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Hercules - Part 1: Strength and Madness

Hercules - Part 1: Strength and Madness

12 min de leitura
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Even in his cradle, Hercules showed a strength that was not of this world. But the goddess Hera held a grudge against him, and the hero's greatest trial would not come from monsters. This is the story of how the famous Twelve Labors began.

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Perseus - Part 1: The Birth of the Hero

Perseus - Part 1: The Birth of the Hero

11 min de leitura
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A prophecy frightens the king of Argos, and he tries to cheat fate by locking away his own daughter. But little Perseus, son of Zeus, survives the sea inside a wooden chest — and grows up to receive the most dangerous mission in Greece.

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The Holy Innocents

The Holy Innocents

12 min de leitura

After the Holy Family slipped away, Bethlehem was left alone before the fear of a king. The Church has never forgotten the children of that village.

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Saint Maximilian Kolbe - Part 2: The Martyrdom of Love in Auschwitz

Saint Maximilian Kolbe - Part 2: The Martyrdom of Love in Auschwitz

15 min de leitura

In Auschwitz, Father Maximilian Kolbe offered to die in the place of a father of a family. This is the story of prisoner 16670, who answered hatred with the greatest act of love.

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Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus - Part 2: The Little Way

Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus - Part 2: The Little Way

14 min de leitura

Inside Carmel, Thérèse discovered her little way to holiness: not great heroic deeds, but small acts of love. A simple message that would end up changing the world.

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Bellerophon and Pegasus

Bellerophon and Pegasus

12 min de leitura

Accused of a wrong he did not commit, young Bellerophon is given a mission with no way back: to face the Chimera, the monster that breathes fire. His only hope is a winged horse no one has ever managed to ride — and a gift left behind by the goddess Athena.

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Hercules - Part 2: Beasts and Monsters

Hercules - Part 2: Beasts and Monsters

13 min de leitura

A lion no weapon can wound, a serpent with nine heads, a giant boar, and a king hiding inside a bronze jar. In his first six labors, Hercules discovers that strength alone is not enough — he will need patience and cleverness too.

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Perseus - Part 2: Medusa and Andromeda

Perseus - Part 2: Medusa and Andromeda

13 min de leitura

With Athena's mirrored shield and Hermes's sword, Perseus sets out to find Medusa, whose gaze turns everything to stone. Along the way: three old sisters who share a single eye, a princess chained to a cliff, and the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy.

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Theseus - Part 1: The Road to Athens

Theseus - Part 1: The Road to Athens

10 min de leitura

Beneath an enormous rock, a father hid a sword and a pair of sandals for a son not yet born. Years later, young Theseus chooses the most dangerous road to Athens — a highway held by six cruel bandits — to prove himself worthy of being a hero.

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Theseus - Part 2: The Minotaur

Theseus - Part 2: The Minotaur

14 min de leitura

Every nine years, Athens must send fourteen young people to the Labyrinth of Crete, from which no one returns. Theseus decides to go in the place of one of them, determined to face the Minotaur — and a princess named Ariadne hands him a simple ball of thread.

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Sir Lancelot, the Greatest Knight

Sir Lancelot, the Greatest Knight

12 min de leitura

Raised by the Lady of the Lake in a kingdom beneath the waters, Lancelot arrives at Camelot as an unknown knight in white armor. This is the story of the greatest knight of the Round Table, and of what truly made him great.

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The Wise Men

The Wise Men

7 min de leitura

Wise men from the East follow a mysterious star all the way to Bethlehem, bringing precious gifts for the child Jesus: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Along the way, God guides and protects them.

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