The Crossing story
A stressed-out priest is haunted by the sight of a station wagon with a young girl inside that keeps crashing. Directed by: Paul Lynch. Story by: Ralph Phillips.
11 total · 7 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| beating one's self up | major | Father Mark was wracked with guilt about having stood idly by while a woman burned to death in a crashed car. |
| Catholicism | major | The story followed a Catholic priest in his effort to raise the finds necessary to open a children's wing at a local hospital. We saw him working in the parish house, teaching children to follow in the example of Saint Damian, holding a rosary, and confess his sins to God almighty in a confessional. |
| charitable volunteering | major | Father Mark went above and beyond to raise 2 million dollars to build a children's wing to a hospital. |
| coping with stress at work | major | We were lead to think that a Catholic priest was loosing his mind because of too much caffeine fueled work. |
| kindness | major | Father Mark worked himself to to bone to raise 2 million dollars to build a children's wing to a hospital, and he have every appearance of genuinely caring about the children. |
| remorse | major | Father Mark felt guilty about having stood idly by while a woman burned to death in a crashed car. |
| selfless service | major | Father Mark worked himself to the bone to raising funds to build a children wing on a hospitable. |
| cowardice | minor | Father Mark confessed to God that he had been cowardly in not rushing to help the woman in the fiery crashed car. |
| cracking under pressure | minor | We were lead to think that a Catholic priest was loosing his mind because of too much caffeine fueled work. |
| freezing up in a critical moment | minor | Father Mark failed to rush to the rescue of a woman who died in a fiery car crash. |