In a small Austrian village by the river, a young priest brings a poem he has kept for two years and asks a schoolmaster for a tune by nightfall.

In a house full of children in Hamburg, a pastor hangs a wheel of candles from the ceiling so the wait for Christmas can be seen, one day at a time.

A young laywoman wrote letters to the Pope and convinced him to return to Rome. In this second part, Catherine dictates her masterpiece, works for peace in the Church, and gives her life at thirty-three.

On the most important night in Israel's history, God institutes the Passover and frees his people from slavery. After four hundred and thirty years, the journey to the Promised Land begins.