Promoting the Sanctity of Life and the Sanctity of Marriage/Family/Human Sexuality (5/18/23 update)
Route 60, Golda, & Sound of Freedom - Fabulous Cinema in Summer 2023!
Route 60
My wife and I were blessed to visit Israel in 2017, as well as to see "Route 60, The Biblical Highway," during its limited public viewing:
Much of the world calls Israel's biblical heartland the West Bank, although it is known in Israel as Judea and Samaria. A key highway through this part of the country is the subject of a new film that examines the rich biblical heritage of this road, also known as "The Way of the Patriarchs"....Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo trace this highway that bisects the land of Israel.The 146-mile road connects modern and ancient Israel from Nazareth, where Jesus grew up to BeerSheva, where Abraham lived and now is home to one of Israel’s high-tech centers (CBN News, 9/15/23)
Ancient Shechem, stop number two on the road, in the region of Samaria, is the site of Joshua's altar. Friedman tells the story of Joshua and how he led the Israelites into the Promised Land after the Exodus from Egypt. Joseph's tomb resides here as does Jacob's well where Jesus met the Samaritan woman.Stop number five takes Friedman and Pompeo to Jerusalem, 91 miles south of Nazareth, where there are so many sacred places.... [including] the Western Wall...and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher....As Pompeo and Friedman make their way south of Jerusalem, they stop in Bethlehem where Pompeo reflects on the poverty of Jesus' entrance into the world. Just outside of Bethlehem is Rachel's Tomb. Considered a matriarch of Israel, Rachel was the wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin (Pauline Center for Media Studies, 9/17/23)
After arriving in Tel Aviv, my 2017 Catholic pilgrimage headed to Northern Israel, on a route close to the Mediterranean. When we headed South to Jerusalem a few days later, we followed an indirect route, missing many of the historical wonders of Route 60.
Golda
After turns as England's Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Charlotte, and Queen Elizabeth II, the abundantly talented Helen Mirren is now in the role of Israel's Ukranian-born, American-raised, chain smoking fourth prime minister. "Golda" focuses on the 19 day Yom Kippur War and a subsequent inquiry into Golda Meir's alleged failings in such.
Just by chance, my wife and I saw "Golda" close to the Feast of St Augustine. Largely owing to that great doctor of the Church, we have the often neglected "just war analysis," for assessing armed conflict (See Compendium of the Catechism, 483).
Sound of Freedom
Before the long delayed release of "Sound of Freedom," this crucial film attracted controversy, taking eyes off the hellish crime of the trafficking of children. Why?
(With Congressman Smith in Trenton Recognizing the 1st Anniversary of the Dobbs decision.)
Over the years, I have wondered if some failed to treat human trafficking with proper seriousness because of their prejudice toward U.S. Congressman Chris Smith's long time pro life advocacy....was [that] the ultimate cause that Sound of Freedom did not make it to the screen till 2023? (Catholic365, 7/10/23)
Conclusion
I will bring this to a close with an obvious point. If we want to see quality films (& TV), we need to demonstrate that there is a hungry market!
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Joe Tevington is a proudly orthodox Catholic, a husband since 1986, a dad to two married adult children, a grandpa to two, and a civil service retiree. He is a sign language fluent certified rehabilitation counselor with graduate degrees in deafness rehabilitation, religious studies/moral theology, & Christian counseling psychology, as well as a catechetical diploma and certificates in benefits planning and Catholic social ministry. He deeply appreciates Catholic teaching on the sanctity of human life and the sanctity of the transmission of human life, as well as how they are to inform us in our apostolates and ministries.
On much lighter notes, he fancies himself to be the foremost authority on his native Brooklyn, when it comes to architecture, geography, history, Italian food, Saturday Night Fever, stick ball, stoop ball, or wiffle ball.
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