サウンドオブミュージック（５０５） ——————————【５０５】———————————————— When Sunday arrives, the greatest of all Sundays in theyear, hearts and homes are ready for the Easter joy； bothhave been cleansed from all dirt and dust in a spring …

サウンドオブミュージック（５０４） ——————————【５０４】———————————————— Well, times change and so may ideas；but the human heartand human nature remain the same. It is very wise for us to remember that we are made of flesh and blood, and t…

サウンドオブミュージック（５０３） ——————————【５０３】———————————————— On the throne, however, is not a bishop, but a pretty girl, the May Queen, or Corn Queen, Orange Blossom Queen,or Poteto Queen, who is crowned and honoured.. —————————…

サウンドオブミュージック（５０２） ——————————【５０２】———————————————— Vestments have migrated from the Church into Glee Clubperformances with their wide-sleeved velvet gowns and quaint-looking birettas；processions have developed intocos…

サウンドオブミュージック（５０１） ——————————【５０１】———————————————— And you can't cheat the heart；it knows what it wants, and it knows how to get it. Therefore, we see how, beside the liturgy of the Church, another liturgy has develop…

サウンドオブミュージック（５００） ——————————【５００】———————————————— The trouble is, however, that as long as we live here onearth, we simply are not pure spirits. We have also a body,and in that body, a very human heart； and this hear…

サウンドオブミュージック（４９９） ——————————【４９９】———————————————— Some of them, for instance, have no use for any outside devotion. God is a spirit, and He wants to be worshipped inspirit only, they say. Consequently, they have dispe…

サウンドオブミュージック（４９８） ——————————【４９８】———————————————— Christianity nowadays is like a big household where manycousins live under the same roof. They all belong to the sameclan, but at times they have very different ideas …

サウンドオブミュージック（４９７） ——————————【４９７】———————————————— How can your heart not feel some of the happiness of thisvictory of light over darkness——life over death ? Whatevertroubles and sorrows may overshadow your path, they …

サウンドオブミュージック（４９６） ——————————【４９６】———————————————— Little children who still believe in the Easter rabbit and themystery of the Christmas tree being brought from heaven havebeen told that on Holy Thursday all the bells…

サウンドオブミュージック（４９５） ——————————【４９５】———————————————— Now there is no restraining the music any longer. There isthe organ with all its might and powers, there are the trumpets and horns, and the high voices of the violins…

サウンドオブミュージック（４９４） —————————【４９４】———————————————— Now the church is not dark any more. She*¹ has her lightback, Christ the Lord*². To-day the church seems to dry*³ hard to restrain*⁴ her joy and happiness, remembering …

サウンドオブミュージック（４９３） —————————【４９３】———————————————— From this blessed holy fire, the Easter Fire, the priest lightsthe three candles on the triangle, the symbol of the Holy Trinity, and carries it into the church, singin…

サウンドオブミュージック（４９２） —————————【４９２】———————————————— Under the breathless gaze of the bystanders the sacristansucceeds finally in getting a spark out of a stone and thuslighting the priest is going to bless, not an artifi…

サウンドオブミュージック（４９１） —————————【４９１】———————————————— Then comes Holy Saturday. Immediately you feel a differ-ent atmosphere when you come near the church. In front ofit is a pile of wood and people standing around with la…

サウンドオブミュージック（４９０） —————————【４９０】—————————————— A guard of honour is there always； two soldiers on each side presenting arms, two firemen in their best uniforms with shiny helmets and a stern look, two little boys, tw…

サウンドオブミュージック（４８９） —————————【４８９】———————————————— It is the ambition of the whole parish to make this resting-place a thoroughly beautiful one. Hundreds of plants are brought by the people, and hundreds of candles and …

サウンドオブミュージック（４８８） —————————【４８８】————————————————— But in Austria and other Catholic countries there is still a side chapel of the church where there is great activity. This isthe Holy Tomb. More or less elaborately an…

サウンドオブミュージック（４８７） ————————————【４８７】———————————————— And you bow your head and take a deep look into yourinnermost heart, feeling miserable and guilty and so sorry.When the holy service* is over on Good Friday, the Chu…

サウンドオブミュージック（４８６） ————————————【４８６】———————————————— When you come to church on Good Friday, you feel youare entering a house of mourning. The face and voice of yourpastor tell you in a half-hour sermon the tragic happ…

サウンドオブミュージック（４８５） ———————————【４８５】————————————————— He breaks the bun, makes the sign of the Cross over it, andtaking with it a cup of wine, he hands it to each member of hishousehold, and they eat and drink in His me…

サウンドオブミュージック（４８４） —————————————【４８４】——————————————— The evening meal is a solemn one. Before the place of thefather stand filled wine-glasses and a plate with small buns. ——————————————（訳）———————————————— 夕食は厳…

サウンドオブミュージック （４８３） —————————————【４８３】——————————————— The Gospel of Holy Thursday having told, after the institu-tion of the Blessed Sacrament, the touching incident of Jesuswashing the feet of His disciples, finishes …

サウンドオブミュージック （４８２） —————————————【４８２】——————————————— In remembrance of this the Church becomes sad. She silencesthe organ and the musicians, and the choir goes on singingalone, bewailing compassionately the fate of th…

サウンドオブミュージック （４８１） —————————————【４８１】——————————————— But suddenly a shadow falls : the Church remembers thaton that same Holy Thursday Our Lord started His bitterPassion. He was betrayed by one of His disciples andaba…

サウンドオブミュージック （４８０） ————————————【４８０】——————————————— Every morning we walked to the Cathedral a little ahead oftime to get a seat in the front pews. Then comes Holy Thursday. How happily it starts. Thehuge organ, the c…

サウンドオブミュージック（４７９） ——————————————【４７９】———————————————— Most of these ceremonies and customs as old asChristianity were new to George and mostly also to the children.How wonderful it was to travel into that land of wond…

サウンドオブミュージック（４７８） ———————————【４７８】———————————————— In the afternoon of Palm Sunday they were taken out into the fields. Each meadow or field or thicket got its own; oneach stick was fastened a small bottle with holy w…

サウンドオブミュージック（４７７） ————————————【４７７】———————————————— Then Holy Week was close at hand, with Palm Sundayushering it in ; we made little excursions into the woods and came home with armfuls of pussy willows. With the hel…

サウンドオブミュージック（４７６） ———————————【４７６】———————————————— It turned out to be a beautiful six weeks. The reading ofthe Gospels together was wonderful. It proved to be the Bookof Books, the only one in the world to which a fo…