The Holy Grail

If you click on the title of this posting, you'll see an article that talks about the Holy Grail purported to be kept in Valencia Spain. The Pope is there today to join in a large event in celebration of the family.

It isn't known whether this is the true Holy Grail --- that is, the cup that Christ used at the last supper. But the cup portion is known to be very old and in the tradition of what would have been used at that time. It seems that later, the cup was mounted in the more jeweled bracket and base.

Tradition says that the room where that last Passover meal was celebrated was in a room upstairs at the home of St. Mark. If this is the case, then it wouldn't be unreasonable to think that Mark kept the cup and brought it with him in his missionary work.

Here are pictures of the church where it is kept.

And here is the cup itself.

Regardless of whether it is truly the real Holy Grail, it gives a point of reference to contemplate and pray on Christ's sacrifice which Catholics celebrate in every mass.