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MARCH 30. St. John Climacus, abbot, a.d.605. 

 St. Zozimus, bishop of Syracuse, 660. 

 St. Regulus, or Rieul, bishop of Senlis. 



Ohs. St. John Climacus was so called in consequence of a book 

 that he wrote, called the Climax or Ladder of Perfection. He is 

 said to have been born in Palestine in 525. At sixteen years old he 

 retired from the world to lead a religious life on jMount Sinai, which 

 ever since the times of St. Anthony and St. Hilarian had been in- 

 habited by hermits. He died in 605. 



St. Regulus, called Rieul, was Apostle and Bishop of Senlis. 



St. Zozimus was Wshop of Syracuse in 660. 



Palm Sikday will fall on this day in 1828, we shall therefore 

 subjoin some account of that festival : 



The church on this day honors the entry of our Lord into Jeru- 

 salem five days before his crucifixion, (^latt. xxi. Mark xv. Luke 

 xix.) He was pleased before the humiliations of his passion to be 

 acknowledged and received in quality of ^Messiah,— the Saviour of 

 the 'World and the King of Glory. 'J'his circumstance was foretold 

 by the prophet Zacharj', (ix. 9.) and from this prediction it was a 

 known characteristic action of the Messiah. Rtjoice greatly, O 

 daughter of Zion: Shout for Joy, daughter of Jerusalem : Behold 

 thy I^ing will come to thee, the Just One, and the Saiiour : He is 

 poor, and riding tipon a7i ats, and wpon a colt the foal of an ass. 



The palms which we this day receive are also emblems of our own 

 victories over our spiritual enemies in our conflicts with the devil, the 

 world, and the flesh. We must in this warfare exert all our courage 

 and resolution, using the arms of penance, mortification, watchful- 

 ness, and humble and earnest prayer ; and we must animate our- 

 selves continually, under the shield of the Divine protection, tojight 

 a goodfght, and resist, if necessary, even unto blood. The slothful 

 and the cowardly can never be entitled to triumph with their Lord, 

 since they are absolutely disqualified to partake in his victory. 



The church on this day reads the history of our Lord's passion, 

 not only to shew that it must be the principal object of our devotion 

 during the week, but also to teach us to accompany even our joy 

 with a spirit of penance and the meditation of the cross, as we are 

 reminded by St. Bernard, Herm. 1 and 2, in Dom, Palniar, — Butler. 



The custom of wearing in the Church branches of several species of 

 Willow on this day is still practised in many countries. Sprigs of 

 Box are also used. The real Palm tree is common in Judea, and 

 grows by the way sides. 



Rough Cardamine Cardamine hersista flowers. 



Lesser Daffodil Narcissus minor flowers. 



The lesser Daffodil is smaller than the common early Daffodil, 

 which it much resembles in form and color : it is figured in Curtis' 

 Botanical Magazine. 



