Coco: The Sacred Act of Remembering (Luke 22:19)

In Coco, the dead truly die only when no one living remembers them. Héctor is fading because his daughter Coco, now elderly, is forgetting him. Miguel races to restore her memory before it's too late. "Remember me," the song pleads—a father's desperate hope to remain in his daughter's heart. Scripture often calls us to remember: "Do this in remembrance of me," Jesus said at the Last Supper. Memory keeps love alive. The Israelites were constantly commanded to remember—remember Egypt, remember the wilderness, remember what God has done. Forgetting isn't just mental; it's relational death. To remember someone is to give them ongoing life in your story.