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The Passion of Christ in Lego

Speaking of things being different with boys, take a look at what two young friends of mine have been up to.

Behold: Christ’s Passion, Death & Resurrection in Lego.

According to their mom, it took Dan & Peter Bernetsky (16 & 14) about 30 hours spread over several weeks to assemble, light, shoot, gather scripture verses and edit the whole thing. They wanted to share the Gospel with their younger siblings and as many friends as possible.

I can offer testimony to its evangelizing power. Our 5-yr-old, who is not naturally pious in the way our older children are (acts “charming” during family prayer time, grumbles about having to go to Mass and rarely has anything “religious” to say) was mesmerized. He hovered close to the screen and anytime anyone did anything mean to Jesus he’d exclaim, “Those are VERY BAD men!” He liked Veronica, though.

Part one is posted. Here are the other installments.
Part two
Part three
Part four
Part five


Comments

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Thank you, thank you, thank you!  I am mom to an eight year-old “LegoManiac” and can’t wait to share this with him.  God Bless these young men for bringing us the story of the Jesus’ last days here on earth in a new and different way.

 

That was excellent!  My kids, lego lovers also, were glued.  My question now is, what lego set(s) did they use?  I’m sure there isn’t a “Jesus” set so they must have used something else but what?

 

In the credits for part 5 they thank their parents for buying all the Legos and their siblings for the loan of theirs…so I’m guessing it’s many sets accumulated over many years.

 

My lego freak of 10, loved it!  Of course it is a bit awkward when Mom cries when viewing too.

 

I am BEYOND IMPRESSED with these boys!  As I was watching it, I was being pulled back and forth between being absorbed in the emotion of these passages, to being distracted in my complete awareness and awe of the WORK and THOUGHT that went into creating this video! Bible research, planning out and building every scene, the lighting, the music, editing of the video…..I am just WOWED!  I’d be impressed with such successful efforts if adults had created this. Never mind 2 teenage boys!  What’s equally impressive is their motivation behind it all. They are examples of great hope for our young people. BRAVO to them both!  I am certain they have a bright future! 
  THANK YOU for sharing!

 

My 4-year old is begging for the next part and the next part. What a GREAT gift for all the little boys out there. Thank you !

 

I recognize some of the lego characters being used.

Character: Lego Person

Jesus:      Qui Gon Gin (Star Wars Episode I)
High Priest: Dumbledore (with chef’s hat)

Apostles: Jedi clothing, various faces
Judas: Darth Maul clothing, unknown face

 

Nathan, someone knows a bit more about Lego mini-figs than he should be proud of smile

 

My boys LOVED this ... and don’t worry, Nathan, they were checking out all the Lego personas as well…they are Legomaniacs w/a grandfather who is only too happy to buy them MANY sets!  ; )  We are going to watch parts 2 - 5 over the next few days…LOVE it (and I emailed the YouTube link to several other fams)!!!!!

 

Maybe I’m not that old, or maybe I have kids that old. You never know…

Or maybe you do. I probably got those Star Wars legos when I was in High School, actually. Sure it’s a bit late for legos, but I still think legos are for all ages. And, of course, I was/am a bit of a nerd.

 

Nathan, you make me laugh! Thanks so much for commenting here at F&F;—I really appreciate your input.

 

Thank you so much for this! Very well done smile

 

This is amazing!  We all loved it!  Even though the story is told in Legos, I was still quite moved!  The boys did a fabulous job, just amazing, with the lighting and props!  Extremely well done.  Thank you for sharing.  We plan to pass this on to many.  My 10 yr old son, Nick, says, “I really liked the part at the end when Jesus rose from the dead and the guard was terrified.  His face was hysterical!!”  Greg, 8 yrs old, “The movie is great!  I have some of the Lego people you used and liked seeing them in the movie.”  God bless you and your family!


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