How A cross of a marvelLous beauty arrived in miechocin through the Vistula river

1. How A cross of a marvelLous beautyarrivedinmiechocinthroughthe Vistula river

2. -People, people !! Look what isfloatingthere!...CalledAgata, standing in the water to her waist and pointingher right fingertowards some figure, whowas risenby dirty and roughwaves. - anotherdrowned person! - Shouted someone from the crowd -Save him! Save! – Squeakedsomefemale voices. That day, almost all citizens from Kajmow and Miechocin go to the field rear Vistula, in order to check whether the flood waters fall down. A flood of this year was terrible! Vistula which did not stop yet no shafts, has occurred with its banks far and wide. Not only flooded fields, meadows, but also and most human habitations which were on its way. Many families lost not only their belongings, but also a roof over his head. Many people were taken by disaster to the other "better world". Vistula’srough waves, carried on their backs pieces of houses, household appliances and dead animals. - It's almost like a deluge! For our sins, God punishes us so hard-Stak. For our sins ... - Said the people, and together with the priest, after "in Latin," they cried to heaven for mercy.

3. But God did not answer. Not because he did not know Latin. This disaster wasn’t sent just like that of God's whim. People have neededreflection and repentance, because the righteous path of God coming down astray. They stole, hated one another, they quarreled anddid not live according to God's commandments. In each village was an inn, where he drank himself into a stupor, and of drunkenness were born other grievous sins. No wonder that God's patience has been exhausted. Thats true that fire and brimstone - as in Sodom and Gomorrah - is not dropped for the land, but enough for a few weeks torrential rain, the river began to swell and spill out as drowing everything on their way. Maybe just this flood aware of people that sitting in the tavern with vodka, they shouldget down to sprinkle of river embankments. - Help! Help! - Terrified women screamed when the body of "drowned" looked by Agata , swam closer.Theysilent, as suddenly as suddenly they began to scream. Indeed silenced all those who came to look at the Vistula. They wre quiet because on the rough waves they saw the Jesus. Cross, to which he was nailed, hung Him like a raft. Crown of Thorns, even though it tores by the waves, did not drop of his head. You can see it has been hardnailed ...

4. -In the name of the Father and the Son! ... - The first Agatha said and crossing themselves, started drifting the cross. She did, however, just a few steps and stood in the place. She could not swim. At this point, several men rushed into the water and flowed toward the cross. They grabbed him tight and sailed with him on the edge of the hill, who missed the flood. Now the whole crowd moved in that direction. - What is the cross? Where are we swimmingfrom? - Wondered aloud. - Jesus, from which churchareyou?- Explicitly asked Agatha, who had already managed to bend to join the crowd on the cross. But Jesus was silent. Half-closed eyelids did not even flinch, not parted lips. He lay dead, tortured, indifferent to everything happening around. - We needcarry the cross for the church - told him, the one.- Well, let's get to work! - Added by someone else and I will soon raise the cross on the ground and on it, like in dreams, moved to the church of Jesus in Miechocin. Cross was a big, heavy. Jesus is nailed to it, yet the weight was increased.When the priest saw through the window this extraordinary procession, immediately ran to the rectory.

5. - What kind of cross? Where did you havefrom? - Inquired, surprised. - From the Vistula we caught it - people responded. - Sail like a raft like on thewave.- Beautiful sculpture! - Found in the priest bowing of Jesus nailed to the cross. In art he knew little. In Krakow, he was educated, there is a lot of churches, and therewere many sculpture withshortage of unique charm. So beautiful crucified a priest in Krakow, however, hedid not even seen.- The Italian Job! Italian great job! - Repeated over and over and stroked his hand of Jesus, dead, wooden body.- In our church put the cross in the main altar - and decided to go after the keys to open a church. It's been a few good hours before the cross hung above the altar. When the job finished, we all fell to his knees and began praying loudly.- Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy and immortal, have mercy on us - repeated his mouth and heart.

6. Sunshine came into the temple by a heart-shaped stained glass window located behind the cross. In the light of a wooden sculpture seemed revived. People seemed that Jesus twitched his eyelids and parted lips. Devoted themselves to prayer, begging God for mercy.How to sail with the cross? From which the Church seized him and brought great water up here to Miechocin? ... Nobody knows to this day.- Does it matter whose hand chisel, this Jesus? ... Probably not - people say. - Sail, he apparently wanted to live here ...

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