The Message of the Bells
In a Catholic city in a Catholic country the bells of countless churches peal out their messages not simply on Sunday but every day of the week. Most of the population of Morelia probably lives within walking distance of a church and most probably wake at least once a week to the insistant clamor of bells. Probably too, most citizens understand the message the bells are trying to convey. To someone unaccustoned to the culture however, the message is confounding since the often repetitive ringing doesn´t seem to signal the passage of the hour exactly nor occur at any specific time but rather seems to be issuing a long demanding appeal to the city´s citizens to wake up, pay attention, come to worship or if you´re so lost in sinfulness that you won´t come to church, at least consider the source of this voice and consider the rewards of renunciation.
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