Pope Francis meets actor who plays Jesus in ‘The Chosen’

Roumie noted that mountaineering the Holy Stairs became one of the most "spiritually potent experiences" that he had in Rome. The marble stairs, commonly used in Rome as the 'Scala Sancta', were dropped at Rome by means of St. Helen within the fourth century and are believed to be the stairs trod by Christ on the day of his trial and dying.

"Going up the steps on my knees … and going to the chapel of the relics became simply overwhelming," he mentioned.

For Neal Harmon, the CEO of Angel Studios, the distributor of "The Chosen," some of the highlights of his time in Rome was the Scavi Tour, a tour of the archaeological excavations underneath St. Peter's Basilica that unearthed the bones of St. Peter himself.

"There changed into simply so a whole lot historical past in that adventure," Harmon mentioned.

Roumie also made an extra pilgrimage to St. Padre Pio's tomb within the Italian city of San Giovanni Rotondo, a 4 hour drive far from Rome. 

He observed that he has had a personal devotion to St. Padre Pio for a few years that deepened all the way through the pandemic as he prayed with others by the use of livestream on social media.

"final year, I started praying online, live Divine Mercy Chaplet in the beginning of the pandemic. … That went on for forty days, and in that time, someone sent me a ebook of prayers," he said.

St. Padre Pio's "dwell with me" prayer turned into blanketed in that e-book of prayers, and Roumie said that he became so moved praying it out loud for the first time via livestream that he might barely get through it.

through his position in "The Chosen," Roumie stated that he has tried to agree with "how may Christ have skilled joy, happiness, unhappiness, anger, and solitude."

For him, he says the challenge is, "how can i event the most ostensible qualities of God love, mercy and compassion? How am i able to prolong that to individuals within the scene?"

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the first season of "The Chosen" concentrated on the initial meetings between Jesus and his first disciples, together with Simon Peter, Matthew, and Mary Magdalene. The second season's preliminary episodes tackle Jesus' transforming into repute and conclude with the Sermon on the Mount. The production group is presently getting ready for a 3rd season of filming for what they hope to be a seven season collection.

"there is been some glimpses into the righteous, holy anger of God, however I have not needed to go to that region yet where we're flipping tables. So I consider it really is going to be definitely interesting," he referred to.

Roumie spoke of he always tries to see "how God matches into the life of the character" that he is playing, even if it is a British heroin addict like he played closing year or the Son of God.

"The Chosen" series is accessible for free of charge through an app for iOS or Android systems, or throughout the site of VidAngel, its distributor. 

via its streaming app, which offers the demonstrate with greater than 50 language alternatives, the collection has constructed up a world audience.

"We've considered americans who have expressed their gratitude in China, and who've expressed gratitude in each nook of the world as a result of they someway came across the demonstrate," Harmon talked about.