>
>MARCUS and MARCELLINUS, martyrs (A.D. 286)
their
>feet nailed to a wooden post. The brothers bore their pains with great
>cheerfulness, and sang, "Behold how good and joyful it is, brethren, to
>dwell together in unity." After having been thus exposed for a day,
>they were run through with lances.
>
>Oriens.
>
You know, I could be wrong about this, but it just might have been a full
day's worth of all that cheerful singing that got our boys that final bit of
marytrdom. A cautionary tale, indeed.
jm
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