which the Reverend Mother
then will intone. The Chantress
es will chant the Psalm “Lau-
date Dominum in sanctis eius”
(“Praise the Lord in his holy
places”) and then return to the
middle of Choir to repeat the
antiphon “Alleluia.”
The priest will chant the Ben
edictus antiphon, “Et valde
mane una sabbatorum veniunt
ad monumentum, orto jam so-le,
Alleluia” (“And very early in
the morning the first day of the
week they come to the sepul
cher, the sun being now risen”).
turn again to the middle of
Choir to repeat the antiphon.
The priest will sing the post
communion prayer.
EASTER BREAKFAST
Easter Sunday morning the
nuns will rise at 5:45, their us
ual hour for starting the day in
winter. (In spring and summer
they rise an hour earlier.
Six o’clock will find the
brown garbed religious back in
Choir for an hour of mental
prayer. Carmelites pray especi
ally for needs of the Church,
sanctification of priests and sal
vation of souls.
Mass at seven will be follow
ed by Benediction and recita
tion of prime, tierce, sext and
none, the “Little Hours” of the
Divine Office.
Breakfast at 8:30 on Easter
morning will include a boiled
egg for each nun, a departure
from the usual breakfast of only
bread and coffee. During the
fast of the Order from Septem
ber 14 until Easter the nuns do
without butter at breakfast.
After breakfast the communi
ty will gather in the recreation
room and the Prioress will an
nounce beginning of Easter rec
reation days during which the
nuns may talk. Then she will de
liver a short talk on the mean
ing of the Resurrection.
After this each nun will wish
the Mother a happy feast and
receive her blessing and em
brace. Then in the spirit of hap
py community life, the nuns will
embrace one another and ex
change greetings for a happy
feast. They may enjoy talking
and singing together until seven
minutes of 11 when the mingling
of happy voices must stop for a
short examination of conscience.
Fluffy mashed potatoes and
delicious home made rolls will
make dinner seem special to the
nuns who usually dine on pota
toes in their skins and plain
bread. Fish or eggs, vegetables,
fruit, cake and ice cream will
probably round out the meal.
Carmelites never eat meat ex
cept in cases of illness when it
is prescribed by doctors.
Meals at the monastery are
prepared by Lay Sisters of the
Order. They are distinct from
Choir Nuns in that they substi
tute other prayers for the Divine
Office.
AFTERNOON VISITORS
After dinner the nuns will en
joy an hour of recreation. Talk
ing or singing is the usual pas
time since games are not per
mitted.
A nap is scheduled for 12:30,
but many of the nuns will prob
ably spend the early afternoon
visiting with relatives and
friends. Easter visits at the Car
melite Monastery are different,
though, from the usual get to
gether of families and friends.
Nuns are always separated from
their guests by a grate of metal
bars. For family members the
black veil behind the grate is
pulled away, but other visitors
talk to the nuns without seeing
them.
At 2:00 o’clock on Easter af
ternoon the nuns will file back
to Choir to chant praises like
these of the risen Lord in Ves
pers:
“The Lord said to my Lord:
‘Sit at my right hand till I make
your enemies your footstool.’.
. ; “The scepter of your power
the Lord will stretch forth from
Sion: ‘Rule in the midst of your
enemies.’ ”
After Vespers the nuns recite
Compline and then go to their
rooms which they call cells for
private spiritual reading.
The schedule for the rest of a
Discalced Carmelite’s day goes
like this: 3:00 to 4:45 — free
time to write letters or do as
they wish; 4:45 — preparation
for mental prayer during which
nuns go over in their minds
points to he covered in their
meditation from five to 5:30;
next Matins and Lauds are re
cited; at six a light supper of
eggs, vegetables or cereal and
fruit; recreation again from 6:30
to 7:30 followed by examination
of conscience and evening pray
ers. The nuns retire to their
cells at eight, much earlier than
usual because of the need for
more rest after the strenuous
Holy Week routine.
They take their rest on a bed
of boards topped with a straw
mattress and pillow. So even
though the Easter feast day
marks a slight departure from
the rigidity of the monastic rou
tine, a Carelite never leaves
off completely the habit of daily
sacrifice — her preparation for
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, Msgr. Francis J. Lally, editor
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Boston archdiocese, spoke to the
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the Presidency.”
The Church-State separation
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with their Protestant neighbors,
Msgr. Lally said.
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as Catholics were among the
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day,” he said.
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to impose these on others. He
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attend Sunday school do not be
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In testimony before a House
appropriations subcommittee,
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The speaker was Dr. Joseph
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the Union Theological Semina
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