Cabrini(2024)

This film is suggested for ages 13+ and may contain mild thematic content. Biblical themes explored include {"reference":"Matthew 25:40","theme":"Serving Christ in the poor","description":"Cabrini's practical theology is built on Matthew 25: the dying children of Little Italy are Christ, and serving them is the form Christian love takes in her context. The film makes this identification explicit through her speech and action."}, {"reference":"Galatians 1:12","theme":"Divine rather than human commission","description":"Cabrini's refusal to accept Corrigan's authority to send her home parallels Paul's insistence that his apostolic commission came from God rather than human institutions. Her confidence in her vocation transcends the hierarchy that would contain it."}, {"reference":"Isaiah 40:29","theme":"Strength to the weak","description":"Cabrini's achievement of 67 institutions despite a weak heart and repeated institutional opposition is the film's visible miracle: the one with no human strength receives divine resources for the task, her physical limitation the canvas for divine sufficiency."}, {"reference":"Luke 1:52-53","theme":"The Magnificat's reversal","description":"Mary's song — 'he has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly' — is enacted in Cabrini's story: a small, sick woman from a marginalized nationality accomplishing more than the powerful men who dismissed her."}. We recommend parents review content before watching with younger children.