Christ the King—24 November 2019 (YEAR C)

Stephen Spielberg’s film A.I. opens in the near future when couples are permitted only one child. Families also have robots, but the makers of these robots have not yet been able to get them to ape human feelings. Professor Hobby develops David, a robotic boy who ‘is able to love’. Hobby’s question is, ‘Will human beings love him back?’ Henry and Monica’s only son is in danger of death. They are selected as David’s first foster parents. They grow to love him until their son recovers and comes home. David is then abandoned, but he spends the rest of the film trying to regain the love he has known.

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