“Even though the styles of her dresses are the same as earlier, she looks way chicer. That was fun, to show the progression of her growing younger. Her colours are lighter in the beginning, and go darker. In the end, she and Father Paul look like they belong together.” – Midnight Mass: The Art of Horror.
the way midnight mass spent all of seven episodes showing us what faith and fanaticism looks like only to remind us what true faith looks like in the last five minutes of the episode, by showing us the people singing, the sheriff and his son praying at the beach and the monsignor and his love holding their daughter. the way the one who believed that she was the most faithful and righteous while actually being evil was the only one who didn’t make peace with her own death and tried to cling to life with claws and teeth.
they really said faith is not about idolatry, or blind belief, or even a big guy in the sky, it’s about community, and love, and the people who forget that and allow themselves to believe that they’re better than others will find themselves alone in the end.
Heaven was a preacher's spot
In that first church parkin' lot
Her hangin' onto me like a cross on a rearview does
Her eyes were blue, the words were red
On that half pack of cigarettes
At seventeen, that's what hallelujah was
(insp.)
I wonder. how many times did john pruitt's heart jump when sarah called him "Father" for all the wrong reasons? how many times did she notice? how many nights did he sleep alone in his small room, growing bigger and bigger with millie's absence? how many nights did millie close her eyes, feeling the warmth of the man sleeping next to her, and imagine it was john? how many times did sarah watch john staring at her from such distance and notice how the sun gilds his dark hair in the same way it did hers? how many times did he notice it too?
planet of love - richard siken / midnight mass (2021) / doomsday -lizzy mcalpine / midnight mass (2021) / litany in which certain things are crossed out - richard siken