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(Watch until the end)✨ “SOMETIMES, INNOCENCE IS THE GREATEST MIRACLE.” The Miracle of Marcelino (1955) tells the story…

(Watch until the end)✨ “SOMETIMES, INNOCENCE IS THE GREATEST MIRACLE.”

The Miracle of Marcelino (1955) tells the story of an orphan baby abandoned at a Franciscan monastery and raised by twelve monks, growing into a lonely, imaginative five-year-old who sneaks into a forbidden attic and forms a secret, miraculous friendship with a wooden statue of Jesus by bringing it bread and wine. After Jesus steps down from the cross to accept these offerings, He offers to grant the boy any wish, leading to a sorrowful yet beautiful ending where Marcelino asks only to see his biological mother and the Virgin Mary; Jesus tells him he must first go to sleep to achieve this, and the boy peacefully passes away in His arms just as a suspicious monk witnesses the miracle, leaving the brotherhood to deeply weep over the tragic loss of the child they raised while simultaneously rejoicing at the divine wonder left in the attic. #god #fyp #viralreels #foryou #fyp

(Watch until the end)✨ “SOMETIMES, INNOCENCE IS THE GREATEST MIRACLE.” The Miracle of Marcelino (1955) tells the story…

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Comments

  1. Marek Reyes: this is either going for some deep, artsy vibe or I'm reading too much into an ornate antique cabinet
  2. Yara: never underplayed that connection between the monks and young Marcelino though
  3. Kaurjonas: that shot in the monastery courtyard still gives me goosebumps every time
  4. Ghost Sable: the way it just changes at 2:27 is where i'm getting emotional about this film
  5. Cleo Grant: You've got me wondering about the symbolism now
  6. Lucas: I've seen those oldies but goldies on retro TV when I was a kid, my gran used to watch them all the time

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