[2Jedismom]

Good morning everyone

Saw The Passion last night.

First, the theater was absolutely packed and there were television crews there, but no protesters that I saw...we got there an hour early. My pastor was there and gave me a huge bear hug, which rather startled me, I'm not a bear hug type, generally.

It was extremely worth going to see. I highly recommend it.

What did I like about it? Well, Mr. Gibson seemed to have a way of relieving you from the horror of it using flashbacks to wonderful times in our Lord's ministry on earth...when you thought you just couldn't stand it any longer, Jesus would remember something and you could, during the respite of His memory, laugh even.

Still, it was graphically horrifying...just exactly how I have always understood Crucifixions to be. Many times I had to remind myself to breathe, and found I was clasping my handbag shaking violently.

Being able to relate, I was just crushed by how Mary was portrayed. At one point, I burst into tears, but couldn't let go of my grip of my handbag, so a friend in my homeschool group took my hand and gave me a tissue.

Did this movie make me HATE anyone? On the contrary! My Savior died a horrific death, but before He did, he commanded us to love one another! He even asked His Father to forgive the handful of people that did this to him, because they didn't know what they were doing! I'm not called to revenge. I'm called to love.

And if He can do what He did for me, the least I can do is what He asks.

[RosieCotton]

Thanks for the review, 2J. Your endorsement means a lot to me.

I will be seeing it Sunday, unless I'm not able to get a ticket. I'm thinking I better bring lots of Kleenex.

[HairOfTheDog]

Interesting report back on The Passion 2J!

I still think I am not gonna watch it yet.... but I enjoy reading the discussion about it.

[PurpleQ]

Hello to everyone in the Hobbit Hole. I hope your day has been wonderful.

I, like 2Jedismom, went to see and experience The Passion last night.

As I lay in bed last night 5 hours after the movie, I was still weeping and praying. Now, it has been almost 24 hours and I have found myself taking a deep breath and holding back the tears all day. This morning when I arrived at work and coworkers asked, “So how was the movie?” I was unable to talk about it without crying. It is hard for me to put in to words all the emotions that I feel but I think the strongest is the most sincere love I have ever felt and gratefulness.

As 2J expressed it was not all graphically horrifying, though when it was it was extremely intense. There were moments when the flashbacks gave you comfort in the fact that Jesus was just like us with a mother and a sense of humor.

At some points in the movie, I know that I have never sobbed and wept like that before in my life. My mother was sitting beside me consoling me, asking if I was okay, as if I was the one losing a son. I felt the deepest sense of compassion and pain, as if I was right there beside Mary. As a mother, I felt broken and empty…for her.

Again, like 2J, this movie does not make me the least bit hateful, discriminatory or prejudice against anyone. This movie has truly changed my life. My walk will never be the same.

I highly recommend this movie.

[GulfWar1Vet]

I am going to see Passion tonight...Kind of anxious about it, but curious. I can't describe what I am feeling right now. I have no idea what I will do during the film...