@slothrop I probably won't get down to that so the keywords here are: penitence and masochism, blood tears, sitgmata, holy relics, ossuaries particularly Sedlec, martyred saints and folk magic use thereof, Lazarus and the materiality of the upcoming resurrectio carnis, and the fact that the Holy Sacrament of Communion is literally, materially, (not! metaphorically), ritual cannibalism.
plus, you know, the vibes