Christian monologue in torture and persecution

Olen 2022-04-21 09:02:16

#FilmSilence# The 2016 American film, shot in Taiwan, is adapted from the novel of the same name by the Japanese writer Endo Shusaku. The story takes place in a village near Nagasaki during the Tokugawa shogunate period in the 17th century. Two Portuguese missionaries smuggled into Japan by boat from Guangdong because of their call CALLING. The local Christians needed them and protected them, but the Japanese shogunate brutally persecuted Christians and missionaries. He played the role of a persecuted priest in this film. He was not afraid of danger and actively requested to go to Japan for missionary work. Among the Christians in rural Japan, he secretly preached, baptized, and had the Holy Communion. Listening to confession and serving people, he felt that God's love is especially important to these poor Japanese people, giving them hope. Facing the persecution, torture, and killing of Christians by local Buddhists, as well as the betrayal and betrayal of Christians, while praising God, he kept asking God questions. He hoped that God would save him. However, the situation keeps deteriorating and his spirit is on the verge of collapse, what would I do if it were me?

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Silence quotes

  • Rodrigues: I pray but I am lost. Am I just praying to silence?

  • Inoue: The price for your glory is their suffering!