Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace - Death

Final scene from movie "Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace"

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• bonhoeffer
• dietrich
• death
• martyr
• christian
• widerstand

[vivascargill]

there was a huge memorial in London right after he died--people were curious that a German was being honored

[EastofForever]

If every Christian was like Bonhoeffer what a paradise on earth we would have...

[Pavlinara3]

DIETRICH BONHOEFFERS POEM, WHICH HE WROTE IN CONCENTRATION CAMP FLOSSENBRÜCK:

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BY PEACEFUL POWERS, TRUE AND QUIETLY SURROUNDED

SOLACED AND COMFORTED WONDERFULLY

JUST THIS WAY I WANT TO LIVE MY DAYS WITH ALL OF YOU

AND GO WITH WITH INTO A NEW YEAR

[Pavlinara3]

BY PEACEFUL POWERS WONDERFULLY COMFORTED

WE WAIT HERE CONFIDENTLY, FOR WHATEVER COMES

GOD IS WITH US AT THE EVENING AND THE MORNING

AND FOR VERY SURE AT EVERY SINGLE DAY.

STILL THE OLD WANTS TO TORTURE OUR HEARTS

STILL THE BAD DAYS OVERWHELM US

OH LORD GIVE OUR FLUSHED SOULS

THE SALVATION, WHICH YOU MADE US FOR

[Pavlinara3]

WHEN YOU GIVE US THE BITTER GOBLET THE, HEAVY ONE

THE ONE THAT’S FILLED WITH SORROWS

WE WILL ACCEPT IT WITHOUT ANY SHAKING

AND TAKE IT FROM YOUR GOOD AND LOVING HAND

BUT LORD WILL YOU RATHER GIVE US JOY AGAIN

A JOYFUL AND BRIGHT WORLD

THEN WE WILL ETERNALLY REMEMBER THE BAD THAT HAS PASSED

AND THEN OUR LIFES WELL BE YOURS FOREVER

[Pavlinara3]

LET WARM AND STILL THE CANDLE BURN TODAY

WHICH YOU BROUGHT INTO OUR LIFES

LEAD US TOGETHER AGAIN IF IT MAY BE

WE KNOW THAT YOUR LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARK

WHEN NOW THE SILENCE SURROUNDS US

LET US HEAR THE STRONG SOUND

OF THE INVISIBLE PEACEFUL WORLD AROUND US

ALL OF YOUR CHILDRENS HIGHEST ANTHEM

[vivascargill1]

bonehoeffer god's beloved servant mrs hamer were agents that  kept us from becoming complete monsters

[sanjosemike]

Even as an atheist, I must admit that to even use the word "Bonhoeffer" in a sentence is to "sanctify" that thought. Bonhoeffer knew only what it was to give, and not to take. He did NOT have to come back to Germany when Hitler took power. He fully knew he might end up giving his life. He accepted that completely.

Bonhoeffer stood against Nazism and Hitler in every way, including by giving his life against it. No more brave person ever walked the earth.

sanjosemike

[youtu33time]

I wish the type reflected the gravity of the moment better....it was more thrown together pizza flyer than elegant and somber. Typography is an art-using it here would have honored this great man in a more noble, fitting way.

[vivascargill]

@Taikun787 i have read that i thought there was a book on which this film was based

[Taikun787]

@vivascargill The Cost of Discipleship