What scene from the Passion was the one that?

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Toni:
What scene touched your heart and made you really realize how much Christ suffered for you as a individual, not as a whole community of people?
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One of the last scenes of the movie, when Jesus was laying in his mother’s arms and Mary looked directly into the camara…directly at me. I even knew it was coming but I was not prepared for how it would hit me. I felt so convincted, felt such a personal responsbility for what Jesus had endured. My sins put him on that cross and he had done all that for me. I sobbed for an hour and all I could do was repeat the words “I’m so sorry” over and over again in prayer.

In Christ,
Nancy 🙂
 
Like many, I was moved by the scene of Mary and the fallen Jesus. I found many of the scenes between Mary and Jesus to be touching. It was as if at his lowest moments, the human nature of Christ was strengthened by his mother.

One scene that pointed that out to me and that wasn’t mentioned was when Jesus was first arrested and placed in the cell in chains. Mary stops on the road above and places her cheek against the ground. The camera pans down to the cell below where Jesus is alone. He senses his mother above and looks up and you can almost feel him receive strength from her.

Just one great scene from a very moving film.

Blessings.
 
That scene really got to me too…it was by far the most touching. I don’t cry at movies…ever, but that scene brought tears…and no matter how many times I watch it…it still brings tears.
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martino:
After Jesus falls and Mary runs to him and tell him that she is there for him, and he says, “See, I make all things new”. That may not be verbatim but its pretty close to what he says. Right when He says that the music intensifies and it brings both tears and goosebumps every time.
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Audrey:
It’s really difficult to pick just one scene. By the way, another favorite part of mine (although not a part that shows Jesus’ suffering) was in the beginning when Mary finds out that Jesus has been arrested and she says, “Why is this night different from other nights?” That line is part of the Passover Seder that is celebrated by Jews. And it was actually at the Passover Seder that Christ instituted the sacrament of the Eucharist. Holy Thursday was Jesus celebrating Passover since he was a Jew. I was Jewish for 17 years (the middle 17 years of my life - a long story told in another thread), and it really brought things together for me even more so than they already were when I heard Mary say what every Jewish child says every year at their Passover Seder, “Why is this night different from all other nights?” That was very powerful and I think it would be very powerful for Jews who see the movie. Unfortunately, not enough Jews will watch it - and the ones who do will not really get the right message because they’ll be so caught up in whether or not Christians are “blaming” them. But that is also food for another thread . . . .
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What amazes me even more, if at all possible, is knowing before I went into the theater that Maia Morgenstern (the actress who plays our Blessed Lady) is, herself, Jewish.

So, as the head of her own household, she herself says those words that the Jewish matron of the family says each and every year at the Seder meal.

At one of Raymond Arroyo’s interviews on EWTN I found out that she has not converted to Christianity. I hope that one day that she will. Many folks converted to Christianity or had their own faith intensified while working on the movie.

I know for sure that MY faith has deeply intensified… and I didn’t ever think that was possible. It’s just so indescribable what happens when I open up further to God.
 
The one scene that really punched me in the gut, was the scene in which St. Peter realizes his denial of Christ. He denies him three times, then makes eye contact with Christ. The horror and sadness portrayed on his face just totally devastated me. It was like holding a mirror up to my soul, showing every thing I’d done to betray my Lord. That was when the tears began to flow for me.
 
Veronica Anne:
What amazes me even more, if at all possible, is knowing before I went into the theater that Maia Morgenstern (the actress who plays our Blessed Lady) is, herself, Jewish.
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Not only is she Jewish, but her name means, literally, “Mary Morning Star”.

Cool.
 
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martino:
After Jesus falls and Mary runs to him and tell him that she is there for him, and he says, “See, I make all things new”. That may not be verbatim but its pretty close to what he says. Right when He says that the music intensifies and it brings both tears and goosebumps every time.
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“Behold Mother, I make all things new” :crying:
 
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dumspirospero:
That scene really got to me too…it was by far the most touching. I don’t cry at movies…ever, but that scene brought tears…and no matter how many times I watch it…it still brings tears.
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I really feel you Dumspiro…I walked out with tear stained cheeks…how hardcore is that???
 
There are so many touching scenes, it’s hard to choose!

I was very touched when the Roman guard pierced Jesus’ heart and the blood and water was sprinkled upon the guard. In opening Jesus’ heart to shower us all with His Love and Mercy, the guard’s heart is also opened to receive Jesus. Even in His death, Our Lord continued to forgive and love!
 
At the end of the movie, Satan realizes he lost…that for me, created such a feeling of victory (and relief).
 
I’m not Jewish—I’m a Protestant converting to Catholicism, but when Mary asked, “How is this night unlike other nights?,” I just went, “Wow!!! Mel really knows what he’s doing.”

The movie really made Mary real to me, made Mariology so very understandable at last.

The weird thing for me was that the Crucifixion was almost anti-climactic for me because I’d already had my most emotional moment during the scourging. There’s a point after Jesus is untied and falls onto the pavement, and then is flipped over onto His back. He looks directly into the camera, supposedly at Mary, but for me it was like He was looking directly into my soul, asking me, “Why are you doing this to me? Why do you keep doing this to me?” That was what tore me up the most.
 
+JMJ

I must say the scene that hit me the most was the scene where He meet his mother greaving and then he lifted up the Cross and said to her “You see mother I make all things a new!”

Pax Te Cum,
Michael
 
Yep…when he falls and tells Mary… he makes all things new…WOW!!! :eek:

If an Academy Award can be given out just for SPECIFIC SCENES …THAT would be (IT)!
 
As a cradle Catholic, suffering on the cross has been implanted into my head all these years, but after watching the movie 3 times, the scourging was defintely the scene that hit home for me. I could not and still cannot fathom how any individual could hurt another like that. Its amazing that Jesus lived through the scourging then have a crown of thorns nailed into his head, and to go on and carry a cross for miles and miles, and then to get nailed to a cross only to live even longer. Jesus has made the ultimate sacrafice for our salvation.

Puppy
 
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puppylove:
As a cradle Catholic, suffering on the cross has been implanted into my head all these years, but after watching the movie 3 times, the scourging was defintely the scene that hit home for me. I could not and still cannot fathom how any individual could hurt another like that. Its amazing that Jesus lived through the scourging then have a crown of thorns nailed into his head, and to go on and carry a cross for miles and miles, and then to get nailed to a cross only to live even longer. Jesus has made the ultimate sacrafice for our salvation.

Puppy
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Well, Puppy, I don’t mean to sound contradictory but the way to the cross was really under a mile. But to Jesus it could’ve felt like miles and miles. I have been on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem twice on two different trips. It is amazing how people truly do not change. Along the way, there were people shouting and screaming at each other (even amongst the pilgrims), people selling and bartering their warefare when we were praying the Stations, the smell was something else at times, the graffitti (the swastika) on the buildings of hate and prejudice. I thought to myhself, how fitting! But the worst was when we got to the burial place of Jesus, the pilgrims in front of us were really obnoxious and truly pushing their way into the grave. It didn’t matter that there were elderly people beside me or behimd me. They were French from France. Little did they know I understood everything they said. I admonished them in French…I found this behavior so sacrilegious (and this within the Church of the Holy Sepulchure.) It was so bad that the Franciscans threatened to call the police to regain some order. 😦 I never did get in the burial place (I made up for that in the second trip), but I stood totally scandalized, crying like a baby.:crying:

Anyway, as I said it is under a mile. Sorry for the rambling! I certainly agree with everything else you said!👍

Blessings,
Shoshana
 
Wow. There were so many powerful scenes. I agree with those who were touched by Jesus’ telling His mother He makes all things new. One scene I haven’t seen mentioned that really touched me was when they put the cross on the ground, and Jesus, too weak to walk, crawled to it. It just reminded me that He chose to suffer for me every step of the way. It is not as though He chose something and then realized too late He had gotten in over His head. He could have chosen to end it at any time, but He didn’t. The movie did a really good job of showing Jesus continuing to choose to suffer for me, and that scene was the one that stuck out most to me.
 
Apart from the “I make all things new scene.” i also thought the scene where Ciaphas pronounces him a blasphemer and Jesus starts to get beaten and spat at, all you can see is a single tear on his face, the music for that scene is terrific.

Also, where Mary walks away from the scourging and whispers “My son, where when and how will you choose to be delivered from this” showing that the horrific beating Jesus is getting is partly something he wants to do - that, and Mary’s stocisim spoke volumes to me
 
I saw the Passion when it first came out, bought the DVD but havent had the nerve to watch it again. To intense but I will watch it again! The scene where Christ is hammered to the cross and the cross is flipped over so they can bend the nails is the most intense for me as is when they drop the cross in the hole and you can hear Jesus grunt from the pain. Seeing the Devil taunt Mary from across the street was also a defining moment in the movie. The only thing I didnt like is when Mel Gibson adds things to the gospel such as the thief getting his eye plucked out by the raven, why does he need to add to the most horrific true things in the gospel? Anyway Mel Gibson gets a star in my book.
 
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deogratias:
the scourging

even though it is reference frequently in other films, books and the Bible - it was to me the hardest part to witness yet the part that made me realize how much real suffering he encountered.

Perhaps because we have seen him depicted on the cross all our lives, that there was some desensitization about that part, but not seeing him beaten and bloody prior to the actual crucifixion - and the obvious enjoyment of his tormentors - all this made his suffering more real to me.

I have always been aware of his suffering on the cross but not of the beatings and remember during the movie, after they lifted him up on the cross thinking, "thank God (because it was almost over - his physical suffering).

But I also feel more aware now that we continue to drive nails into his hands and beat him with our continuous sins for surely this makes him suffer spiritually and we cry out that we are sorry we and he continually forgives us.

Lord I am not worthy.
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Amen!
 
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Path:
I saw the Passion when it first came out, bought the DVD but havent had the nerve to watch it again. To intense but I will watch it again! The scene where Christ is hammered to the cross and the cross is flipped over so they can bend the nails is the most intense for me as is when they drop the cross in the hole and you can hear Jesus grunt from the pain. Seeing the Devil taunt Mary from across the street was also a defining moment in the movie. The only thing I didnt like is when Mel Gibson adds things to the gospel such as the thief getting his eye plucked out by the raven, why does he need to add to the most horrific true things in the gospel? Anyway Mel Gibson gets a star in my book.
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This was a very intense part for me as well since the scene of the crucifix being flipped over was not written in Anne Katherine Emirch’s book that I ever recalled, I believe this came from as Mel said on EWTN the study of how crucifixions were done back then. But the raven I do remember reading in more than one book by the saints.
 
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