| They brought an inmate before the head of the prison
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| And of insane sacrilege, an officer betrayed him
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| «He is accused, he told the chief, that yesterday afternoon in the church
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| He was surprised with a deck lying on the floor
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| And to play in a church that is a holy and sacred place
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| He must be punished »
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| Upon hearing the accusation, the judge tells the prisoner:
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| «Faced with such an accusation tell me, what do you allege in your defense before being sentenced»
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| Listen, Mr. Judge, to my words and judge my actions from there
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| From the long time I have been in this prison, I have not received:
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| Letter, visit, hope or consolation
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| I have always wanted money to buy a bible, but I have never had it
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| My companions, on the other hand, play, lose and squander little with their decks.
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| money they receive from their relatives
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| One day a prisoner who was seriously taken to the hospital gave me this deck
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| Since then my lord took possession of my thoughts
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| To make each card in the deck a passage from the bible;
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| The Lord deck has 365 points as the year has 365 days
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| It is divided into four colors, like four seasons in the year
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| The Ace, the Ace reminds me of God the Father
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| The two, the parts in which the sacred scriptures were divided:
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| old and new testament
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| The three represents the most holy trinity: God the father, God the son and God
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| Holy Spirit
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| The four, the four gospels: Matthew, Luke, Mark and John
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| The five: it reminds me of the five yagas of Christ on Calvary
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| The six, the days that God, our lord, took to create everything in
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| matter we possess
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| On the seventh, the seventh day that he imposed rest after having achieved his
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| purpose
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| The eight, the circumcision of Jesus Christ on the eighth day of life
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| The ninth, the nine months of pregnancy of our Virgin Mary
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| The ten, the ten commandments
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| The eleven, the number of apostles after the betrayal and death of Judas
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| The twelve reminds me of the twelve apostles and this one who is represented by a
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| king
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| It confirms to me that all things are ruled by a single king:
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| God, beautiful and almighty
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| That's all I have to say in my defense
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| Judge me, if I have missed |