American Celestial Master

Chapter 209, Ambush (2)

It was already five o'clock in the afternoon on December 24, and Andres walked into St. John's Cathedral on the West Side of Manhattan.This church belongs to the Episcopal Church in the Protestant Church and is one of the largest churches in the Christian system in the United States.This church is currently the largest Gothic cathedral in the world.It was built in 1892, but construction was suspended for 41 years before construction resumed in 1982.The church is two-thirds complete and construction is still in progress.

Although the Anglican Church is a Protestant religion, it is the Protestant religion most similar to Catholicism.Because at the beginning, its birth was not due to differences in religious concepts, but a dispute between royal power and religious power.It was the conflict between King Henry VIII of England who wanted to divorce and change his wife, and whether the Pope would approve or not.So in most places, the Anglican Church and the Catholic Church are almost identical, except for the supreme leader: the supreme leader of the Catholic Church is of course the Pope, and the Anglican Church is the King of England.Of course, after all these years, the Anglican Church has still been affected by the Protestant movement.It is closer to typical Protestants such as Lutheranism or Calvinism than Catholicism, but in general, their teachings are still closer to Catholicism.

Because of this, they are similar to Catholics. According to tradition, there will be a large Christmas Mass starting on the night before Christmas.In such large-scale religious activities, believers gather and interact with each other. It is easiest to light up beacons and cause accidents.Therefore, although conceptually, some sects in Protestantism, especially Calvinism, may be closer to the characteristics of "the only God", Protestantism rarely organizes large-scale religious activities. To put it bluntly, after the power of Yahweh began As they slowly seep into the world, more traditional Catholicism and Orthodoxy may be more dangerous.The Anglican Church, which has the characteristics of both, is naturally even more dangerous.

Andres is already a member of the city council, so this time, he is here to have fun with the people as a city councilor.From six o'clock, various celebrations begin, such as various hymns sung by the children's choir, and of course the most important thing is the Christmas Mass.

The Christmas Mass is generally divided into four parts, namely Eve Mass, Midnight Mass, Dawn Mass and Dawn Mass.This is also interspersed with various choruses, Christmas plays, and Holy Communion.Now it was time for the eve mass. The choir sang "Lord, I will always sing the praises of your mercy." Andres sat down in the crowd and listened to the children singing.

After singing the hymns, it’s time to preach. At this time, of course, the pastor is telling the story about the birth of Christ.This story is actually not long, if it were told by ordinary people.It doesn't take about 10 minutes to tell it from beginning to end, but the guy who engages in religious activities can talk about it for an hour using the phrase "the descendants of Abraham" in the Gospel of Matthew.Of course, this is also a common feature of religions all over the world. In the East, when some monks teach the Diamond Sutra, they can also say "This is what I heard" for several hours.

According to the content of the scriptures and the arrangement of the event, this time was still far from the climax, and the local Planck index was constantly projected on the glasses he wore.Judging from these values, although the degree of distortion has increased, in general, it is not yet dangerous, so Andres just regarded it as listening to cross talk, just to relax himself.He somehow remembered a Chinese joke Lin Qiusheng told him when he was teaching him Chinese again.

"Lin, are you online?" Bored Andres began to call Lin Qiusheng using mind connection technology.

"Here, is there anything unusual about you?" Lin Qiusheng's voice came from the earphones.He is in charge of mobile support today. If there is a problem at any point, he will go there to provide reinforcements.

"Not yet. I was just bored and suddenly remembered the Chinese version of the hymn about the birth of Jesus that you told me. Do you have the audio file? If so, send me one." Andres replied.

"Yes, and you're not the first one to ask me for it." Lin Qiusheng replied in the earphone.Then a voice rang in the earphones: "Mr. Joseph, sit down and listen to what I have to say. Mr. Joseph, let's all sit down. Let's just talk..."

In the sound of hymns full of Henan flavor, time passed slowly, and it gradually reached around ten o'clock, and it was time to receive the Holy Communion.

The Holy Communion in Christianity is an activity full of religious meaning. It evolved from the content of the Last Supper recorded in the Bible.According to the Bible, at the Last Supper, Jesus personally took the bread, blessed it, broke it, distributed it to the disciples, and said, "Take and eat. This is my body." He also picked up the cup. He came, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink this, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins." And he said, "You also must do this in remembrance. I."

Because of this record, even in Protestantism that does not pay attention to rituals, the Holy Communion is an extremely important religious activity, and the bread and wine distributed in the Holy Communion are regarded as symbols of the body and blood of Jesus. Don’t include too many mysterious elements.

Sure enough, the priest brought out the Holy Communion, one priest holding a basket with bread, and another priest following behind holding a basket with cups and wine.

In earlier times, the priests would break the bread with their own hands and distribute it to the believers, just like Jesus did. However, there were a lot of inconveniences in breaking the bread by hand. You must know that at that time, Jesus only had twelve disciples around him. Break it eleven times, and the high masses in later generations would often be attended by hundreds or thousands of people. The priest would break them one by one, and he could break his hands.So later on, most of them were cut with a knife in advance or simply made into small biscuits.It's just that the biscuits in Western Europe are not fermented, while the biscuits in Eastern Europe are fermented.

As soon as the Holy Communion appeared, Andres instinctively noticed the power contained in these cookies and red wine.Yes, at this time, the Holy Communion already had a power that he could clearly perceive.This power was not strong, and Andres could easily dispel it with a wave of his hand, but he did not do so, and just raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

Some believers took the Holy Body (bread) and ate it, and then took the Holy Blood (wine) and drank it.Andres watched the believers who had eaten the Holy Communion and noticed that their heartbeats and body temperatures increased as soon as the holy body and blood entered their mouths.

"In other words, their emotions are more easily aroused. This is conducive to generating more devout beliefs and lighting the beacon brighter. It seems that there may really be a problem here." Andres thought this way , so he asked Lin Qiusheng: "Have you noticed the problem with the Holy Communion? Have similar things happened in other churches?"

"It's relatively stable so far. In addition, the times for receiving Holy Communion are not consistent in different churches. Currently, only three cathedrals receive Holy Communion. The only one with problems with Holy Communion is yours."

Andres hummed.He knew that such problems with the Holy Communion meant that there were already religious extremists with certain superpowers in this church.Andres estimated that this person should be a clergy member of the church who received certain responses to prayers, thereby gaining certain abilities, and was inspired to perform such activities.

At this time, the two priests had already walked to Andres' side, and Andres found no traces of divine power on them.This means that the two priests who distributed the Holy Communion should not be the same people.Because Andres already has the divine nature of hunting, no matter how well the divine power is hidden, it is impossible to hide it from his induction at such a distance.

He sensed it carefully again, and found that there was no fluctuation of divine power given to anyone in the entire church.There are two possibilities for this situation. One is that the divine power given is one-time and has been consumed when making the Holy Communion.The second possibility is that the religious extremist is not in the church now.

The priest handed a piece of Holy Body to Andres, and Andres took it and stuffed it into his mouth; another priest handed him the holy blood, and Andres also took it and drank it in one gulp.

Of course, Andres didn't eat or drink these things.Although the energy contained in it is not worth mentioning, Yawei's skills can definitely crush any of them, including Lin Qiusheng.So it's not worth the risk.

And these things are also of great research value, so they were preserved by Andres.As for hiding it from the people around him, it was simply too easy for Andres. Disguise and deception themselves were also extremely important means in hunting.

"If I can hunt down an angel belonging to Yahweh, even a low-level angel, it would be extremely meaningful to me. However, this cathedral, which has not been fully completed after more than 100 years of construction, will probably Like the Sagrada Familia, it will never be finished,” Andres thought.

Both priests smiled at Andres, recognizing the city councilor.Andres also smiled at them.The priest holding the Eucharist also said to Andres: "May Jesus be with you." Then the two of them continued to go back to distribute the Holy Communion.

The activity of receiving Holy Communion lasted for about an hour. It was already close to midnight and the midnight mass was about to begin.

After receiving the Holy Communion, the atmosphere of the entire church became more solemn and solemn, and the original cheerful festive flavor had unconsciously disappeared.The organ began to play a deep bass, and then the bells began to ring.The choir began to sing the first line of the Gregorian Song: "The Lord said to me..."

(End of this chapter)