Jackie (2016)Movies

“Neither he nor his parents sinned, but this man was born blind so that the works of God may be manifest in him.” The story of the man born blind from the Gospel of John as retold by Jackie Kennedy’s priest encapsulates one of the most poignant morals in the new film Jackie. It is recounted at a seminal moment of the film while the first lady finds herself in the throes of grief after her husband’s assassination. It illustrates the inspiring lesson that weak and fragile people are often propelled into tragic conditions to manifest heroic virtue and model humanity’s resilience. Surely, we would not recall the man born blind from the multitude of paralyzed people in history had Jesus not manifest Himself in the man’s miraculous healing. Likewise, Mrs. Kennedy...