Ivan Dragicevic and his wife Lorraine gave me a piece of the true cross. So, the confession was the preparation for the Eucharist. My sin of omission continuously is that I don’t love enough. We have sins of commission, but also sons of commission. I didn’t want the Lucifer to have any control over the performance. Somewhere along the line, I heard that the Pope was going for confession every day, so I thought that I should go for confession as often as possible. Some days I couldn’t go for Mass, but I was receiving the Eucharist. Mel Gibson and I were going every day for Mass together. In preparation, I used all that Medjugorje taught me. Jim Caviezel: The catharsis for me to play this role was through Medjugorje, through Gospa. Mario Knezovic: “The Passion of the Christ” movie, in which you are playing Jesus Christ, is almost finished What was it like to play Jesus? How did you adjust your body and your soul to the body and the soul of Jesus? How was it to be Jesus? Kerri Caviezel: I pray that we are open to wherever Mary is leading us, and that in all the places where we go and to the people that we meet around the world, we may bring these messages. Jim Caviezel: I pray for the peace in the world, I pray for my family and I pray that God may continue to make me follow him, to make me a better catholic and a good husband. Mario Knezovic: What do you expect you’re your stay in Medjugorje and for which intentions do you pray in Medjugorje? I haven’t seen signs or anything, but - I have been a Catholic for my whole life and I had never felt in confession as I felt when I was here. When I came, I knew immediately - from what I was feeling in my heart - that it was real. We were from a mixed catholic community – mostly Croatians and Italians. Kerri Caviezel: I was in seventh grade and our priest showed us a film of the children during an apparition. That became like a beginning of a mission for me – to always pray from my heart. Then, he talked to me about praying from the heart. Ivan told me two things that really hit me: “Jim, man always makes time for what he loves”, and “The reason man does not make time for God is that he does not love God”. She called me to Ireland, I felt that there was a change in her voice, but I wrote it off very quickly, thinking: “That’s good for you, dear, who am I to take away from your spiritual experience?” She said that Ivan Dragicevic was coming to Ireland… I met with him a couple of times, and during an apparition, I felt a physical presence. While she was there, I was filming “The Count of Monte Cristo” in Ireland. Many years later, I met my wife, we got married, and after a few years she went to Medjugorje. They said that it was like the apparitions of Fatima, Guadeloupe, Lourdes, and they quickly said that the bishop said that it was false, so - as obedient catholic - I accepted what hey were saying. Jim Caviezel: I first heard about Medjugorje in 5th – 6th grade. Mario Knezovic: How did you hear about Medjugorje and what does Medjugorje signify for you? Mario Knezovic for Radio “Mir” Medjugorje is the first interview in which Jim and his wife Kerri publicly speak about this movie. Di Noia, undersecretary of the doctrinal congregation: Vatican Members Review of Gibson's "The Passion of The Christ") (More about the film: Interview with the Dominican Fr. All of them expressed unanimous appreciation and approval of the film. Interview: Jim and Kerri Caviezel, and Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” Jim Caviezel, who stars in the most recent Mel Gibson’s movie, “The Passion of the Christ”, has arranged a private presentation of the unfinished version of this movie at “The Mother’s Village” in Medjugorje, on Saturday, December 6th, 2003.ĭuring the same weekend, the film was seen by members from the Vatican Secretariat of State, the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the group that oversees Catholic doctrinal questions.
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