... may be oppressed, persecuted, forgotten and abused, but one day, you are going to be the bride at the big, fat, Jesus wedding." I've had a movie for every other sermon, and if I had one to share in this sermon, it would be the final scene from Kenneth Branagh's wonderful 1993 adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. I only own four movies, and this is one of them. It is set in the beauty of a Tuscan villa, a story of ill-fated love, intrigue and some modest villainy. There is the powerful moment ...
... , there is glory. Literature/Film: Henry V, by William Shakespeare. In this famous St. Crispin’s Day speech, Henry V inspires his troops during the Battle of Agincourt (1415). It emphasizes (especially in the last few lines) the glory that follows heroic suffering. Kenneth Branagh’s rendition of the speech from the 1989 film version is particularly powerful. This day is called the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named, And rouse him ...
