{"id":805,"date":"2011-04-15T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/04\/for-your-lenten-friday-night-at-the-movies-vi\/"},"modified":"2016-05-23T20:34:12","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T01:34:12","slug":"for-your-lenten-friday-night-at-the-movies-vi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/04\/for-your-lenten-friday-night-at-the-movies-vi.html","title":{"rendered":"For Your Lenten Friday Night at the Movies VI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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Does anyone remember my friend St. Joseph of Cupertino? Well, I wrote a post about him once<\/a> and tonight\u2019s movie is all about him. It is called The Reluctant Saint<\/i>\u00a0and stars Maximilian Schell as St. Joseph.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know about you, but I\u2019ve about had my fill of prima donnas<\/i>\u00a0lately. If you are like me, this film will hit the sweet spot. I like to think of St. Joseph of Cupertino as \u201cthe little saint who could.\u201d No one thought he would amount to anything. Not his mom, not his priest\/uncle, and most assuredly not his brothers when he entered the monastery.<\/p>\n

But there was something about Joseph that everyone missed.
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Everyone missed it except his bishop, and of course, God. Ricardo Montalban plays the part of a cleric who doubts him the most of all. His character goes so far as to conduct the Rite of Exorcism over poor, obedient, Joseph.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know what became of Montalban\u2019s character, but St. Joseph of Cupertino, who called himself \u201cGod\u2019s jackass\u201d, is in heaven now. I hope to join him someday.<\/p>\n

Have a look at the trailer and then dial up this movie from Netflix<\/i> or watch the whole film on your computer via Gloria.tv<\/a>.\u00a0<\/i>But please watch it\u2026you\u2019ll be glad you did!<\/p>\n