Chaos Calendar March 20, 355 Pahamastien
As the origin of Hengguang Sect, Pahamasting is a holy place for all Hengguang Sect believers. Even believers of Eastern Hengguang Sect recognize Pahamasting as the "origin" in their hearts.
All the buildings are white. The most important building in the entire Star City is the Holy See, which covers an extremely large area. About 60,000 clerical staff live in it every year. For the three, except for these floating people, the archbishop of Xiheng Guangjiao lived here permanently, just like a spiritual symbol. He has been living here since he successfully became the archbishop 200 years ago, 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 everyone who comes to visit can see his window from downstairs.
All those who came to "visit"...
That’s right, this place can be visited at any time, you only need to pay the environmental tax, and you don’t need to pay any additional sightseeing fees, but it’s a bit difficult to live here, although there are many other than the Holy See in the city The same small white buildings are indeed suitable 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 has a long life now, 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 just one to two hours, without delay!
On March 20, as usual, there were many tourists visiting the white Holy See buildings.
The works of art donated by believers can be seen everywhere in the Holy See. These donations are exquisite and exquisite, and they are also very qualified exhibits except for their religious significance. The precious art people of the era are used here as ordinary objects, and time and use behaviors have given them a more mellow precipitation. While the tourists are appreciating carefully, they can hardly suppress the small exclamations.
No way, even if there is no one to manage and all visits are self-help, but the building itself is so solemn and solemn, tourists can't help but follow "solemn".
The two tourists followed far behind the crowd. They observed a little more carefully than the other tourists. Whenever they saw a decoration that seemed to be a work of art, they always checked.
There are no restrictions on the use of optical brains, nor are there restrictions on taking pictures, but you can't use the flash, and you can't secretly take pictures of ordinary church members inside.
The archbishop himself can shoot at will ← This is what the archbishop himself said.
He said so, and did so. At present, his portrait is the most widely circulated. The archbishop is very funny, and he will talk for a while when he encounters tourists.
However, this group of tourists has not had such luck recently, and everyone understands him. After all, everyone has heard about the archbishop's serious illness a while ago. When they come here, they will stand under the window of the archbishop and pray for him.
Although I didn't expect that the people who advertised to sing a while ago would be members of Xihengguang Sect, everyone was very happy to hear that someone's singing pulled the Archbishop back from the embrace of the god of death.
Unlike Dongheng Guangjiao, which actively joined the WTO, Xihengguangjiao is a complete religious organization. Their existence is more like a spiritual sanctuary for ordinary people in the tower.
"This cabinet is so delicate and beautiful! But it seems to be very new... What is it?" One of the female tourists excitedly said to her companion behind her after discovering the white box in front of her.
"Uh..." Her companion checked it out with a research spirit, and then shivered: "Uh... This is the coffin of Herrini VII—the current archbishop..."
"This was donated by believers. All the red-clothed archbishops drew a stripe on it. Not long ago, the archbishop was really not very good. Everyone was lying in it. Now, the archbishop thought it was very miraculous, so he took the coffin he lay down outside as a decoration for everyone to visit, and said... I will continue to use this coffin in the future... "
The two female tourists put their hands together and prayed for the archbishop.
Although the gestures of the two of them were a bit out of place, the two of them sincerely prayed for the old man.
Then they saw a number of people in white robes approaching behind them, kneeling in front of the coffin, and reverently reaching out to touch the fine patterns on the coffin, and then left.
There is more than one person in white robes doing this. Usually, there are many full-time teaching staff who can only be seen in special places. If you look closely, you will find that there are more people wearing various white robes than tourists. !
The two female tourists glanced at each other, and the pedantic female tourist hurriedly checked, only to find out that today is the day when Xiheng Guangjiao holds a large 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 currently more teaching staff in the Holy See than tourists.
With this knowledge, when they continued to visit, they found that many things were obviously wrong: many people in white robes were cleaning rooms, walls and floors, and various exhibits; They brought out more exquisite decorations, no wonder they felt that there were so many exhibits outside today, and the co-authors were all temporarily taken out for special days!
In addition, when they walked to the central area of the Holy See, the sanctuary, which was originally empty, was full of wooden chairs, and huge candlesticks were taken out and placed in every corner of the sanctuary...
"The Holy Prayer Church of Pahamas is one of the most important places in 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..." The type of female tourist turned on her brain and taught science to her companions while teaching 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 a total of 33 red robes from Xiheng Guangjiao, and they will all attend tonight!" , while the pedantic female tourist was talking, the two of them imagined the grand occasion here tonight, and finally the two of them stayed where they were.
This is really a place so beautiful that it can only be described as sacred, especially since it is a closed building. The roof is all made of stained glass. When the sun falls from above, it has a holy light effect.
"Ah~~~ I really want to hide here and see what happens here at night!!!! Is it too late to enroll now?" Another female tourist whispered.
"Come on, it's useless even if you join the church ten years in advance. The people who can come to attend the big mass today are all high-ranking officials in the church, even believers... at least they have been religious for more than 50 years." She Her companion beat her mercilessly.
The female tourist slumped her shoulders on the spot.
"But there is a live broadcast tonight. If you can't bear to not fall asleep, get up and watch." The companion offered her another method.
"Look at it! Remind me to buy Yake and go back today, I will never be able to sleep at night!"
In this way, the two female tourists left with great ambition.
Like most tourists, they visited Pahamastien until 17:17 in the afternoon, and did not leave by air car until the end of the sightseeing time.
Just as they were leaving, more people than tourists arrived, wearing various styles of white robes.
There are even four "red robes" among them. For ordinary people, these red robes are big people who are usually hard to see!
When ordinary people left, more and more people from the Holy See came.
Among them, some tourists also noticed that there were four people in the arriving crowd who didn't seem to be faculty members, but their figures just flashed by. Not long after, many people in white robes passed by, covered by white robes. Their figures, we can not see anything.
Ignoring this little episode that only a few people saw, everyone knows that there must be an extremely grand gathering here tonight.
Everyone made the same decision as the female tourist: buy Yake and go back, stay up late 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 Sect, this Mass will last for a full 7 hours, from midnight to dawn, which is definitely a test for the physical strength and energy of the priests. Therefore, after the last Mass, He Bishop Rini had not presided over a ceremony of the same rank for eighty-five years.
It's bound to be a grand event.
All the people who were scheduled to attend the Mass arrived one after another.
The Pahamas Church, which was empty in the afternoon with only seats, is now full.
Below are white robes, these people are both clerical staff, and more are ordinary believers from all over the tower, and above are red robes.
Looking closely, these red robes are not only thirty-three. In addition to the thirty-three red robes from Xiheng Guangjiao, there are also five red robes from Dongheng Guangjiao, only the red robes are slightly different. Other than that, their clothing styles are identical.
A total of 70,301 people attended this mass. As the largest mass in history, these people sat here tightly, giving 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 church suddenly fell into darkness.
"Hey? Is there something wrong with the live broadcast machine?" Many viewers who were sitting in front of the TV watching the live broadcast were talking about it. Just when everyone was about to make a complaint call, a voice suddenly came from the screen.
That was the sound announcing the ceremony.
Then, holding a candlestick in his hand, the archbishop wearing a gorgeous robe appeared in front of everyone from the left.
He walked forward with the candlestick in his hand. He walked slowly and steadily without anyone to help him. He kept holding the candlestick and walked to the prayer table.
"While we enjoy the light, don't forget that there are many more people living in the darkness." These were the first words of Bishop Herini.
Then he took the candle from the candlestick. The red-robed bishop who was sitting on the far right was the first to come down and took a candle from the side. He took the lead, the other red robes followed behind him, and one by one they lit the candles in their hands with the candles of Bishop Herini.
Then, the flames of the candles in their hands ignited the candles of other congregants again, and the originally dark space was just a little bit brighter.
In the process of passing the candle, Bishop Herini began to recite a long prayer.
His voice was not loud, but it was steady. I don't know who wrote the prayers. When they were recited, they were like poems.
Bishop Herini's voice was neither slow nor high, neither high nor low, and the circular architectural design effectively thickened his voice, as if speaking in everyone's ears.
Holding a small candle in his hand, Ronggui's eyes slid across the faces of Master, Mistress, and Xiaomei, and finally stopped on Xiaomei's face.
The expressions of the master and the mother were similar to his, but Xiaomei looked... more like those outsiders.
His lips moved slightly, as if he was chanting something in a low voice. His mouth shape matched the prayers outside, and he actually followed Bishop Herini's recitation.
This kind of 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 mass time is about to start!" The man said in a low voice, hurriedly.
They hurriedly followed each other. It was on the right side of the prayer table. Behind the red-robed bishops, all the harmonizers had already taken their places, leaving the frontmost table empty.
This is where Ronggui will stand in a while.
"Don't be nervous, just sing like usual." Xiaomei said, and tidied up her clothes for Ronggui. Then, seeing that Ronggui was still a little nervous, Xiaomei suddenly leaned over and gave Ronggui a hug tightly.
Ronggui hasn't recovered from Xiaomei's hug, and soon, the master gave him a hug, and then his mother.
All the tension in Ronggui's heart was squeezed out by these three hugs.
Smiling towards the three of them, he followed behind the white-robed man, and then stood on his own platform.
Almost as soon as he stepped on the stage, Ronggui felt himself rising up!
With the choir behind them, they all rose together!
Above all seats, they waited condescendingly behind the curtain.
Bishop Hellini's voice continued to come from below—
"...Don't be nervous when you are in the dark, there is fire in the hands of others."
"Although the fire in your hands is precious, don't be stingy about sharing it with more people."
"… The light in one's hands is limited, and only when everyone has light in their hands can the world be called light."
Then, the moment he uttered the word "Brightness" in his mouth, the candlesticks in the sanctuary were lit together. With the light of the candles in everyone's hands, the whole sanctuary was as bright as day!
Then, the curtain in front of Rong Gui and others was pulled up at the same moment, and the moment the solemn organ sounded, Rong Gui knew that his time had come.
He squinted and looked forward, countless people looked at him, looked at him intently, his heart was pounding, and the original nervousness suddenly turned into a kind of excitement at this moment.
Finally, taking a sip, Ronggui raised his chin and began to sing—
The song that pulled Bishop Hellini back from the arms of the god of death was completely reproduced in front of the 70,000 people present.
No, more than 70,000 people, plus the people who watched the live broadcast at the same time, this song appeared in front of more than 200 million people at the same time! ear!
OMG! How can there be such a wonderful sound
It is more ethereal than the accompaniment of the organ sound. Once the sound is made, everyone's attention is immediately focused on that sound.
The bass area is like sinking into the bottom of the sea, and the treble area brings people into heaven. When the sound is getting higher and higher, and it is almost impossible to hear, almost everyone who hears the song has varying degrees of dizziness. ! Afterwards, many people insisted that they saw the white light at that moment and saw the entrance to heaven! Some people even fell into a coma!
Almost everyone felt the "power of the gods" in the singing, fiery tears flowed out of their eyes uncontrollably, their lips were trembling, they held their hands tremblingly, and looked at the sky reverently, His eyes closely followed the aloof singer.
They looked at the singer above excitedly, as if they saw the gods themselves. Their ears were filled with the singing voice of the singer. They listened to the singer's voice getting higher and higher. When it came to the end, the voice was already thin. At the moment when the line disappeared, people heard the sound of glass breaking.
Just as the singer sang the final lyrics, all the beautiful stained glass on the roof shattered, along with the black glass cover that blocked the light.
At that moment, the light outside leaked through the broken glass and from the roof, and the real light appeared in front of people.
"Oh my God! Bright!" I don't know who was the first to shout out. More and more people stood up excitedly. Suddenly they thought of something, and everyone applauded.
Facing the singers on the high platform, everyone applauded vigorously!
The author has something to say: Agui finally stepped on the stage.
And, Keke is making a cameo role this time: the female tourist A← the one who doesn't know anything
In fact, I am a person with no religious beliefs at all, but when I went to the Vatican for the first time, I still felt that kind of shock.
My performance at that time... It was Jiang Zi in the text. At that time, my pedantic friend was doing the same while checking and why he didn't understand why he was doing popular science.
grateful!
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, uh... It's a very simple kind of chair, but when I watched the live broadcast at night, I still felt very shocked!
Midnight Mass ~ The Pope wears a big ring!
As a non-believer, I can probably feel the power of some beliefs.
And about the Mass, I once heard a particularly contagious Mass in Milan Cathedral, sung by a male voice, before the voice change period.
It's really very, very contagious. I've been standing there for a long time, and I've left after a long time.
Singing is really powerful, really.