dark moon

Chapter 686 Holy Communion
The Lightless Festival, also known as the Dark Moon Festival or the Dark Moon Prayer Meeting, is a monthly ritual held by the Dark Moon Goddess Church. On the 17th day of each month, which is the day when the Dark Moon is closest to the Parvatiga Star, After the sun sets, devotees of the Dark Moon will gather in the square outside the temple or worship hall with candles in hand.After the believers gather, the priests of the temple will lead the believers into the temple, pray to the icon together, and show loyalty to Lady Luna.Therefore, due to the existence of the Lightless Festival, the 17th day of each month is a very important festival day for Dark Moon believers.

Of course, this is talking about 1000 years ago.

Since the fall of the Dark Moon Church, fewer and fewer cities have held spontaneous matte rituals. In the last 200 years, even the Rose City, where the main hall is located, has never held a prayer meeting again. Not only did the believers ignore it, The holding of the Matte Festival and even the ritual process of the festival have been largely lost. These generations of priests have only vaguely heard of the name of the Matte Festival. It is estimated that if another 200 years go by like this, the Dark Moon Prayer It will be completely swallowed up by time, and no one will remember it anymore.

Fortunately, Shuuer appeared and assisted Lisa in bringing the church back from the brink of danger. The number of Dark Moon believers around the world is slowly but continuously growing, especially in the City of Rose, where the number of believers is growing at an astonishing rate. .Therefore, after the affairs of the temple slowly get back on track, it is natural to put the restart of the Lightless Festival on the agenda. This is an important activity that can greatly enhance the cohesion of believers. It must be resumed whenever possible.

So, they searched the history from the classics, speculated on the process of the Matte Festival in the past, and used their creativity to complete the missing parts. The brother and sister spent a few days to develop a complete set of procedures for the Matte Festival. After discussions with all the Dark Moon Priests (well, four in total), the reconstruction of the Lightless Festival was finally finalized, and we were waiting for NO. 17 to be officially held.

It is for this reason that Shuer would rather spend more than ten days cleaning up the Screaming Grass. If a few screams suddenly appeared at the Matte Festival, Lisa would probably bite his head off. Come on.

"Under God's punishment, the earth cracked and the crops failed. The believers did not eat or drink for nine days and nights. On the tenth day, they were hungry and thirsty and fell dying on the roadside. When they were dying, the believers shouted the name of the Lord and prayed to the Lord. Mercy, the Lord could not bear to see his suffering, so he appeared in the mortal world, turned his own flesh and blood into the sacrament, and gave it to the believers. The Lord said that this is a divine punishment that cannot be disobeyed, but considering your piety, I will grant you the Holy Sacrament. This meal will help you survive the disaster. This is my blood and my flesh. Eat this holy meal and I will be with you."

The believers have been brought into the temple and gathered in the prayer hall. All believers pray devoutly around the Dark Moon icon. After praying, the priests will take out the Holy Communion and share it with the believers.This is the most important step. In ordinary days, people may take it for granted, but in times of scarce resources, the church's Holy Communion often becomes an important reason to attract a large number of believers.

Whether this step was included in the ceremony 1000 years ago, in fact, no one knows. There is no record in the ancient books, and there should be a high probability that there is no record at all. There is no record of the prayers when sharing the Holy Communion.But it doesn't matter, in Xiuer's words, since there is no record, as long as we say there is, who dares to say that what we say is wrong, besides, if you can eat free shared food, which believer will object.

The goddess dares, and the goddess will.

In fact, Lady Luna secretly told Xiure that after the prayers, the Lightless Festival ends, and there are not so many rituals at all.However, Shuer protested almost in tears. I just want to give the poor people at the bottom of the city a chance to eat free food every month. You are actually reluctant to part with that food and would rather watch the poor starve to death?They say I am the stingiest person in the Rose City. Now I finally know who is really stingy.

What kind of tragedy happened after that is unknown. Whether the great battle priest will return to the real world again with his face on the ground is only known to him. However, the matter of the Holy Communion was decided in this way. As for the distribution, it was not distributed. How is it possible to pray during the Holy Communion? There are no prayers that can be made up. Even the Holy Word can be made up casually. Are there still a few prayers missing?
Divine punishment of drought and famine?Who knows if it has happened? Maybe it has. Who are the believers?Who knows.Can you eat the rocks and dust on the Dark Moon?Shuuer wouldn't eat it anyway.But this is not important at all. Even if none of the prayers are true, at least the piety is true, and this is enough.Although Talina and Melia dared to be angry and speak out against the priest's behavior, the great Lisa liked the prayers compiled by her brother and knew them by heart better than anyone else. Even today in front of many believers, she did not say anything. Timid and skilled, she looks like she has presided over the same ceremony countless times. Based on her performance alone, no one dares to doubt the authenticity of the ceremony.

"Praise the merciful Lord, praise the lightless moon." The girl drew circles on her chest with her fingers, and chanted in a low voice, "Imitate to the sages, today we share the sacrament here, and the Lord will be with us."

"Praise the Lord, praise the Aniless Moon, it is holy." The believers who participated in the Aluminum Festival for the first time were already emotionally infected by the atmosphere and devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the ceremony. Their voices harmonized with Lisa's ending of the prayer.

The small door in the corner opened silently. The two priests, Talina and Melia, each pushed the dining cart into the prayer hall and lifted up the white cloth covering it. The so-called Holy Communion is a piece of round bread.

The bread made of rye turns brown after being baked, and the pieces of dark brown bread symbolize the body of the lightless moon, which is the so-called 'my meat' in the prayers. The thick bread is filled with Hold the syrup and cut it with a knife. The syrup will flow out of the dough. This is 'my blood'.

Brother is really good at making things up. Lisa suppressed her smile and cut a piece of bread with her own hands and distributed it to the oldest thinking among the believers. Watching them eat the bread, the girl let out a long sigh of relief.

Lisa and Shuer are not playing around. This step is the key reason why Shuuer insists on restarting the Matte Festival as soon as possible. This step that seems to be added as a joke is very important, otherwise Lady Luna, who always does not interfere with anything, will Nor would he personally summon Shuer to raise objections, and Shuer would not rather disobey the oracle than stick to his own opinion.

In fact, only senior clergymen know what this prayer and this Holy Communion mean, because they are also using similar behaviors to firmly bind believers to the church.

(End of this chapter)