The Sabbath

March 355, 3 of the Chaos Calendar, Pahamastion

As the origin of Hengguang Sect, Pahamastion is the holy land of all Hengguang Sect believers, even believers of East Hengguang Sect, they also recognize the identity of Pahamastien as the "origin" in their hearts.

All the buildings are white, and the most important building in the entire Star City is the Holy See, which occupies a very large area. There are about 200 clerical staff living in it every year, and the "red" bishops take turns to "reside" here. Except for these people who live here, the archbishop of Xiheng Guangjiao lives here permanently, just like a spiritual symbol. Since he successfully became the archbishop [-] years ago, he has lived here and has never been to other places. Any star city.His room is on the highest floor of the main building of the Holy See, and all who come to visit can see his window from downstairs. If you are lucky, you can also see the archbishop standing at the window and waving to everyone.

All the people who came to "visit"...

That's right, people can visit here at any time, only need to pay environmental tax, and there is no need to pay any additional sightseeing fees, but it is a bit difficult to live here, although there are many other places in the city besides the Holy See The same small white building is indeed for people to live in. However, believers are given priority to live in, and ordinary people can apply. However, according to the current progress, the reservation has been scheduled for 20 years.

=-= Fortunately, everyone’s lifespan is long nowadays, 20 years is not impossible~

Most people still choose to live in a few star cities that are very close to Pahamas~ If you live in other star cities, you can reach Pahamas in only one to two hours, so there is no delay!

On March 3th, as usual, there were many tourists sightseeing in the white Vatican building.

The works of art donated by believers can be seen everywhere in the Holy See. These donations are exquisite, and they are also very qualified exhibits except for their religious significance. In fact, the Pahamas Court itself is the number one museum in the Sky Tower. The precious artists of the era are used here as ordinary items, and time and use behavior have endowed them with a more mellow precipitation. While appreciating carefully, tourists let out small exclamations that cannot be suppressed.

No way, even if there is no management and all visits are self-help, the building itself is so solemn that tourists can't help but become "serious and solemn".

The two tourists followed the crowd far away. They observed a little more carefully than other tourists, but whenever they saw a decoration that seemed to be a work of art, they always checked it out.

There are no restrictions on the use of optical brains or taking pictures, but you can't use flashlights, and you can't secretly take pictures of ordinary congregants inside.

The archbishop himself can shoot whatever he wants ← this is what the archbishop himself said.

That's what he said, and he did the same. At present, his portraits are the most circulated. The archbishop is very funny, and he will talk for a while when he meets tourists.

However, these tourists have not had such luck recently, and everyone understands him. After all, everyone has heard about the serious illness of the Archbishop a while ago. In fact, the tourists who came to visit a while ago, whether they are believers or not, when they When they come here, they will stand under the archbishop's window and pray for him.

Although I didn't expect that it would be the congregants of the Xihengguang Sect who posted an advertisement asking to sing, but everyone was very happy to hear that someone's singing brought the archbishop back from the embrace of death.

Unlike the Eastern Hengguang Sect, which is actively involved in the world, the West Hengguang Sect is a religious organization through and through. Their existence is more like a spiritual sanctuary for ordinary people in the tower.

"This cabinet is so exquisite and beautiful! But it seems to be very new... What is it?" One of the female tourists excitedly said to the companion behind him after discovering the white box in front of him.

"Uh..." Her companion looked it up researchingly, and then trembled: "Uh... this is the coffin of Herini VII—that is, the current archbishop..."

"This was donated by the believers. All the archbishops in red drew a stripe on it. A while ago, the archbishop was really not well. Everyone lay down in it. When he was about to die and close the coffin, he heard Geer and suddenly came alive. Yes, the archbishop thought this was very miraculous, so he took the coffin he had been lying in outside as a decoration for everyone to visit, and said... that he will continue to use this coffin in the future..."

The two female tourists put their palms together and prayed for the archbishop.

Although the gestures of the two people were a bit wrong, they really prayed for the old man.

Then they saw a lot of people in white robes coming behind them, knelt down in front of the coffin, stretched out their hands reverently and touched the delicate patterns on the coffin, and then left.

There is more than one white-robed person doing this. Usually, full-time teaching staff that can only be seen in special places abound here. If you look closely, you will find that there are more people wearing white robes here than tourists. !

The two female tourists looked at each other, and the pedantic female tourist quickly checked, only to find out that today is the day when the Xihengguang Sect holds a high mass, and all believers in the pagoda will come from all directions as long as they are qualified to come. First of all, it is no wonder that there are now more teaching staff than tourists in the Holy See.

With this understanding, when they continued to visit, they found that many things were obviously wrong: many people in white robes were cleaning the room, walls and floors, and various exhibits; There were more exquisite decorations brought out by them, no wonder they felt that there were so many exhibits outside today, and they were all brought out temporarily for special days!

In addition, when they reached the central area of ​​the Holy See, the originally empty church was filled with wooden chairs, and huge candlesticks were taken out and placed in every corner of the church...

"The Pahamas Holy Prayer Hall is one of the most important places in the Pahamas Court. Only the bishop can use it. The last time it was opened was 85 years ago. The archbishop prayed for those who committed suicide in the tower..." Academic type The female tourist turned on the optical brain, and popularized science with her companions while studying by herself.

"The most gorgeous high platform in the center is the prayer platform, and the equally gorgeous high-backed chairs at the back are the seats for the red robes. There are 33 red robes in Xiheng Guangjiao, and they will all attend tonight!" According to the popular science , the pedantic female tourist said, the two of them imagined the grand occasion here tonight, and finally both of them stayed where they were.

This is really a place so beautiful that it can only be described as sacred, especially because it is a closed building with a roof made of stained glass. When the sunlight falls from above, it has a holy light effect.

"Ah~~~ I really want to hide here and see what will happen here at night!!!! Is it too late to join the church?" another female tourist whispered.

"Come on, you, it's useless even if you join the church ten years earlier. Those who can come to attend the high mass today are all important and high-level officials in the church. Even believers... at least have been devout and religious for more than 50 years." Her companion beat her mercilessly.

The female tourist slumped her shoulders on the spot.

"However, there will be a live broadcast tonight. If you can resist falling asleep, then get up and watch it." The companion provided her with another method.

"Look and see! Remind me to buy Yake today, and I will definitely not be able to sleep at night!"

In this way, the two female tourists left with great ambitions.

Like most tourists, they visited Pahamastion until 17:17 in the afternoon, and did not leave by empty vehicle until the end of the sightseeing time.

Just as they were leaving, more people than tourists arrived, wearing white robes of various styles.

There are even four "red robes" among them. For ordinary people, these red robes are big figures who are easy to see and hard to see!

While ordinary people were leaving, more and more people from the Holy See arrived.

Among them, some tourists also noticed that there were four people who did not look like teaching staff among the arriving crowd, but their figures just passed by in a flash. After a while, many people in white robes passed by, and the white robes covered them. Their figures, we can not see anything.

Ignoring this small episode that only a few people saw, everyone knew that there must be an extremely grand gathering here tonight.

Everyone unanimously made the same decision as the female tourist: buy Yak and go back, stay up until the early morning to watch the live broadcast!

Many people were looking forward to it. At 23:23 local time, the live broadcast started on time——

As the most solemn ceremony in Hengguang Cult, this high mass will last for seven hours, from midnight to dawn, which is definitely a test for the physical strength and energy of the officiant. Therefore, after the last high mass, He Bishop Rini has not presided over a ceremony of this level for a full 7 years.

This is bound to be a great event.

All those who were scheduled to attend High Mass arrived one after another.

The Pahamas Sanctuary, which was empty in the afternoon and only had seats, is now full.

Below are white robes. Among these people are priests, and more are ordinary believers from all over the tower, while above are red robes.

If you look carefully, there are not only 33 of these red robes. In addition to the 33 red robes from the West Hengguang Sect, there are also five red robes from the East Hengguang Sect. Only the border pattern of the red robes is slightly different. , their clothing styles are exactly the same.

A total of 31 people attended this high mass. As the high mass with the largest number of participants in history, these people sitting here closely gave people an endless sense of solemnity.

There were obviously so many people, but the venue was quiet and no one spoke casually.

Then, the entire sanctuary was suddenly plunged into darkness.

"Huh? Something went wrong with the live broadcast machine?" Many viewers who were sitting in front of the TV and watching the live broadcast were discussing. Just when everyone was about to make a complaint call, a voice suddenly came from the screen.

That was the voice announcing the start of the ceremony.

Then, holding a candlestick in his hand, the archbishop in gorgeous gowns appeared in front of everyone from the left.

Holding the candlestick in his hand, he walked straight forward, walking slowly and steadily, without anyone's support, he carried the candlestick all the way to the prayer table.

"When we enjoy the light, don't forget that there are more people living in the dark." This is the first sentence Bishop Herini said.

Then he picked up the candle from the candlestick. The red-robed bishop sitting on the far right was the first to come down, and took a candle from the side. He was the leader, and the other red robes followed behind him, one by one igniting the candles in their hands with the candles of Bishop Herini.

Then, the kindling of the candles in their hands ignited the candles of other congregants again, and the originally dark space became brighter little by little.

During the candlelight passing, Bishop Herini began to recite a long prayer.

His voice is not loud, but it is very steady. It is unknown who wrote the prayer, and when it is recited, it is like poetry.

Bishop Herini's voice was unhurried, neither high nor low. The circular architectural design allowed his voice to be effectively thickened, as if speaking in everyone's ears.

Holding a small candle in his hand, Ronggui's eyes slid across the faces of his master, his wife, and Xiaomei, and finally stopped on Xiaomei's face.

The expressions of the master and the mother are similar to his, but Xiaomei looks... more like those believers outside.

His lips moved slightly, as if he was reciting something in a low voice, his mouth shape matched the prayer outside, and he followed Bishop Helini's recitation.

Such Xiaomei seems to have a sacred and distant feeling.

However, soon he had no time to continue to observe Xiaomei, and a white robe quietly walked in front of him.

"Please come with me, the time for mass is about to begin!" the man said in a low voice, hastily.

They hurriedly followed each other, it was the position on the right side of the prayer platform, behind the red-robed bishops, all the harmonizers had already taken their positions, leaving the frontmost platform empty.

This is the position that Ronggui will take up in a while.

"Don't be nervous, just sing as usual." Xiaomei said, and arranged Ronggui's clothes again. Then, seeing that Ronggui was still a little nervous, Xiaomei suddenly leaned over and gave Ronggui a Tight hug.

Ronggui hadn't recovered from Xiaomei's hug, and soon, the master gave him a hug, and then the teacher's wife.

All the tension in Ronggui's heart was squeezed out by these three hugs.

Smiling at the three of them, he followed behind the white-robed man, and then stood on his own platform.

Almost the moment he stepped on the stage, Ronggui felt himself rise up!

With the choir behind them, all of them rose together!

Above all the seats, they waited condescendingly behind the curtain.

Bishop Herini's voice continued to be heard from below——

"...Don't be nervous when you are in the dark, there is fire in the hands of others."

"Although the kindling in your hands is precious, don't be stingy about sharing it with more people."

"...the light in one person's hands is limited. Only when everyone has light in their hands can the world be called bright."

Then, the moment he uttered the word "light", the candlesticks in the sanctuary were all lit up. With the light of the candles in everyone's hands, the whole sanctuary was as bright as day!

Then, the curtain in front of Ronggui and the others was pulled up at the same moment, and the moment the solemn organ sounded, Ronggui knew that his time had come.

He squinted his eyes and looked forward, countless people looked at him, looking at him intently, his heart was pounding, and the original nervousness suddenly turned into a kind of excitement at this moment.

Finally swallowed a mouthful of saliva, Ronggui raised his chin, and began to sing——

The singing that pulled Bishop Herini back from the arms of death was completely reproduced in front of 7 people at the scene.

No, more than [-] people, including those who watched the live broadcast at the same time, this song appeared in front of more than [-] million people at the same time!ear!

God!How can there be such a beautiful voice?

It was more ethereal than the accompanying organ sound. Once the sound came out, everyone's attention was immediately focused on that sound.

The low-pitched area seems to sink into the bottom of the sea, and the high-pitched area takes people into heaven. When the sound gets higher and higher, and it is so high that people can hardly hear it, almost everyone who hears the singing feels dizzy to varying degrees !Afterwards, many people insisted that they saw the white light and the entrance to heaven at that moment!Some people even fell into a coma!

Almost everyone felt the "power of the gods" in the singing, fiery tears flowed out of their eye sockets uncontrollably, their lips trembled, tremblingly held their hands, and looked at the sky devoutly, His eyes closely followed the aloof singer.

They looked at the singer above excitedly, as if they saw the god himself, their ears were filled with the singing voice of the singer, and they heard the voice of the singer getting higher and higher, and at the end, the voice had become thin The moment the line disappeared, people heard the sound of glass shattering.

The moment the singer sang the last lyrics, all the exquisite stained glass on the roof shattered, together with the black-out glass cover.

At that moment, the outside light leaked through the broken glass and from the roof, and the real light appeared in front of people.

"Oh my god! Brightness!" I don't know who was the first to shout out, more and more people stood up excitedly, and suddenly thought of something, everyone applauded.

To the singers on the high platform, everyone applauded vigorously!

The author has something to say: Ah Gui finally made it to the concert stage.

And, ahem, I played a guest role this time: the female tourist A ← the one who doesn’t know anything

In fact, I don't have any religious beliefs at all, but when I went to the Vatican for the first time, I still felt the shock.

My performance at that time... was the sauce in the text, and my pedantic friend at that time was also doing science popularization while checking and not understanding why.

thank!

By the way, the time to go to the Vatican happened to be 12.24, and there was a midnight mass in the evening. When we went, the chairs were already arranged, er... very simple chairs, but it was still very shocking when watching the live broadcast at night!

Midnight Mass~ The Pope is wearing a big ring!

As a non-Christian, I can probably feel some power of faith.

There is also about the mass. I heard a particularly infectious mass in the Milan Cathedral. It was sung by a male voice, and the voice did not change.

It was very, very contagious. I stood there in a daze for a long time before leaving.

Singing is really powerful, really.