The words from Psalm 118 «Suscipe me, Domine» (receive me, Lord) are sung by those making
profession as a monk or nun, and the teaching offered here on the nature of vows speaks to anyone who sees their human journey in terms of vocation.
In the end, there were four scenes: A serf's house where the men discussed the tragedy while a mother nursed a dying child; an apothecary's store, where members of the medical
profession debated cures for the plague; a church, where
monks considered causes of the illness while they worked on illuminated manuscripts and where a priest was indifferent to a parishioner's pleas for help; and finally, a central market square where traveling Franciscan
monks declared their beliefs about the plague, flagellants whipped themselves and blamed the Jews, and an old woman went crazy
as she ranted about «the end of the world.»