Word: belovedness
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Therese (played with fierce clarity by Catherine Mouchet) was one of four Martin sisters in the convent at Lisieux. The film portrays it as a true community, a beautiful sisterhood. For novices like Therese, every act of abasement is another wondrous rite of initiation into a high-spirited sorority of...
Nor is there anything blasphemous in the gossipy intimacies that Therese swaps with her young acolytes about their love for Jesus. "Fondle him," she advises a friend. "That's how I snared him." Therese dies as she lived, a coquette for Christ, gaily fanning the crucifix on her sickbed pillow...
Oliver North does not seem superstitious, and thus did not take his beloved Navy's 27-7 shellacking by Army as an omen for what the week ahead had in store for him. He attended the grand old game in Philadelphia as the guest of Navy Secretary John Lehman. North...
Ralph: It might be easier to remain single and just hire the help, beloved wife. For one thing, your plumber can't fine you if you develop crow's-feet or receding gums. Unless, of course, his work contract has a life-style clause prepared by Barnett.
Earlier that night, this Father Abraham of the apocalypse had vowed to surrender his beloved son if God would only restore everything to its earlier state of blessed torpor. And come morning, all is restored, in spades. Mama is whining, Daughter is pouting, Doctor is leaving. The world may not...