Sacraments In The Lion King

In the year 1994 a movie that many people just viewed it as a great Disney Pixar Movie came out to have a lot more meaning. The Lion king is viewed by many people just as a movie about how a mighty king that was killed by his brother, who is now left to be the ruler. Looking at this movie through the Catholic point of view many people see that the seven sacraments baptism, reconciliation, Eucharist, confirmation, anointing of the sick, holy orders, and marriage. There are many symbols of each to represent the sacraments throughout the film. The first sacrament baptism is a way of welcoming new people into the church's family. The way that baptism is represented in The Lion King is in the very first scene when they were presenting Simba to everyone. Another way to look …show more content…
In the movie Simba was confirmed in vocation at his presentation ceremony. The training he is put through and experiments that test his grace. Simba realizes at the end that he needs to defend home just as for our faith we need to defend Faith, God, and Heaven. Eucharist is the source of the Christian life, Jesus gave himself completely to us. In the movie The Lion King Eucharist is foreshadowed by Timon and Pumba giving Simba food and water when he was starving. Another way that it is represented is when Mufasa made a sacrifice to save Simba's life. Also Pride Rock becomes dead, no food, no water, and no rightful king. Reconciliation has to do with temptation, sin, forgiveness, and healing of relationships. There are four aspects of sins: it is subtle, starts small and grows bigger, distorts the truth, and effects more than just the person committing the sin. When Simba gets tempted, has a guilty conscience, or has to admit a wrong doing that he has done is the movies way of showing reconciliation. The song Hakuna Matana is considered Simba's confessional penance