307 humble supplication. He went in procession to Jerusalem, accompanied by a great multitude, who sang Hosanna to the Son of David.412 At the Last Supper He invoked a blessing on the bread and wine, and afterward chanted a hymn with His disciples.413 When the deaf and dumb man was brought to Him, before healing Him, He put His fingers into his ears and touched his tongue with spittle, "and, looking up to heaven, He groaned and said: Ephpheta, which is, Be thou opened."414 When He imparted the Holy Ghost to His disciples, He breathed on them415 and the same Apostles afterward communicated the Holy Ghost to others by laying hands on them.416 The Apostle St. James directs that if any man is sick he shall call in the Priest, who will anoint him with oil. Now, are not all these acts which I have just recorded — the prostration and procession, the prayerful invocation, the chanting of a hymn, the touching of the ears, the lifting up of the eyes to [324] heaven, the breathing on the Apostles, the laying on of hands and the unction of the sick — are not all these acts so many ceremonies serving as models to those which the Catholic Church employs in her public worship, and in the administration of her Sacraments? The ceremonies now accompanying our public worship are, indeed, usually more impressive and elaborate than those recorded of our Savior; but it is quite natural that the majesty of ceremonial should keep pace with the growth and development of Christianity. 412 Ibid. xxi. 413 Ibid. xxvi. 4 14 Mark vii. 415 John xx. 416 Acts viii. 417 James v.