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The 2010 French film “Of Gods And Men” directed by Xavier Bueavois tells the story of a small community of Trappist monks who lived peacefully among their Arab neighbours in the tiny Cistercian priory of Our Lady of Atlas in the Atlas mountains near Tibhirine in Algeria, in the closing decades of the twentieth century.
39 When they had finished everything required by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.
33And the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was being said about him.
27and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under the law, 28Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying,
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27and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under the law,28Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying,
21After eight days had passed, it was time to circumcise the child; and he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
19But Mary treasured (“synteres”) all these words and pondered (“symballo”) them in her heart.
15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.’
13And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying,
8In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.
