Today is the feast of Saint Michael de Sanctis, also known as St. Michael of the Saints, a Spanish Discalced Trinitarian priest, the patron of cancer patients. Michael Argemir was born on September 29, 1591 at Vic, Catalonia, Spain. At age 6, he told his parents that he planned to become a monk and began modeling his life after Saint Francis of Assisi. Michael’s parents died when he was about ten years old. He then served as an apprentice with a local merchant. During this apprenticeship, he continued his fervent devotion to the Lord, especially to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. At the age of 12, he joined the Trinitarian Friars at Barcelona, taking his vows at St. Lambert’s monastery in Saragosa four years later. Shortly afterwards, Michael expressed a desire to join the reformed group of Trinitarians and was given permission to do so. He went to the Novitiate at Madrid and, after studies at Seville and Salamanca, he was ordained a priest. Twice he served as Superior of the...
I would be surprised if the Pope did make a comment, especially after the possibly leaked comment of JP2 on TPOTC.
ReplyDeleteI heard the guy the wrote the screenplay for it the other day on radio and it does seem like they have made a good effort in portraying the Holy Family.
Jean,
ReplyDeleteI'm really looking forward to seeing this too. Everything I have read about it is good.
I think it's fascinating that Mr Bob said nearly the same as me - no kids under 9 (I said 8). Other than that, awesome movie and I hope it will do well! To Jeff - I'm sure you know this, but the writer is the Christian on the project and made sure that his faith in the story came through.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link guys (and girls) and the kind words about my review. I've gotten more hits on this review than almost any single subject I've ever written, that is encouraging considering this is concerning the greatest time in history ever.
ReplyDeleteTell the story any way possible, our God is great.
Mr Bob