the movie that will make you fall in love with Jesus all over again per Roma Downey. She and her husband Mark Burnett, the producer of Survivor which i learned lately had 2 episodes filmed in Palaui island in Cagayan, Philippines located in barangay San Vicente. my dad's sister auntie Laning lives in Tuguegarao near that island paradise where the survivor film episodes were shot...hmn and everyone told me then that i looked like my aunt Laning, laughs. when immediately after graduating nursing at UST, the government required us to have a rural service of one month after graduation and lo and behold i was assigned to serve in the bontoc province where the famous banaue rice terraces are, together with 2 of my batch mates. there was a small hospital ran by an american missionary married to a filipina nurse so we served in that little hospital perched high in the mountains, i remember the view was terrific. i saw some tourists there, americans and other europeans. my brother came after and together we went to see my aunt and her family. i never knew that they have an island paradise in cagayan then. from manila the travel time going there is 8 hrs, too long ;)
for the solemnity of the lenten season this is the movie to see. i rarely go to the movies but JC and me went to see it on its first day of showing here. now i truly understand that my life's suffering is nothing compared to Jesus. if i hadn't felt it then this is the wake up call. in our lives we think that the world sometimes is unkind to us. sometimes we thought that we could have gotten a better treatment, a better deal in whatever our heart desires. but Jesus was betrayed, Jesus was put to death without even harming a single soul. take loads of kleenex with you for you will really need it if you decide to see this movie. the acting of the Jesus actor alone who is truly a very good looking guy btw, his acting will drain all your tears away and of course the depicted suffering of Jesus as if you are viewing it in flesh and you were there at that point in time... there are people who looked like Jesus, hope they will also act like Jesus, in kindness, humility and goodness...
