Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 1684 The Secret Word of the Goddess (29)

  No, there is no subway,

  Nothing from July to September,

  You bought a ticket, it cost a lot, but the car just won’t drive.

  It’s useless to come to the station,

  The carriage is as hot as hell,

  I might as well find another place to cool off,

  Only two lines will open,

  Suburban trains are a thing of the past,

  I want to go to Sèvres for the weekend,

  Drive your own little broken car to go,

  No, there is no subway,

  Oh, even if it’s useless, go and protest

  Maybe the law will be passed.

  The entrance of St. Francis Xavier’s Church is not far from the subway station. A street performer is holding a guitar and singing and playing.

   "You know, that direction is the Rodin Museum." Gon Saiyi pointed to the side of the Les Invalides and said, "There is a sculpture inside, called the Gate of Hell."

  Severus ignored Gonsai. He looked around and found that there was no one around, so he twisted the doorknob, and the side door of the church opened easily.

The Church of Saint Francis Xavier in Paris was built in 1861. It was an annex of Haussmann’s transformation of Paris. It has two towers and rose windows like Notre Dame de Paris, but there is only one entrance on the facade, and there is no Such a beautiful relief.

When the door of the church is opened, the layout inside is quite normal. Saint-Sulpice has at least a rose line. The church of Saint Francis Xavier doesn’t even have this, but there is a pipe organ in this church, and a clock is hung under the pipe organ. , This clock is very common, and it can be sold in any grocery store.

  The main altar of the church is placed with something similar to a coffin. Through the altar, a luminous figure can be seen. That should be the patron saint of this church, Saint Francis Xavier.

  Saint Francis Xavier was a Portuguese missionary who went to Asia in the 16th century. He was the first missionary to go to the "East".

  Originally, he was born in a wealthy aristocratic family and lived in a castle since he was a child. He often came into contact with those martial knights, but he joined the Barbet Theological Seminary in Paris and received a comprehensive education, including science and geometry.

  During his mission in Japan, Xavier realized that in order for the locals to convert to Catholicism, one must first defeat Buddhism. If the monks of Buddhism cannot be refuted, the prestige of the church cannot be established. Later, he chose to find another way and use science to pave the way for preaching.

  Later, he planned to go to India and China to preach. However, it was difficult to enter China. At that time, China was in the Ming Dynasty. Because of the Japanese pirate problem, sea bans were imposed along the coast. All foreigners are prohibited from entering except officially sent envoys.

  Unable to enter China smoothly, he strengthened Xavier’s determination to spread the gospel in China. Later, he worked hard to find a seat as a tribute envoy and entered Beijing with the country’s mission.

  However, he finally got to China but suffered from malaria like Caravaggio. He died in his hometown and was buried in India.

  He was listed as a saint by the church in 1662, and his cemetery became a holy place of worship, because his body is said to be non-corrosive. During the relocation of his body from China to India, Xavier's body was unanimously displayed.

  In the East, there are also many eminent monks whose bodies did not decay after passing away. These are called bodhisattvas in flesh, and like relics, they will attract believers to worship.

Severus has been to the Church of St. Anthony in Padua, where the incorruptible tongue of St. Anthony is enshrined. The "incense" there is more prosperous than the Church of St. Francis Xavier in the center of Paris. too much.

The cemetery of Saint Francis Xavier is in India, and some of the remains are scattered in Japan, Macau and other places. Paris is just a burial mound with nothing inside. It is estimated that only locals and residents living nearby would come here to pray Do mass.

There are frescoes on the altar, depicting believers kneeling to receive the Eucharist. When the priest in white clothes consecrated the Eucharist, **** opened his arms and blessed. Portrait of the 12 disciples.

   "Look." Gon Saiyi stood near the altar and looked around. "These chairs are all curved."

  Severus looked over, and the rows of seats in the front of the altar were indeed arc-shaped, while the seats in the back were arranged straight like an ordinary church.

   "Napoleon III built this church in memory of his uncle." Severus said, "His body is not decayed."

   "I'm glad you can speak so calmly." Gong Saiyi said, "Don't shout at all."

  Severus smirked at Gonsai, and he gritted his teeth tightly, looking "extremely happy".

   "Have you ever been to St. Mark's Basilica?" Severus asked, looking at the dome.

   "I have been." Gonsey looked at the dome and said, "I think this is from the Siena school, not the Byzantine style."

   "She likes Venice very much." Severus said, "though she was reluctant to go at first."

  Gonsey did not take Severus’ words. He walked towards the end along the central axis of the church. The innermost arc-shaped chapel was enshrined with a sculpture of Mary.

This sculpture is snow-white and stands out against the golden walls. The semi-arc behind her is cut into three pieces. Each piece has four windows. The top is just like a normal church. It is made of stained glass. Out of the image of 12 disciples.

Everything looks very ordinary and has no special features. Perhaps it is because there is no special feature anymore. There is a small scene made of Lego bricks in the church. It looks like Mount Sinai. There are small houses on the mountain and there are many small plastics. The portraits were put on various gestures as if they were living inside.

Compared with the magnificent cathedrals, the Church of San Francis Xavier can only be described as sad. There is a donation box next to the Lego bricks. It seems that the church is raising money to find a professional team to change the Lego bricks into better ones. The set made by a professional team, with a few euros scattered in the donation box, and coins.

  Gonsei returned to the main hall again, but he found that Severus had walked to the side of the aisle, and a golden coffin was parked in front of her. Through the glass window of the coffin, a nun could be seen lying in it.

  Gon Saiyi walked to the commentary board next to the coffin and looked at it.

   Lying in this cloak is Bernadette Subihu, who was born on January 7, 1844 in a small town in Lourdes, Pyrenees, France.

  Her family is from a cold family, her father is an ordinary worker, her mother is a laundry worker, and she is the eldest of the nine children in the family, so she has undertaken heavy housework since she was a child, not only taking care of her younger siblings, but also going out to earn money.

  As a child, Bernadette's family of 10 lived in an old mill. Later, because of the expense, the family could only live in a place called "dungeon" because it was originally a basement converted from a prison.

  It is even more unfortunate that Bernadette was infected with cholera and was frail and sick. Her height was only 1.4 meters, and she did not grow anymore, but although she was thin and delicate, she was like a beautiful and weak flower.

  Because of poor health, Bernadette can’t keep up with the progress in school, has poor academic performance, and even can’t even master standard French. This limits her social skills. She has to rely on herding sheep to subsidize the family’s meager income.

On February 11, 1858, 14-year-old Bernadette, his sister, and a friend named Jenny went to collect firewood. The three of them came to the foot of the Massabier Mountain and planned to collect branches in front of a cave. There is a cave in front of this cave. In a small river, both my sister and Jenny crossed the river directly. Bernadette was afraid of getting sick, so he chose a place where the water was relatively shallow, and then took off his shoes and socks to prepare to cross the river.

  At this time, she heard the sound of the wind, but the surrounding trees did not move, only a rose in the cave behind her was blowing in the wind. Then a beautiful woman bathed in shining light appeared. The woman was wearing a white veil, a blue belt around her waist, and a yellow rose on each foot.

The beautiful woman was still wearing a rosary. She smiled and stretched out her hand as if inviting Bernadette, but she never said a word. Bernadette was fascinated by the woman, and the woman disappeared 15 minutes later. , And apart from Bernadette, neither her sister nor Jenny saw her.

Three days later, on February 14th, Bernadette and another sister and other friends came to the cave entrance again. She saw the mysterious woman again, and no one except her saw it. .

  The other girls saw Bernadette in a daze. They knelt on the ground and prayed. After not getting up for a long time, they threw stones into the river and made the sound of "plops" to relieve her.

  Later, Bernadette came alone, and every time he met the mysterious woman, the woman told her to hold on for two weeks. Bernadette believed her, but her parents stopped her because they thought that Bernadette was lying, but some people believed that what she said was true. They thought that Bernadette saw Maria.

  On February 19, Bernadette went down to the cave accompanied by his mother, along with the doctor in the town. The doctor wanted to judge what happened here based on scientific investigation.

When Bernadette was talking to the woman, the doctor checked her and everything was normal, but this time after she recovered, the doctor asked her why she was sad for a moment, and she even shed tears. Bernadette said, "Because that woman Look into the distance with sadness and say, pray for those poor sinners and this turbulent world."

  This incident was later passed to the police, who frightened Bernadette and wanted to lock her up. Because of fear, her father promised that the police would prohibit his daughter from going to the cave in the future.

Bernadette still had to go to school properly, but when she got to school, she couldn't help but go to the cave. In the end, her father did not object to her. At this time, there were more than 200 people watching her. Later, Bernadette met again. When that mysterious woman, the other party asked Bernadette to take a sip of spring water and let the spring water wash his body. But there was no spring water outside the small river from the surrounding caves, so Bernadette had to use both hands to dig a hole in the ground under her feet. When she dug a small hole, the spring water emerged from the ground and the spring became a spring.

  A few days later, Bernadette met a mysterious woman. The woman asked her to find a priest and asked her to build a church in this cave. And this place is also known as the holy place of recuperation, the cave of Lourdes.

Bernadette became a true nun in 1866. The "Holy Spring" of Lourdes attracts 5 million pilgrims every year. Bernadette's body did not rot after his death in 1879, and she was not as dry as a bodhisattva. It was lifelike, as if asleep, and the muscle fibers were still soft and strong. She lay there peacefully, lying there for more than 100 years, as if she would wake up at any time.

   "I've heard of this nun." Gon Saiyi said, "Some people say that her body has been saponified, and she doesn't look decayed because we saw a mask made of wax."

  Severus did not respond.

   "Snape?" Gonsai yelled again and patted him on the shoulder.

  Severus looked at Gonsey as if he had recovered.

"are you fine?"

   "It's empty inside." Severus looked at the crown in the coffin and said, "Where is the wax figure?"

   "I think the nun should be in the Pyrenees." Gonsey said.

   "I'm not talking about her." Severus said coldly, "I'm talking about the wax figure Napoleon brought back from Florence."

  (End of this chapter)