The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 21, 1904, Page 13

— ih e Catholic Mass in Latin Querm P t esgsentia unitas, in ritur aequalitas atque arch an, phim, qui n voce c ser i sunt coeli et t Ber Domini nna in excelsis in nomine 3 Broadway e is just completing one atiful ideas ever car- rehitecture. It is Catholic- mass told re t » figures in all in of x each, representing 2d wings. being over fectly pr m much taller. g and graceful, but nd chaste that each fig- the very embodiment of gious exaltation. In- servation of this spirit dignity is ail the uble when it, is under- e whole twelve figures _as much alike as it is t them—the only differ- pose of each figure to ommand and responses ce to the mass. hen they are finally finished ted to their pedestals high s, between the long win- the new St. Brigid's Church, « itsell just nearing completion, last step in the real- al that Father Cottle has cherished with an ardent and un- fidelity for many years. The ring church will be one of the most impos- ing in America. The altgr, which is peing brought from Italy, and which ] weigh twenty tons, will be a beau- 11 creation, while the system of light- which will be at once brilliant with trength of 1000 electric lights and adiant with the softness of opalescent w tintd, opetated by more than seventy ewitches, will be the most perfect ever incorporated in a house of worship. It js in this unity of beauty and rever- ence, as in a great religious theme, that Father Cottle conceived the idea of having the mass preface told in statuary. And so he has had the work exe- . THE SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY CALL. cuted under his own hands, day after day, chipping away the heavy plaster casts from the statues themselves, un- til his priestly habiliments of somber AN YA WL IS TwE S BLIGIDS carRClH black have been transformea snow white under a mantle of dust. Never- . theless he has gone on working with and enthusiasm rarely an eagerness . . o oy surpassed by the ambitious young Californian sculptor himself. The two series of statues will. be ‘shown on either hand as one emerges CONTEMTLATION from under the organ loft on enter- ing the church. The first will be a figure in a striking pose commanding “Sllence” as necessary to contempla- tion. The second will be “Contempla- tion,” as necessary to a proper recep- tion of the divine grace. Each of these figures on opposite sides of the church will be the complement of the other, only the pose will be a little TCH UL 7T 15 RIGHT ANND JEST ZrcC. Er JeITre S 5T ETC. The Catholic Mass in English P OAECHRNES ML IS etk LR V.—Lift up your hearts. —We lift them up unto the Lord. V.—Let us give thanks unto the Lord our God. R.—It is worthy and just. It is truly worthy and just, right and profitable unto salvation that we should at all times and in all places give thanks unto thee, O holy Lord, Father Almighty, eternal God, who, with thine only begotten Son and the Holy Ghost, art one God, one Lord, not in the sin- gleness of one only persom, but in the trinity of one substance. For what we belleve of thy glory, as thou hast revealed It, that we belleve of thy Som and that of the Holy Ghost, without any difference or inequality; that in the confession of the true and eternal godhead, distinction in persons, unity in essence and equality in majesty may be adored, whom the angels and arch- angels, the cherubim also and sera- phim do praise, who cease not daily to cry out with one voice, saying: Holy, holy, holy Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he 1 | who cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. +* - different, as shown in the two statues entitled “Contemplation” on this page. That on the left with arms folded across the breast and with the chin resting in the palm of the left hand looks toward the altar with pensive, thoughtful glance. That on the right has both hands crossed lightly on the breast, while with face turned full upon the altar and hair and drapery stream- ing, she stares with fixed attention In figure number three with downcast eyes and hands clasped in prayerful attitude, the first command of the pre- face, “Lift up your- hearts,” is sym- bolized, while the companion figure on the opposite side of the church in the same attitude, but with the eyes turned heavenward, symbolizes the answering, “We lift them up upto the Lord.” And thus on through the preface to the last command, “Dignum et justum est,” which is delineated in a majestic figure with outstretched hand and pointing to the alt while directly across its companion figure of even more imperious presence (as shown in the large central picture on this page) points the answer, “It is right and just.” Oyly six of the twelve statues have been completely finished so far, but viewed in a group. ssive grandeur that are all placed position, with ir deeply spirit ized eyes turned upon the alta nd their d'- versified poses symbolizing the com- mands of the preface, they will be thrillingly awe inspiring. And the lights, both real and a-- tificial, ‘n the déme above the altas are g0 marvelously interblended thut they would seém to cast a halo, lik2 a benediction invoked by these angel statues, upon the sanctuary and these who worship therein. Indeed, the whole interior of the new church, when it is finally com- pleted will be something entirely new, wholly unique and indescribably beau- tiful.