Wake up the mystery behind the scenes

Chapter 31: 31 • Intermittent Health

“Generally speaking, the monks in this church are basically managed by a certain priest, and the specific work is also arranged by the priest who manages him.

But Your Highness, you don’t need to worry now, we can take you to familiarize yourself with the environment first, and the work will be arranged later. Rust explained to Stull that he used a particularly small voice when referring to the word His Highness.

He then went on to say: “The Flemish elders should persuade the priests to arrange a relatively easy job for you. ”

“I don’t like going through the back door. ”

Rust and Lyden looked at each other and smiled, sure enough, His Royal Highness the Son is still too childlike, when your identity and status are very noble, all the so-called arrangements for going through the back door are reasonable.

There is no care.

They led Stull around the backyard of St. Neil’s Church, but there was one place where they were just watching from afar.

“That’s where the nuns live, and the old lady lives there, and she’s very strict and doesn’t have a good temper.

We all took a detour when we saw her, but the old lady was not bad. ”

Stull nodded in understanding, although the canon of the Holy Bishop did not require celibacy for clergy.

But in a large church like St. Neil’s, unless it is a normal couple relationship, the administrator will certainly not allow the nuns and monks to mess around.

After a brief turn in the backyard, they passed through the chapel of the church, the nave, and then to the Mass and the hall where the faithful were received.

The towering dome is also covered with frescoes full of religious overtones of the Holy Bishop.

And it is also painted with a group of images of the Holy Spirits.

This is a cultural decoration that belongs exclusively to the Holy Bishop’s Church, and no matter how rich or powerful any rich or king is, he cannot paint a tenth of the charm of this place on the walls of his castle.

“How many believers can sit here? ”

Stull looked at the rows of benches arranged in the hall, and it seemed that the passages on the middle sides were particularly narrow and long.

“At least nine hundred people can sit here for mass.

And St. Neil’s Church is different from the general parish outside.

Mass is celebrated every day, and in the past five priests rotate, sometimes in the morning and evening. ”

Father José explained to Sture, but by the end his expression became embarrassed, and he had never presided over a mass in the years he had been lost.

It should increase the workload of the other four priests.

He went on to say: “The weekend is the Great Mass, a very important Sunday, usually performed by the bishop himself.

Even on special days, we will show the holy relics in our church to the public for them to worship. ”

“Relic? Stull was stunned, he didn’t expect that there was still a holy relic in St. Neil’s Church.

In the culture of the holy bishop, the holy relic is generally the relic of the deceased saint, and can also be regarded as a very important relic, an important item that accompanies the saint’s faith throughout his life.

Moreover, within the Holy Bishop, the top few holy objects refer to the items described in the Bible, and the few existing ones are used to emphasize the authenticity of the Bible to the outside world.

But most of the holy relics recorded in the Bible are lost.

For example, ‘Covenant Slate’, ‘Cabinet of Gold’, ‘Holy Scripture’, ‘Prophet’s Scepter’…

These holy relics have all been lost, but in Stour’s eyes, these holy relics are all supernatural in the biblical record, and must not be imitated by the Holy See.

If there are conditions to imitate them, these things will not be lost.

“It is the skull of Saint Neil, still preserved in this church! Father José said.

“Uh…” “Sturlen said, indeed after special treatment, the remains of saints can also be passed down as precious holy relics in the church.

“It should be this Sunday, when the Great Mass is held, the relics will be invited out, and the Lord Priest is worried that the believers who have recently come to Mass are not satisfied.

In the past, it was only early that believers had a seat at Mass, but now nearly half of the empty seats are available.

After that, at Sunday Mass, the relics should be invited out for the faithful to worship and reunite. Leydon explained.

They passed through the hall, the door of the church was already open, the door alone was more than five meters high, the door panel was very thick, and there were carved patterns on it.

After going out from this main entrance, I came to the large square outside, and there were many tourists outside, and suddenly four clergy dressed in priesthood came out of the church, which did not attract the attention of the people around.

Standing outside and looking at the whole church, the huge door is surrounded by statues, layer after layer, the stone statues get smaller and smaller the inward.

All the pillars are erect and slender, connected with the pointed arches on the upper part.

The atrium is narrow, tall and long.

Looking up at the church from the outside, the tall form and the towering bell tower and minaret at the top make people feel a majestic gesture rising to the blue sky.

“This is the oldest statue of the church, which existed when the church was built, and this sculpture is the image of Saint Neil. Father José pointed to the first sculpture to the right of the main entrance.

Stull nodded, keeping the other person’s image firmly in his mind, feeling that he might be able to use it later.

……

The evening Mass Stuhl attended and listened to, very briefly, only twenty minutes at most, and the believers who came did not even fill half of the church seats.

After Mass, the clergy in the church can go to the dining room for dinner.

The dinner at St. Neil’s Church seemed very simple, and Stull made himself a mushroom soup, two ingredients, a small plate of fruit, and a piece of bread, and sat down to eat it in a relatively marginal position.

The nuns ate with the monks, but the nuns sat on the left side, as if there was a barrier invisible to the naked eye in the middle.

Stull also met the old lady, one of the three elders, who did not have dinner with the others with a serious expression, but stood at the front of the dining room, looking at everyone with a kind of eagle falcon.

His gaze swept over her like a gust of wind.

Under the strict control of the other party, there was no table where the nuns and monks sat together to eat.

But it’s hard to ignore when a young, child-looking, handsome, strange face appears in a restaurant.

And the other party looks like it should be new.

Stull looked the smallest here, and several monks who looked a few years older than Stuhl wanted to bring new people into the atmosphere here, and they planned to sit there.

But soon they chose another table, because Father José was sitting there.

People around were worried that the newcomer didn’t know Father José, and Father José didn’t suddenly go crazy and accidentally hurt the newcomer.

But then they discovered that today Father José was particularly quiet and honest sitting next to the newcomers to eat, and that Father José rarely ate in the dining room when there were many people before.

He seems a little normal today.

But it seems that Father José and the new man knew each other, and the two people occasionally communicated normally.

After a while, two more deacons sat there.

In the end, the Fran elder also sat there with a lunch box.

Except for the old lady, who lived in the church all the time, the other two basically did not live here, and when the evening mass was over, they would go home.

Dinner won’t be eaten here either.

“Here are some small snacks that my wife made for me, Your Highness to taste.” Elder Fran’s voice was so soft that only a few people at their table could hear it.

Stull inserted a piece of puffs to eat, the honey flavor is particularly strong, the cream is also put more, and the sweetness is a little bit.

“Elder Fran, thank you for giving me the room. ”

“Yes, what I have done for His Highness, I deserve.” Elder Fran smiled happily, as if he was praised by the elders.

But he himself is very old, so this scene will look funny in the eyes of outsiders.

“Your Highness, that is the deputy priest! Lydon touched Stuhl’s arm lightly and explained to him the identity of the man who had just entered.

Stull glanced up at the other party, which was a simple deepening impression, and continued to lower his head to cook.

After the deputy priest came to the dining room, he saw that Elder Fran was also here, and he was surprised for a moment, and then he focused his eyes on Stuel.

‘Still a teenager, very young, image… Very holy! ’

The deputy priest thought inwardly that Stull’s personal image was indeed very good, giving people the feeling of a young holy missionary.

In conjunction with his divine robe, his temperament instantly improved.

He then noticed that Father José was sitting with them.

It’s a strange group, crazy priests, newcomers, elders, deacons.

When Rust and Lyden had such a good relationship with the Fran elders, and Father José sat there, they did not dislike it.

“This deputy priest seems to be coming towards us. Stull glanced up, then continued to eat with his head down.

But the remaining four looked at the approaching deputy priest in unison.

Originally, he just wanted to come over and say hello to Elder Fran, and then inquire about the newcomer’s condition, but now he was suddenly watched by four lines of sight, and he could only smile and walk over in return.

“Elder Fran, you didn’t come home today? ”

“Go back, and then I come back, to the temple… Bring some snacks my wife made to Stuhl. ”

The deputy priest was stunned, and seemed to be too good for the young newcomer.

“Good Lord Priest. Stull took the initiative to stand up and greet him.

“What a very nice young man, have you arranged the dormitory? ”

Elder Fran said slowly: “Of course, I will give him my dormitory to live in.” ”

The deputy priest was stunned, he looked at Elder Fran, and said in his heart, is this your grandson?

“That… Have a good rest tonight, and tomorrow I will arrange for you a responsible priest. The deputy priest said.

Father Jose took the initiative to interject: “Can it be arranged for me?” I don’t have a monk under my name now. ”

The priest looked sideways at him, even swallowed his spit, and said, “Father José, are the peaches in your hand delicious?” ”

Jose looked at the apple in his hand in surprise, and wondered: “Isn’t this an apple?” ”

“You’re in much better spirits! You can recognize this as an apple. ”

The priest was really surprised at this time, after all, Father José had been mentally disturbed and had been crazy for many years.

Father José was speechless, feeling that when he was lost, the people in the church should have teased him on weekdays.

Others did not expect that today he suddenly returned to normal mentally, like a healthy person, but the deputy priest was still a little worried, and the other party’s normality was likely to be intermittent.

“Let’s still observe, don’t just be good for a short time. ”

At this time, suddenly a deacon found the deputy priest, and the other party came and said directly to the deputy priest: “Sir, two believers have come outside, saying that they are coming to see the Son. ”

(End of chapter)