missionary bravery

Barrett 2022-03-21 09:02:00

As a follower of scientific truth, I watched this film with a very rational vision. The plot of the film is simple, and the time is too long, which affects the perception. Fortunately, the director set up the scene skillfully, and some scenery is still very pleasing to the eye. The belief in the protagonist is too long to elaborate, and it is a bit annoying for viewers who are not members of the sect. I can only sigh why missionaries are so crazy, driven by profit, cultural invasion, mind control, donations, baptisms, chanting, and blessings all without money. It can even subvert the political economy of other countries and change the day. The missionaries who have been attracted to follow one after another and are brave enough to go forward are also recorded in the annals of history, and their names are immortal.

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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.