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The only thing remarkable about Gibson is the sources he has tapped for this movie. For years the Traditionals like myself have read and carried the books of Anne Catherine Emmerich and the prayers of St. Bridget around in our pockets and libraries.
The 15 prayers of St Bridget are absolutely remarkable in their vivid descriptions and their divine origin. It seems that the obstinate St. Bridget wanted to know for a long time from Our Lord the number of blows etc. he took during his passion. Catch this:
5,480 blows to his body.
Number of armed soldiers: 150
Wounds to the head: 20
Thorns of marine junks: 72
Pricks of thorns in the head: 110
Mortal thorns pushed into the forehead: 3
Soldiers who lead me to Calvary: 608
The drops of blood which I lost: 28,430
Visitors to the Church of St Paul in Rome can see the crucifix (Sculpted by Pierre Cavallini)above the tabernacle in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel where St. Bridget knelt and received the 15 prayers from Our Lord.
I have said these prayers every day since Ash Wednesday 1992, and I can tell you this: If we are to watch on screen the visions that these prayers evoke, then Jews, heretics, agnostics, reprobates,and every other form of apostate brethren will be affected as never before. Rough stuff for sure, but highly inspirational......
"Pendentis, Pendente Dei verba accepit aure accipit et verbum corde Brigitta Deum. Anno Jubilei MCCCL."
This is the inscription in the Church of St. Paul to commemorate the appearance of Our Lord to St. Bridget.
"PAX"

5,480 blows to his body. Number of armed soldiers: 150 Wounds to the head: 20 Thorns of marine junks: 72 Pricks of thorns in the head: 110 Mortal thorns pushed into the forehead: 3 Soldiers who lead me to Calvary: 608 The drops of blood which I lost: 28,430

Thank you..a wonderful meditation for Lent

He bore our sins and our transgressions a propiation for us taking the wrath of God for each of us..there is no further atonment necessary.

The New Testament never says that Jesus propitiated God. It always says that God supplied the propitiation Himself. He "put Christ forward as a propitiation." God did. "God sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins." (I John 4:10) God did it for us .

"The only thing remarkable about Gibson is the sources he has tapped for this movie."

I'd say it's remarkable that he =did= tap those sources and that he =is= making the movie--and paying for it out of his own pocket.

I admire him for that. I'll never see 26 million dollars, much less use it on a project like this.