Abandoned religion and lost love

Precious 2022-04-22 07:01:31

Ferreira and Rodriguez were silent, not mentioning anything about Catholicism until his death. When he was cremated in the Buddhist way, he was holding a small wooden carving. On the cross, they were silent, but they never betrayed the Lord from beginning to end. I'm not religious, but seeing the ending resonated. We are all silent for some reason. Silence is not giving up, but selfless protection. The cross in the hand is taken away, but the cross in the heart remains. Silence for hard faith, silence for lost love. Put a name into silence, but never forget it.

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Silence quotes

  • Dutch Trader: But as to that, only God can answer.

  • [first lines]

    Ferreira: [narrating] 1633. Pax Christi. Praised be God. Although for us there is little peace in this land now. I never knew Japan when it was a country of light, but I have never known it to be as dark as it is now. All our progress has ended in new persecution, new repression, new suffering. They use ladles filled with holes so the drops would come out slowly, and the pain would be prolonged. Each small splash of the water was like a burning coal. The Governor of Nagasaki took four friars, and one of our own society to Unsen. There are hotsprings there. The Japanese call them "hells," partly I think, in mockery. And partly, I must tell you, in truth.

    [command is given and the captives are untied]

    Ferreira: The officials told our Padres to abandon God and the gospel of his love. But they not only refused to apostatize, they asked to be tortured so they could demonstrate the strength of their faith and the presence of God within them. Some remained on the mountain for 33 days. The story of their courage gives hope to those of us priests who remain here in secret. We will not abandon our hidden Christians who live in fear. We only grow stronger in his love.