LIV
SHYSTERS OF GRACE

Discussions taking place in the refectory:
“The offering loaf is blacker every day…”
“It looks like the acorn from a gall-oak…”
“This is what’s become of the offertory!”

“It is a well-known decree of God,
when we insist on the best quality wheat,
He will punish us for our gluttony.”
“Purgatory must be in bankruptcy!”

“…and so now the Church is in ruin”
“Every day the faithful become more obstinate…”
“It is useless that we sing holy, holy, holy

because in times of impious democracy
the flock gets used to freedom
and cannot tolerate shysters of grace.”