"The Passion"

[MonicaPA]

Deb1,

I am so sorry you are dealing with such a frustrating situation. Your pursuit of the truth should not be hindered by him in any way. If he feels that he knows the truth he should not be so afraid to defend it.
I pray that you discover the truth…you can trust that the universal church that is our beautiful Catholic church is ready to welcome you with open arms.

God Bless,
Monica

 

[Paris_Blues]

I just wanted to ask your guys’ opinion…

It’s been a whole year since I’ve seen the Passion and thought that I shouldn’t see it again (was powerful one time viewed!). But now I’m pondering if I should see it again…what do you guys recommend?

 

[wcknight]

Paris Blues:

I just wanted to ask your guys’ opinion…

It’s been a whole year since I’ve seen the Passion and thought that I shouldn’t see it again (was powerful one time viewed!). But now I’m pondering if I should see it again…what do you guys recommend?

I couldn’t get up the will to see it in the movies, as I often get emotional just meditating on the sorrowful mysteries of the Rosary.

I saw it after it went to DVD. It is a movie that just rips your heart out. I don’t like to weep in public, so for me at home is the right place for watching this.

My one should have to go through such suffering, and for a mother to have to endure watching her Son be tortured is just heart rending. The Passion is by far the most heart renching movie I have ever seen. After experiencing such sorrow, no wonder Jesus placed His Mother in such high esteem such as making her Queen of the Angels.

I don’t think I needed to see the movie to appreciate what Christ did for us. I knew already it was pretty gruesome what he had to go through. However what you read on paper does not have quite the impact of what you see on film or in real life. The movie did this in great detail.

Parts of the movie was very difficult to watch. It would be hard to determine IF the movie would have the same impact if some of the torture scenes are removed or toned down. The reality is, Jesus suffered horribly. The movie only shows a few minutes of it, it went on for hours.

I haven’t decided if I will see it again (at the theaters) or not.

I can see why protestants don’t want their congregation to see this movie. They would gain a new respect for Mary, something they have denied her for so long.

They would have to ask themselves, if Jesus is really God and He loved His mother as most folks do, would Jesus not have granted His mother a fitting place in Heaven as Catholics claim, especially when she had to endure so much during the passion.

Protestants like to think of Mary as only having given birth to Jesus. Afterwards she disappeared. They choose to ignore the fact that Mary was at the cross. How many mothers can endure watching her son get tortured and crucified ???

IF I were God and my mother had to go through this, I would grant her any and every honor I could think of including Queen of the Universe, can Jesus do any less ?

Christ’s Peace

 

[mommy]

When I saw the movie, I had many of the same emotions that everyone here has stated.

I really understood Mary better, probably though I could identify with her, as a mother, and to see her heartbreak at what her son was going through. How do you balance that’s your son with that’s your savior? Too much for my head, I don’t know how she did it. The love between Jesus and his mother was very apparent. I loved it when she went to the ground and put down her head, and it showed that that is where he was in the basement, and he looked up and knew she was there. To me that and when she went followed him with the cross, and when he died, just showed WHY we give Mary a special place.

But above all, what Jesus went through - of his own will was astounding. He bore what few people could have. And he became man and did this for us. He loves Us.

I may just take my daughter to see it next week.

 

[Mycroft]

first of all, the passion is just a movie. nothing more. it did a mediocre job of portraying what is described in the bible. and by the way, its not saying anything new. the bible has had the passion in it for a long time. and if you consider mel gibsons actions and movies before the passion, its not hard to believe that he did it just to make a buck. to me it wasnt way too great since ialready knew the whole thing from the bible and i already appreciated gods sacrifice for us. i still dont get why satan is walking around the whole time holding a baby.

 

[philipmarus]

I stumbled on another Anti-Passion website the other day hosted by some anti-catholics. I lost the link but what amazes me is how these people are grasping at straws. One example:

The website was absolutely foaming at the mouth over the Blessed Mother role in the movie. One argument made was in the Bible when Christ is near expiring on the cross and gives Mary his Mother to John and vice versa (in John’s Gospel), that this was faulty rendering of scripture. The argument was then made that what Jesus was “accurately” doing was looking over John and Mary’s head (Jesus was way up there on that Cross) at the hills of Israel and giving the surrounding Lands to John as his Mother.

Another point of contention was the idea of the disciples of Jesus referring to Mary as “Mother” and another place where Mary says “So be it Lord” and to the Anti-Passion crowd this was Mel’s unbiblical way of suggesting that the work of Jesus needed Mary’s consent. I seem to remember a certain Angel visiting Mary and to say Mary did not have free will in the process is to ignore the Bible. I also think besides Mary being the mother of all christians, one could possibly argue that Mary being referred to as “Mother” might be natural in Jewish culture. Am I wrong on this?

In the nutshell, Sola Scriptura.

 

[deb1]

Wow! THis is an old thread, from before I joined the forum. The church that I attended advised its members not to see The Passion. The main reason seemed to be because Mel was Catholic. This led me to research the Catholic faith, which led me to start attending RCIA!!!

 

[AquinasXVI]

Deb1:

Moreso Jim Caviezel is a devout Catholic as well.

Glad that the Passion has served as your doorway into more of the church. I was wondering how non-Catholics see this movie…you’ve provided the answer. A heart ready to be stretched!

I haven’t seen it for the 2nd time for many of the scenes are etched permanently in my mind. Some scenes flash in my mind throughout the day and especially on tuesdays and fridays when I pray the rosary.

As our pope has said, Be not afraid. Be not afraid of Christ. A lot of Christians are afraid of a humble self sacrificing Christ that dies for them in the now…it’s always in the past tense. But Christ being God has crystalized his entire life in eternity and so all of his actions are present before us in a supernatural way. This realization will explain why Catholics when suffering can say—I’m offering this suffering for Christ, I unite my suffering with his passion.

in Christ,
A.

 

[misterX]

roymckenzie:

Being an atheist defiantly takes either a greater leap of faith than being a Christian or it takes a greater amount of hubris.

The ‘Passion of Christ’ was a movie made for believers and it was a gamble. There was no guarantee Mel would even make his original investment back.

I remeber when i first heard that mel was going to make this movie. I thought “O great what cr**p is hollywood going to make now” unaware of mels now obvious sincre faith. And you’re right it was a massive gamble. critics were saying that it was going to cost a lot of money, and that he was not only going to make with subtitles, but shock horror. he was going to make in a almost dead language. they were all saying this is the end of mel’s carreer, and that it will send him broke. I also recall mel saying that he didn’t care if this movie was the last movie he ever made. well i’m just glad that he had the courage to make it, it says a lot forthe strength of his faith. and ican’t believe it didn’t get one mention at the oscars…Hard to believe that one ofthe highest grossing and most powerful movie in history didn’t get mention at the awards… I wonder how many 'gongs" the da vinci code will get when its made???