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    1. My favourite story from Holy Week is when Jesus was on the cross and he got thirsty so the Romans dipped a sponge in vinegar, lifted it to Jesus' mouth on a stick, and Jesus took one sip and then straight up died.
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    Like, I like nice wine as much as the next man but dying right then and there because some bad wine has passed betwixt your lips is pure Jesus-as-drama-queen and I love it.
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      Anyway, that sponge touched Jesus so it became a holy relic - the Holy Sponge - and apparently it's in the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Sponge
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        This is the only image I can find of the Holy Sponge.
        oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API