"ecce nova facio omnia"

There is a powerful scene in the Mel Gibson masterpiece "The Passion of the Christ". In it, Mary, the Mother of the Lord, runs to her wounded Son who has just fallen for the third time, from the weight of the Cross. There is a flash back to an earlier day when that same son, as a child, is seen playing in the dusty streets of Nazareth and is about to fall. With the tender love of a mother, Mary reaches out to her Son.

Then the viewer sees her hand touch the wounded face of the Savior who looks at her, and through words addressed to her speaks to every human person, from the beginning of time until the end: "Behold, I make all things new."

That scene summarizes the very meaning of the Gospel, and in fact is profoundly theological. It takes the words of Jesus from the Book of Revelation (Revelation 21:1-5) and positions them right within His redemptive offering of Himself in his suffering, Passion and death. It was one of the most powerful moments of the film!