The goblet assumes the role of a true disciple of Christ, as he is described as a rearing lamb as he falls before the Virgin Mary. Christ was often represented as a shepherd ready to lay down his life for his sheep. This serves as an additional connection for the goblet between Christ and his mother, the Virgin Mary. While the goblet performs its rites, he does not notice that the Virgin Mary comes to bring him peace four times in the story under the gaze of the monk and the abbot. Since she did not appear at the goblet, and yet the monk and abbot could see her, her presence could be seen as a reminder of how monastic individuals can be absolved. The monk recognizes this, because he is “filled with shame, since God had manifested his pleasure in the service of his poor fool”. He understands the failure of his own faith, since he does not worship the icon directly, but sings above it in the choir. In fact, the Abbot seems grateful to the goblet for bringing so much worship to their monastery. Once the goblet dies and is taken to heaven in the womb of the Virgin Mary, its body becomes a relic in the monastery. This story would then have been told to the members of the monastery in order to encourage them to reach the level of faith displayed by the