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Sanguis Martyrum.... (Vatican beatifies Japanese Martyrs in Nagasaki)
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| November 24, 2008
| Rocco Palmo
Posted on 11/24/2008 10:06:32 AM PST by NYer
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To: AnAmericanMother
According to
Wikipedia the country is about 30% (29.3%) Christian with 18%+ being Protestant and 10%+ being Roman Catholic. I know when I was there from '95 - '98 the LDS were really working hard to expand their numbers.
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11/24/2008 12:54:20 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: RGPII
Yes, the story about Nagasaki made me think of the one about Hiroshima.
I knew that St. Maximilian Kolbe had been active in Japan, but did not know the exact place. That's an interesting story. I guess the Shinto location of buildings as 'auspicious' is similar to the Chinese feng shui.
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11/24/2008 12:57:16 PM PST
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AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse (TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary - recess appointment))
To: Joe 6-pack
Thanks, I was just curious. Don’t know any Korean Catholics, myself, do know some Presbyterians, but that’s a small sample!
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11/24/2008 1:09:31 PM PST
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AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse (TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary - recess appointment))
To: NYer
However, when Japan was re-opened to Western contacts 250 years later, it was found that a community of Japanese Christians had survived underground, without clergy, without Scriptures, with only very sketchy instructions in the doctrines of the faith, but with a firm commitment to Jesus as Lord.I heard a priest give a talk once about the Eucharist, and he mentioned the Church Underground in Japan, saying that without a priest, they could celebrate only the Liturgy of the Word, and when it came time for the Liturgy of the Eucharist, they would weep.
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11/24/2008 4:38:31 PM PST
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nina0113
(Hugh Akston is my hero.)
To: nina0113
I heard a priest give a talk once about the Eucharist, and he mentioned the Church Underground in Japan, saying that without a priest, they could celebrate only the Liturgy of the Word, and when it came time for the Liturgy of the Eucharist, they would weep. Yes .. I recall a similar story. IIRC, these people went for many generations without a priest but passed down the faith to their children. When a priest finally arrived, they greeted him like a king. I had to say this but we Catholics in the US have taken our Church for granted. Perhaps an Obama administration is just what is needed to wake these Catholics from their deep slumber.
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11/24/2008 4:53:05 PM PST
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NYer
("Run from places of sin as from a plague." - St. John Climacus)
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