Theme: Jesus among you

Characters:
Sexton
Monk 1
Monk 2
Rabbi
Abbot

Tone: Thoughtful

Setting/Props:
CD or tape of “Chant” by Benedictine monks
Door
Table
Chairs
Large Bible
Monks habits (optional)

Approximate time: 10-12 minutes

Sexton: Good day. My name is Abelard. I am the sexton here at St. Dominic’s monastery. My job is to take care of things. What things, you ask? Why, things like tolling the tower bell, tending to the candlewicks in the chapel, and caring for the details of the cemetery like the burials and the grave diggings. I’ve been a sexton here in this place for almost eighty years now. It’s my job and it’s also my home. Once, long ago, this monastery, St. Dominic’s of Vientia, was such a happy nurturing place ... (fades away)

(Monks in garb laugh, chant, play, and pray. …