{"id":7862,"date":"2004-02-24T13:08:14","date_gmt":"2004-02-24T13:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/02\/fr_rob_on_the_passion.html"},"modified":"2004-02-24T13:08:14","modified_gmt":"2004-02-24T13:08:14","slug":"fr_rob_on_the_passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/02\/fr_rob_on_the_passion.html","title":{"rendered":"Fr. Rob on The Passion&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thrownback.blogspot.com\">&#8230;at his blog<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>And it is Faithful to the most profound mysteries of our Faith. I was struck by how Eucharistic the movie is. Not just in the flashback scenes of the Last Supper, but as a whole. I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m giving anything away here because others have written about this, but there is a scene after Jesus&#8217; scourging where Mary wipes up His blood. 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