The Bells of St. Mary's

Turner Classic Movies had a lot of old black and white Christmas and holiday movies, so I DVRd them and watched some over my holiday break. On December 23, I watched The Bells of St. Mary's with Bing Crosby for the first time. It was released in 1945. In the ending scene, Sister Benedict, played by Ingrid Bergman, is being sent off to a new position against her will. She loves the school of St. Mary's and wants to be around children, but the Bishop has other plans for her. She has a hard time accepting this fate. Her prayer, asking God to remove the bitterness from her heart, led me to start praying the same thing. Go to the 5 minute mark to see the beautiful scene. 

I love old movies, and this one is on my new list of favorites! I look forward to finding and buying it so I can share it with a faithful friend and fellow movie lover, Rich. Movies have a special meaning for us because our first date was to see the movie, Penelope, after a yummy dinner at P.F. Changs. I'm adding this one to our list of "movies to see" because it started a healing process between us Christmas Day 2013. I'm thankful for movies, but most of all for how God can work through any and everything.