[Jeanne stands in front of the shed with the cross on the ground and the bible in her hands.]
“The kingdom of heaven will be like ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ But the wise answered, saying, ‘Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’ And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. Afterward the other maidens came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ But he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, you have what is yours.’ But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’”
[Jeanne shuts the bible.]
You may think it strange that Jesus tells the story of maidens and a bridegroom when St. Paul's letters soon after praised the sacrament of marriage. Or that Jesus condemns "the one who has not", when you will recall the beatitudes from our first mass blessing the meek who shall inherit the earth. That is because it is a parable. About embodying the virtues as much as you are able, always aspiring to the divine example even before you are rewarded. Jesus did not control when he would be born onto this earth, whether it was under Caesar or Dido's laws that he would decide to give what was Caesar's to Caesar. We know there was a great shaman from Nazareth who was integrated with the Holy Spirit, performed miracles, and won the shaman fight. Even if the matter of His Father remains a mystery to us, we can learn from the words and take solace in the body, which is both the bread and the gathering of people. On that note...
[It is time for the presentation of the Eucharist aka Kuro fucking it up on the tambourine. The song One Bread One Body that has been prepared is pretty repetitive so they can build up to the verses and chorus gradually in a way that is a little bit not totally a disaster by the time all the Ritz crackers are distributed.]
CHURCH
[Jeanne stands in front of the shed with the cross on the ground and the bible in her hands.]
“The kingdom of heaven will be like ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ But the wise answered, saying, ‘Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’ And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. Afterward the other maidens came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ But he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money.
Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’
And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, you have what is yours.’
But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’”
[Jeanne shuts the bible.]
You may think it strange that Jesus tells the story of maidens and a bridegroom when St. Paul's letters soon after praised the sacrament of marriage. Or that Jesus condemns "the one who has not", when you will recall the beatitudes from our first mass blessing the meek who shall inherit the earth. That is because it is a parable. About embodying the virtues as much as you are able, always aspiring to the divine example even before you are rewarded. Jesus did not control when he would be born onto this earth, whether it was under Caesar or Dido's laws that he would decide to give what was Caesar's to Caesar. We know there was a great shaman from Nazareth who was integrated with the Holy Spirit, performed miracles, and won the shaman fight. Even if the matter of His Father remains a mystery to us, we can learn from the words and take solace in the body, which is both the bread and the gathering of people. On that note...
[It is time for the presentation of the Eucharist aka Kuro fucking it up on the tambourine. The song One Bread One Body that has been prepared is pretty repetitive so they can build up to the verses and chorus gradually in a way that is a little bit not totally a disaster by the time all the Ritz crackers are distributed.]