Japanese Secret Altar. “Like my Master I shall die upon the cross. Like Him, a lance will pierce my heart so that my blood and my love can flow out upon the land and sanctify it to His name." – St Paul …More
Japanese Secret Altar.
“Like my Master I shall die upon the cross. Like Him, a lance will pierce my heart so that my blood and my love can flow out upon the land and sanctify it to His name." – St Paul Miki SJ, who was martyred at Nagasaki in 1597 with 25 others. Today (6 Feb) is their feast day. This beautiful reredos was hidden in a sideboard which looked like an ordinary piece of domestic furniture when it was closed, but when opened it could be used for the Holy Mass in Japan.
Source: Lawrence OP on Flickr
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There you have the canonization of a few hundred. I watched on television that of the 188. I saw the priest that was the proponent of their cause talk about the thousands that were martyred but cannot be taken to the canonization process, due to the fact that they died in a regime that was closed to the world and hostile and all the circumstances that stem from these... Don't insult the person, …More
There you have the canonization of a few hundred. I watched on television that of the 188. I saw the priest that was the proponent of their cause talk about the thousands that were martyred but cannot be taken to the canonization process, due to the fact that they died in a regime that was closed to the world and hostile and all the circumstances that stem from these... Don't insult the person, don't attack the person, that's shameful and has nothing to do with the subject