“Despair is when we get locked into our own certitude (of impending disaster) and ignore the creative power of God”(to bring a miracle of good) that’s the only way I can understand the ending. I think that’s what happened. God stepped in with creation saving the reverend from his certitude.
It is an movie for intellectual movie geeks. Not that that’s bad. Just what it is.
It’s a little heavy and dark so don’t watch in winter or on a day you feel depressed.