So much for the weak, lightweight tabernacles we often see back home! Brightly coloured marbled tabernacles in Roman churches are great! It's like a reflowering of would-be flowers for God! Everyone loves the rare, blue marble here! It's called lapis lazuli (stress on the "a" of lazuli). Some ordinandi even like a touch of it put on their ordination chalices. When I see a chalice, I love to read the scrawl on the bottom. Every lucky priest gets a nice ordination chalice, usually from his family. FYI to the family, though, be sure to have the inscription done in Latin!
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