Blood Communion

The Blood Communion is the Heresy's central sacrament, which replaces or mingles the wine of the Christian Eucharist, with vitae.

Overview

The Blood Communion remains the central mystery of the Heretic faith, God's goodness and power is made manifest in the flow of vitae into the mouths of the unworthy, Here, the glories of the spiritual world stand revealed; for one blessed moment, worshiper, priest and domitor all share the vinum veni, the wine of the vein, Caine's Holy Blood. Once the moment passes, of course, the worshiper has given another piece of her soul to the vampire and to the Heresy.

The substitution of vitae for communion wine can be done openly during Heretical Masses at which all in attendance are knowing (if sometimes unwilling) Heretics. The highest of such Masses occurs on Maundy Thursday (the day of the Last Supper), At such Masses, the familiar liturgical words change and warp: Only the refrain "This cup is the new covenant in my blood" remains the same, Any accidental attendee of such a Mass knows that something has gone horribly wrong well before the cup is produced, although such knowledge accrues slowly and with mounting horror as the truth of the Heretical sacrament sinks home, such stumblers into blasphemy give themselves away not only by looks of disgust or confusion, but by rote recital of the Catholic liturgy, Thus, outsiders almost never witness the True Blood Communion and never report what they have seen if they do.

References

This article is issued from Whitewolf. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.