Sentences with phrase «sacred relics from»

While trying to sell the horse, a monk offers him a packet of magic beans — sacred relics from the story of the prologue — for the horse so that he may escape the treacherous Roderick (Stanley Tucci), who is engaged to Isabelle and has diabolical plans.

WHAT: Self - proclaimed biblical archeologist Don Verdean (Sam Rockwell) is hired by a small - town pastor (Danny McBride) to dig up sacred relics from the Holy Land in order to boost attendance at his church.

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Marguerite Périer, Pascal's niece, was cured of a fistula lachrymalis on 24 March, 1656, after her eye was touched with this sacred relic, supposed to be a thorn from the crown of Christ.

Both of these come from a time when rural or underfunded churches and monasteries could get support and funding from the Church if they could demonstrate that they have some sacred relic to maintain.

Over the years Pu - erh has garnered a committed following amongst tea connoisseurs who regard it as a sacred relic leftover from ancient tea cultures and traditions.

Hired by an ambitious small - town pastor to find sacred relics in the Holy Land, a self - proclaimed Biblical archaeologist comes up short and his attempt to cover up his failure fuels a comic conspiracy from the filmmaking team behind Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre.

He will explore a range of themes connected with notions of craftsmanship and sacred journeys — from shamanism, magic and holy relics to motorbikes, identity and contemporary culture.