The Sign of the Cross Page #7

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The order of the Empress.

Whip the vermin out!

Our sorrow shall be

turned to joy.

Joy!

I believe!

I believe!

I'm not afraid.

I'm not afraid.

I shall fear no evil.

Not death,

but victory, victory.

Go on! Go on!

Come unto me, all ye that travel

and are heavy laden...

and I will give you rest.

Thine is the kingdom,

the power and the glory.

Get on! Get on!

Blessing to man,

our Father's love

Hosanna

Glory to Christ

Glory and praise

to the Father's Son

Dear God is living on earth

Giving us the word

Giving us the faith

Telling us of life

Calling us to love

Glory over the earth and peace

Glory and peace of God

O Lord my God,

why hast thou forsaken me?

Mercy over the earth

and life

Joy for the faithful son

Blessing to man,

our Father's love

Hosanna

Glory to Christ

Glory and praise

to the Father's Son

Dear God is living on earth

I want to live.

Stephan.

I can't help it, Mercia.

I wanna stay in the world.

But try to remember...

I betrayed them all.

I'm sending them all to die...

and I don't wanna go.

I'm afraid to go.

I'm a coward.

The Lord would hate me.

Stephan.

It was only your body

that was weak, not you.

Yes.

Yes, it was my body,

wasn't it?

I tried, but I couldn't.

Get that boy out.

Stephan.

Try to remember his courage.

Look up, trust him.

I do trust him.

I will trust him.

I'm ready.

Mercia!

Stephan, look at me.

You said you loved me.

Don't you want to be

with me always?

Yes, but I...

Then go without being afraid,

believing in him.

I'll be out there in

a little while to go with you.

Yes, Mercia.

Come on,

get that boy out of here.

I'll be killed first...

but I'll wait for you

if I can...

so we can go to him together.

I'll stand by the door.

And we'll sing.

And then you'll walk on

by yourself...

still singing.

Glory over the earth

and peace

Glory and peace of God

Mercy over the earth and light

Joy for the faithful son

Blessing to man,

our Father's love

Hosanna

Glory to Christ

Glory and praise

to the Father's Son

Dear Christ, why?

Mercia, you can't go

out into that.

Mercia, we must act quickly.

I've brought the way to freedom.

I can save you.

I knelt before Nero.

There's only one way

to escape this horrible death.

He'll spare your life on one condition,

if you'll renounce this faith.

Mercia, do you hear me?

Poor Marcus,

your eyes are tortured.

Oh, come, Mercia, a thousand gods

have been called the true god...

but there is none.

Each one is only a fantasy.

Yours is just a mistaken belief.

Renounce it.

No. No, not this one.

Mercia, if you don't want to live

for yourself, then for me.

I love you. Can't you see it?

I know I told you so before,

and then tried to kill your soul.

I didn't know, I was confused.

I still am, except for one thing.

I know I love you...

beyond all doubt,

beyond all living without you.

Mercia, I...

I prayed last night...

as I imagined you always pray.

I called out to your God

to save you, to give you to me.

He wouldn't hear me because I can't

accept him in my heart.

I tried, but I can't.

So then I prayed to you.

I do now. Oh, Mercia, live.

Renounce your faith.

Live and be my wife.

Live and be your wife.

If you love me, Mercia.

I do, Marcus.

Then don't leave me. Don't leave me.

I love you, Marcus.

Do you know how much?

And yet I can't stay.

Marcia, listen to me. Renounce

your God in name only.

Even though I can't believe in him,

I will respect him.

You'll not lose him, I swear it,

if you'll live as my wife.

No, Marcus, to know that

you love me is all I can have.

Mercia, how can you do this

to both of us?

This is stronger than we are,

much greater than our love.

Mercia, live.

Didn't you see Stephan go out there?

Yes, yes. It was horrible.

I couldn't believe it.

But why should you go, too?

Didn't you hear my promise

that I would follow him?

You must live, Mercia.

No, Marcus,

I must follow them.

Then if you die, I shan't live either.

You must live.

If only because someday

you may know what I know now.

I never will, not without you.

You could teach me to know.

Teach me to...

Come on. You're next.

Excellence!

Oh, Mercia.

Marcus, beloved, someday you'll know.

I can't, I tell you. I can't.

I believe in you,

not this Christ.

Excellence, they're waiting.

Oh, Mercia, tell me.

This is all true, isn't it?

An afterlife and happiness?

Yes.

For me, too? Even I could have it?

Yes, Marcus.

I believe you.

I believe what you tell me.

There, with this Christ,

we could always be together?

Promise me that?

It's true.

Then I want to go with you.

Marcus!

Yes, with you, now.

But it isn't fair to you.

Yes it is, it's merciful to me.

It's some hope. It keeps you

with me, maybe always.

Excellence, the Emperor...

Yes, yes, we're ready.

Come, Mercia.

Why, you're pitying me,

and I'm happy.

I can't believe it.

I'm full of strange hope.

Much happier.

You want me to go with you, don't you?

Yes.

I love you.

Well, come, then.

You'll have to go on

teaching me, leading me.

Sometime I'll know.

But stay close. Give me your hand.

I can't sing the hymn.

I shan't look up either.

I'll be looking at you...

and believing you're my wife.

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