On _Friday morning_ the service of the Sixtine chapel begins at about half past 9 or 10. (Devotion of 3 hours' agony from about half past 12 to half past 3 at the Gesu, SS. Lorenzo e Damaso etc.; after the _Ave Maria_ the _Via Crucis_ at Caravita, and devotion of the dolours of the B. Virgin at S. Marcello, etc. An hour after the _Ave Maria_ poetical compositions are recited at the Serbatojo dell'Arcadia). On _Saturday morning_ service begins at S. John Lateran's at about half past 7. As soon you have seen the baptism at the baptistery, you had better drive to the Vatican, to attend at the beautiful mass of the Sixtine chapel. On _Saturday afternoon_ you may go to the Armenian mass at S. Biagio or S. Gregorio Illuminatore: it begins towards 4 o clock. On Easter-Sunday the Pope sings solemn mass at S. Peter's, at about 9 o'clock. He afterwards venerates the relics, and gives His solemn benediction. In the afternoon, besides Vespers there is a procession at S. Peter's called that of the 3 Maries. (At S. John Lateran's the Cardinals assist at Vespers, and afterwards venerate the relics preserved there) At night the cupola is illuminated, and on the following night there are fireworks or _girandola_ at Castle S. Angelo. On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday there is _cappella papale_ at the Vatican, but it differs little from the ordinary _cappelle_. CHAP. I. ON THE CEREMONIES OF THE MASS _CONTENTS._ Origin of the word _ceremony_--object of ceremonies--institution of the mass--its earliest ceremonies--discipline of secrecy--liturgy of the Roman church--general review of the principal ceremonies of the mass--mass of the catechumens, _ambones_--mass of the faithful, blessed water, secrecy, prayers for the dead--Latin the language of the Roman liturgy, and why--usual ceremonies of high-mass in the papal chapel--sentiments of S. John Chrysostom. "_It was chiefly, if not only, in the mystical liturgy of the eucharist, that the primitive church spoke without reserve of all the sublimities of Christian faith._" Palmer, Origines Liturg. vol. I, p. 13. [Sidenote: Origin of the word ceremony.]