The Baby of Mâcon

man's honey harvest. 512 00:36:29,219 --> 00:36:38,625 I bless this work, and may it be fruitful. 513 00:36:46,103 --> 00:36:48,606 [singing] 514 00:36:56,083 --> 00:36:59,019 May this child bless my cows, and you shall have 515 00:36:59,044 --> 00:37:01,427 as much milk as you can drink. 516 00:37:01,602 --> 00:37:04,520 And as much cheese and butter as we can eat. 517 00:37:04,545 --> 00:37:07,662 Bless, brother, this man's cow herd. 518 00:37:07,687 --> 00:37:16,568 I bless this work, and may it be fruitful. 519 00:37:16,991 --> 00:37:21,108 I bless this white cow, and present it to you 520 00:37:21,133 --> 00:37:23,296 for your continued sustenence. 521 00:37:31,523 --> 00:37:34,993 May the child bless me, for I am sick. 522 00:37:35,108 --> 00:37:37,411 What can you give the child as a token of your thanks? 523 00:37:39,106 --> 00:37:40,958 Nothing. 524 00:37:41,823 --> 00:37:45,161 Then the child will bless you, to show you 525 00:37:45,193 --> 00:37:47,279 how magnanimous we are. 526 00:37:47,304 --> 00:37:50,474 Bless, brother, this woman's illness. 527 00:37:50,693 --> 00:37:59,224 I bless this work, and may it be fruitful. 528 00:37:59,982 --> 00:38:03,396 I bless this work, and may it be fruitful. 529 00:38:06,219 --> 00:38:09,689 I might be sick, too. 530 00:38:09,714 --> 00:38:12,517 Bless me, child, so that I may be fruitful. 531 00:38:23,177 --> 00:38:25,163 I do not think of myself, 532 00:38:25,188 --> 00:38:27,190 but may this child bless my daughters. 533 00:38:27,591 --> 00:38:31,639 What can you give the child as a token of your thanks? 534 00:38:31,682 --> 00:38:33,417 Nothing. 535 00:38:33,885 --> 00:38:37,979 The child is generous, but you do not deceive us, 536 00:38:38,004 --> 00:38:40,207 for you have something to give. 537 00:38:40,791 --> 00:38:43,035 You have four daughters. 538 00:38:43,622 --> 00:38:48,843 Two may receive a blessing, and two must go into prostitution 539 00:38:48,868 --> 00:38:50,470 to pay for my father's supper. 540 00:38:51,242 --> 00:38:52,171 No! 541 00:38:52,211 --> 00:38:53,241 No! 542 00:38:53,289 --> 00:38:54,531 No! 543 00:38:54,830 --> 00:39:01,052 And one must lay with my father to keep him amused. 544 00:39:06,874 --> 00:39:11,178 Bless, brother, this man's daughter. 545 00:39:15,189 --> 00:39:18,826 I bless this work, and may it be fruitful. 546 00:39:22,378 --> 00:39:24,881 I-- I bless-- I-- 547 00:39:27,386 --> 00:39:30,786 And one more daughter must enter a nunnery, 548 00:39:30,811 --> 00:39:32,669 to be a companion for Christ. 549 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:34,411 No! No! 550 00:39:34,436 --> 00:39:36,888 I bless this work, and may it be fruitful. 551 00:40:35,103 --> 00:40:38,352 Now you can see just what miracles are. 552 00:40:38,377 --> 00:40:41,680 Miracles belong in the jurisdiction of the church. 553 00:40:41,705 --> 00:40:43,798 So that you can benefit from them personally? 554 00:40:43,823 --> 00:40:47,173 So that people can benefit from them without favor. 555 00:40:47,198 --> 00:40:49,166 The child is beautiful. 556 00:40:49,191 --> 00:40:50,389 Is he not? 557 00:40:50,414 --> 00:40:52,048 Even you can see that. 558 00:40:52,073 --> 00:40:53,375 But he's your toy. 559 00:40:53,737 --> 00:40:55,412 And you are his mouthpiece. 560 00:40:55,437 --> 00:40:57,539 He is God's mouthpiece. 561 00:40:57,642 --> 00:40:59,377 Where is the child's mother? 562 00:40:59,564 --> 00:41:01,499 You are so like his mother. 563 00:41:01,524 --> 00:41:03,041 So, where is the child's mother? 564 00:41:03,066 --> 00:41:05,100 You are so like his mother. 565 00:41:05,125 --> 00:41:07,127 And where is the child's mother? 566 00:41:07,224 --> 00:41:09,092 You are so like his mother. 567 00:41:09,171 --> 00:41:10,973 I am his mother. 568 00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:13,665 You're not married. 569 00:41:13,742 --> 00:41:15,411 Who, then, is the father? 570 00:41:15,599 --> 00:41:17,067 It was a virgin birth. 571 00:41:17,092 --> 00:41:17,927 Ha! 572 00:41:17,952 --> 00:41:19,155 Impossible. 573 00:41:19,180 --> 00:41:21,315 My dear, your naivety excels your pride. 574 00:41:21,553 --> 00:41:24,389 The Christ child was a virgin birth. 575 00:41:24,637 --> 00:41:25,872 It can happen again. 576 00:41:25,897 --> 00:41:27,932 There is no such thing as a virgin birth. 577 00:41:27,957 --> 00:41:30,159 She is a virgin. 578 00:41:30,184 --> 00:41:32,521 Then this cannot be her child. 579 00:41:32,862 --> 00:41:34,958 Why not? It has been known. 580 00:41:34,983 --> 00:41:40,256 Not for 1,600 years. 581 00:41:40,281 --> 00:41:42,884 Examine me. 582 00:41:42,909 --> 00:41:44,915 And I will shame you. 583 00:41:47,335 --> 00:41:49,504 Are you frightened to learn the truth? 584 00:41:49,667 --> 00:41:53,737 This child deserves mor...