Monastery Brides — İsmail Dumanlar

The monk by the creek had a wooden bowl in his hand He dipped his fingers into the bowl which he filled with water from the creek and sprinkled water on the trees around him with prayers The King who rode his horse up to the monk waited as he thought what to ask The monk said Yes I know You re the king And I a rover ascetic monk who blesses those owned by the King of the Skies in the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit answering the King who was getting ready to ask the questions on his mind I didn t speak I didn t ask How did you know And if you know I m the king why don t you kneel he said Raising his face toward the king the Monk bowed his head with respect and greeted the King Do you think that you are silent my Mighty King while even the trees waters and the rocks speak Besides You are the King of this world My prayers are to the King of the Skies who is your king too But I d like you to know that my prayers are also unfailing for you Henry the King of this world King asked angrily Tell me what I do not know Tell me so that I spare your life But first tell me so I that know Who are you where are you from What importance do my name and my hometown have God knows me and I know God But for you I can say that I m nameless rootless and I m a pauper I m a rover ascetic monk doing God s work The Abbot glanced at the things on the desk and began talking Jesus spent the night in the city Later that night he took Saint Peter and John the Apostle and went secretly back to the shrine On their way back as they passed by a carpenter s workshop with logs in front of it Saint Petrus was thirsty and thought If only we had some wine to drink John the Apostle as if he had heard him thought Even if we did have wine we don t have a grail Knowing it all Jesus went toward a pile of wood He leaned his palm at the edge of a clean cut piece of log and waited Then he looked at the grail in his palm and said Very soon just like this grail has left the log my blood will leave my body and fill into this grail As he handed the grail to John the Apostle he added Give this to Peter so he can quench John the Apostle took the grail from Jesus hand and unable to say anything he gave it to Saint Peter When he took the grail Saint Peter said to Jesus We didn t say anything how did you hear Jesus said Does the soul need eyes to see or a tongue to say I am the one who hears and says who sees and tells Now you will hear me and say see and tell then he turned to the Golgotha Hill and stood for a while

The monk by the creek had a wooden bowl in his hand He dipped his fingers into the bowl which he filled with water from the creek and sprinkled water on the trees around him with prayers The King who rode his horse up to the monk waited as he thought what to ask The monk said Yes I know You re the king And I a rover ascetic monk who blesses those owned by the King of the Skies in the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit answering the King who was getting ready to ask the questions on his mind I didn t speak I didn t ask How did you know And if you know I m the king why don t you kneel he said Raising his face toward the king the Monk bowed his head with respect and greeted the King Do you think that you are silent my Mighty King while even the trees waters and the rocks speak Besides You are the King of this world My prayers are to the King of the Skies who is your king too But I d like you to know that my prayers are also unfailing for you Henry the King of this world King asked angrily Tell me what I do not know Tell me so that I spare your life But first tell me so I that know Who are you where are you from What importance do my name and my hometown have God knows me and I know God But for you I can say that I m nameless rootless and I m a pauper I m a rover ascetic monk doing God s work The Abbot glanced at the things on the desk and began talking Jesus spent the night in the city Later that night he took Saint Peter and John the Apostle and went secretly back to the shrine On their way back as they passed by a carpenter s workshop with logs in front of it Saint Petrus was thirsty and thought If only we had some wine to drink John the Apostle as if he had heard him thought Even if we did have wine we don t have a grail Knowing it all Jesus went toward a pile of wood He leaned his palm at the edge of a clean cut piece of log and waited Then he looked at the grail in his palm and said