Seriously Folks.
No matter what religion you are: If you see one movie in the next month, it should be this one :(again if you saw it already)
THE NATIVITY STORY
http://www.apple.com/trailers/newline/thenativitystory/
Every cliche you ever saw or heard of about a bunch of Wise Men delivering gold for a king, Frank-incense for a Priest and Myrrh prophetically for his sacrifice, Mary and Joseph and a baby they named Jesus born in a manger under the North Star (actually 3 stars that aligned that night of his birth for the first time in 3,000 years), the road to Bethlehem on a donkey (and why?) from the village called Nazareth they worked and played in,
a virginal birth announced by an Angel named Gabriel, and living under the delightful
rule of the Romans under King Herod who had a habit of taking your children for slaves or concubines if you couldn't pay your taxes and slaughtering all the babies under 2 just on the chance one of them might challenge his power.....
comes to life in this movie and it all of a sudden all makes total sense.
I don't care who you are, what religion you are, these are historic facts that should be viewed in this interpretive light this holiday season. You will get it. You will understand why this event is celebrated all this month, and what it says for your Redemption and Salvation.
Trust Me, Just Watch It.
[You can get the DVD at the CIC-Catholic Information Center in DC, http://www.cicdc.org/ - I did.]
This is not a Renaissance Airbrushed Painting folks-its the gritty Jewish village story of
a girl who wasn't looking for trouble who met an Angel- and the world has never been the same since.
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