26 Martyrs
October 24, 2011
On September 26 I wrote about All That Remains, a film in the making about Dr. Paul Takashi Nagai whose cause for sainthood is advancing through the efforts of the diocese of Nagasaki, Japan. Accompanying this film is an animated short titled 26 Martyrs.
Click on the link to see the trailer of the companion film to All That Remains. The art and music is beautiful.
The history of Catholicism in Japan begins in Nagasaki and the story of the 26 martyrs links over the centuries to the life of Dr. Nagai, as it does to all Catholics who kept the faith through the hundreds of years when the Shogun forbade its practice and banished the missionaries.
If today we didn’t have access to priests and the sacraments, were denied free assembly to practice our faith, and were killed for being Christian, would we be able to pass on our faith and remain steadfast as long as the Nagasaki Catholics did? Would we be prepared to die or would we compromise? The story of Christianity surviving in Japan is one of the most remarkable in the history of the Church and one we may, in the not too distant future in America, be required to imitate.
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Wow, fascinating! I have the 13th Day. I have a love for Japan with it’s anime and all things cute. They have the corner on the cute market. I collect some of their fashion dolls too. They made another movie about Hiroshima too, didn’t they? It’s related to the 13th Day also.
Sylvia, I am a first class Japanophile and becoming a Koreaphile. I can’t wait for “All That Remains” to come out and I’ve watched clips of “The 13th Day” on YouTube. Same people. Very creative. It’s so heartening to see top notch Catholic filmmakers in the market. We need many more of them.