At the opening ceremony of the Church of Our Lady, after telling everyone about the reasons for choosing Jinan as the founding site, Luan Yi explained the "Holy Mother Sutra" to everyone, but he no longer paid attention to those historical contents when he explained the scriptures, because this part of the content has been roughly told by the servants of the gods to the people who have recently participated in the ceremony. Luan Yi's emphasis is on the relevant moral and ethical aspects.

"I believe that all of you here have received the Sutra of Our Lady." Luan Yi shook the brand-new Sutra of Our Lady in his hand and said, "Please turn to the fifth page, the eleventh and twelfth sections of the eighth chapter." ”

As soon as Luan Yi's words fell, the servants in the audience got busy, teaching everyone who came to church for the first time how to consult the Holy Mother Sutra, telling them that the lower left corner of the page on the left side of the Holy Mother Sutra and the number marked in the lower right corner of the right page is the page number. The darker line of text in the text is the chapter heading, and the bold number in front of it is the chapter number. In addition, in the body of the chapter, there is a number circled in parentheses at the end of each sentence, which indicates the sequence number of the previous sentence in the chapter.

They explained that the reason for this arrangement was to make Bible study easier and more convenient. Just say that page, which chapter, which section, and you can immediately turn to it.

Everyone took the book and tried it, and sure enough, as the servants of the gods said, it was very simple. Secretly guessed, this ingenious idea must have been given to the Ziqi Sect Master by the Master Mother Professor, and it was really magical.

They even thought it would be nice if other subsets of scriptures could be printed in the same way!

After a while, Luan Yi saw that everyone had turned to the eighth page according to what he said, and then he recited aloud: "Whoever is willing to give, his deeds will be recorded in the book of heaven, and on the day of his death, he will step into the door of heaven." There, the mistress would reward him with several times the amount of gold, silver, and land he had given for his merits. ”

In the course of thousands of years of national civilization development, religion has always been in the embarrassing position of being a passing guest. People walk through the temples and pray to the gods of Buddhism, Taoism, and Taoism, which seems to be pious, but in fact, there are very few people who really believe in the gods wholeheartedly!

True faith is essentially more about the pursuit of giving, and most of the people who have believed in Buddhism and Taoism in Chinese civilization since ancient times do so to demand returns. They spend dozens of yuan to buy a stick of incense and send it to the gods, in order to let the gods protect him or help him tide over difficulties, which is a kind of covetous giving, and they are eager to exchange those tens of dollars for benefits worth thousands or even tens of thousands. They are not intrinsically loving the gods they believe in, but themselves.

Therefore, the Chinese nation has been a nation without faith since ancient times. If a belief is forcibly added, it is a moral system based on Confucianism, however, morality is illusory, without any binding force, whether it is to abide by morality or to violate morality, there is no clear precept to reward and punish.

Religious belief is different, it is the product of the materialization of the moral system. It binds the world with the help of canons established by the gods and in line with the core values of society. If people obey the rules, they can ascend to heaven or to bliss forever. If you violate the canons, you will go to hell and enter the underworld for eternity......

Therefore, the lack of faith means a lack of loving devotion. This is one of the inferior characteristics of the Chinese nation. This is also the reason why there are so many wealthy people in China in later generations, but the annual charitable donations are only a small one. People would rather keep large amounts of money in banks than give them to the poor who need them, because giving money will not benefit the vast majority of people, and at best it will gain a good reputation. Fame is false, and with the development of the times, people are becoming more and more pragmatic, and for them, a good reputation is of no use.

Religious people are quite different, and this is especially true of Christianity. After the dedication, you will not only gain fame, but also the opportunity to ascend to heaven. And the money he gave will not be wasted, but will ascend with him to the kingdom of heaven and become his wealth in the kingdom of heaven.

This is also the reason why so many people in Europe and the United States are willing to invest in philanthropy.

Luan Yi is deeply aware of the importance of religion to philanthropy, and at the same time, he also clearly understands that philanthropy, as a redistribution of income after taxes, is of vital significance to the prosperity and development of society.

Therefore, on the first day of the opening of the church, the two major contents of "dedication" and "charity" were explained to the public as the core contents. It is constantly emphasized that only those who are philanthropists can ascend to heaven.

After talking for more than an hour, Luan Yi's mouth was dry. I couldn't help but think of Xi Zhicai in my heart, and secretly thought that if this guy was here, he wouldn't have to give so much strength to make a speech. Besides, this guy has a good tongue and talks about things and things, and if he were the main speaker, the effect might be even better.

However, Luan Yi didn't know that as the bishop of the Church of Our Lady, many things were more convincing for him than Xi Zhicai. Just like now, the people in the hall were all fascinated and shocked. stared at Luan Yi blankly, as if he hadn't heard enough.

Luan Yi's chapped lips said that today's service is done here for the time being, and next Sunday I will tell you about the unity of "believers". After speaking, he raised his hands weakly, stopped the words of the crowd, and said, "Come on! Let's pray to the Mother together! ”

In the audience, more than 20 servants stood up at the same time, closed their eyes, and clasped their hands in front of their chests. The rest of the groups were curious.

Luan Yi also closed his eyes and said loudly: "Master, I praise you, you are the supreme and supreme god, you are clothed with honor and majesty, you are clothed with light like a robe, and you are extravagant like a curtain. Thou art holy God, Thou art hated evil, Thou art lovers of goodness, Thou art light but not darkness, and the light of thy glory always shines within me, and shines on the way before me, guiding me forward. Yes...... Heaven's Gate. ”

"Ah...... Heaven's Gate! More than twenty servants shouted in unison, and then opened their eyes. The rest of the spectators also shouted, "Ah...... Heaven's Gate! ”

"Good!" Luan Yi nodded again and again, "Next, please invite the choir to the stage." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw that among the more than 20 divine servants, Xiao Wu, Xiao Bai, the singer Yinglian, the pianist Wang Bo, and the master Zhang Xu took the stage one after another. More than a dozen servants entered through the back door, bringing musical instruments with them.

The choir of twenty-five people, including five musicians and twenty chanters, packed the high platform.

With a crisp sound, the notes slowly rippled through the hall. The lead singer Sakura Lotus opened her lips slightly, and took the lead in singing: "Our Mother in heaven, may all men honor your name holy, may your kingdom come, may your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth, as walking in heaven, and our daily bread, given to us today, forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debts, and do not let us be tempted, but deliver us from evil, for the kingdom power and glory are all yours, forever, and ever, and ever." Heaven's Gate! ”

A hymn that Luan Yi had heard in the Christian church in his previous life flowed out like this. The novel melody, melodious syllables, coupled with the murals, statues of gods, and the content of Luan Yi's speech today, make people instantly experience a strong sense of sacredness.

So, when the chants were sung in unison by all the choir members for the second time, some of the spectators involuntarily sang along with the tune. One person sang along, the group followed suit, more and more people sang along, more and more, and the lyrics sung became more and more uniform from the initial noisy and chaotic pace, and the sound became louder and louder. And when it comes to the fourth pass, it's like a trained chorus.

Where did the people in the Eastern Han Dynasty hear the chorus...... What's more, it is a chorus of more than 300 people speaking at the same time...... The loud singing filled the entire hall and struck everyone's hearts. A strong sense of shock and awe inexplicably rose in the hearts of all those present. The eyes that looked at the statue of the Virgin Mary in front of him couldn't help but become a little more reverent.

At the same time, people also clearly feel that the negative emotions such as unhappiness and grievances in life for many years have disappeared at this moment, and are replaced by joy from the heart! They were secretly surprised, but they didn't know what was going on. So he attributed the reason for his good mood to the apparition of the Virgin.

In fact, they didn't know that 1,700 years later, there was a treatment for mental illness called "howl therapy". It means that when you feel unhappy, find an open place and shout loudly to vent your negative emotions, and your mood will improve a lot.

In fact, the singing of hymns by Our Lady is the metamorphosis of the howl therapy, both in principle and in the same effect - that is, to vent the unhappiness of the heart. The difference is that the howl therapy is yelling and screaming, while the Church of Our Lady is singing loudly.

When the song was sung, everyone couldn't enjoy it, and they wanted to sing it again. However, at this time, the choir had slowly retreated, and Luan Yi walked back to the high platform with a lotus hammer, and said with a serious face: "Let's pray together......"

Just when everyone habitually closes their eyes. But I heard a shout from the back row, and the shouting tone was playful, "Sect Master, since the Holy Mother ...... Oh no, Nuwa is so powerful, then she must have boundless mana! As the leader of the Rausch Childrenwa Sect, you should also know some immortal arts. Let's open our eyes! ”

Someone followed, "Yes! It was the mule and the horse that came out for a walk. ”

"I don't know how to do immortal arts, what kind of god is it. Believe it or not! ”

Everyone followed the prestige, and everyone knew the first person in the coax. His name is Zhang Qian, and he turned out to be a gangster who had nothing to do, and later followed the demon Yang Mu and became his number one thug. With some work, all day long in the fish and meat town, all kinds of evil,

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