Thomas M. Disch
“Disch 27 “Think of the nails,” Alison read aloud, “that pierced His wrists. For Christ was not crucified, we know now, as he has always been represented, by driving nails through the palms of His hands. No, the Roman centurions who did the deed were experienced in the craft of crucifixion. They knew, by trial and error, that the weight of the victim might be too great to be supported by the bones and ligaments of the hands. Those engineers of torture drove the nails through His holy wrists!”
“S...top there,” said Hedwig, placing her bony hand over the pages of the book, a paperback edition of The Mysterious Shroud of Turin by Monsignor Francis O’Toole. “And think, for a moment, that here, just above us, in the reliquarium, we have a relic of that very Shroud, which wrapped His body.”
“We do?” little Janet Joyner asked politely. Young as she was, the girl had a canny way of saying just those things Hedwig Ober wished to hear. Alison had sized Janet up at once as a people-pleaser.MoreLess
“S...top there,” said Hedwig, placing her bony hand over the pages of the book, a paperback edition of The Mysterious Shroud of Turin by Monsignor Francis O’Toole. “And think, for a moment, that here, just above us, in the reliquarium, we have a relic of that very Shroud, which wrapped His body.”
“We do?” little Janet Joyner asked politely. Young as she was, the girl had a canny way of saying just those things Hedwig Ober wished to hear. Alison had sized Janet up at once as a people-pleaser.MoreLess
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