But this time he will not leave his holy vessel.

The vases she and the other woman hold are symbols of Mary's role as a holy vessel.

(4) The holy vessels and other ornaments of the Church may not be expended by the clergy for themselves, nor sold, etc.

The holy vessels reminded him that she too had come.

"Lord Ancellius, take this holy vessel from me, for my sins make it too heavy to bear."

But to me they was holy vessels.

"But who has stolen away the holy vessel?"

In 1620, soldiers stole the holy vessels.

You would have us give up our holy vessels so the metal in them can be put to secular use?

I thought that holy vessels were reserved for holy things.