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14 enero, 2023 Autor: admin

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Jesus habla a santa Faustina Kowalska.

 

 

Hija Mía, escribe sobre Mi misericordia para las almas afligidas.  Me deleitan las almas que recurren a Mi misericordia.  A estas almas les concedo gracias por encima de lo que piden.  No puedo castigar aún al pecador más grande si él suplica Mi compasión, sino que lo justifico en Mi insondable e impenetrable misericordia.  Escribe:  Antes de venir como juez justo abro de par en par la puerta de Mi misericordia.  Quien no quiere pasar por la puerta de Mi misericordia, tiene que pasar por la puerta de Mi justicia

 

 

The Martyrs of Japan

7 febrero, 2025 Autor: admin

The Martyrs of Japan

St. Paul Miki          and Companions

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There were 26 of them, martyred on the same day, February 5, 1597………

In 1549, St. Francis Xavier arrived in Japan and converted many pagans.

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By 1597, there were already several thousand Christians in that country. And an extremely cruel and vicious emperor came to power, who ordered that all Catholic missionaries should leave Japan within six months. But the missionaries, instead of fleeing the country, went into hiding, so that they could continue helping Christians. They were discovered and brutally martyred. Those who died on this day in Nagasaki were 26. Three Jesuits, six Franciscans and 16 Japanese Catholic laymen, who were catechists and had become Franciscan tertiaries.

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The Jesuit martyrs were: St. Paul Miki, a Japanese from a high-class family, son of an army captain and a very good preacher; St. John Goto and Santiago Kisai, two Jesuit coadjutor brothers. The Franciscans were: St. Philip of Jesus, a Mexican who had gone to Asia as a missionary; St. Gonzalo Garcia who was from India; St. Francis Blanco; St. Peter Baptist, superior of the Franciscans in Japan; and St. Francis of San Miguel.

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Among the laymen were: a soldier: St. Caius Francis; a doctor: St. Francis of Miako; a Korean: Saint Leon Karasuma, and three thirteen-year-old boys who helped the priests with mass: the children: Saint Luis Ibarqui, Saint Antonio Deyman, and Saint Totomaskasaky, whose father was also martyred.

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The left ear of the 26 Catholics was cut off, and covered in blood, they were taken on foot in the middle of winter, from town to town, for a month, to teach and frighten all those who wanted to become Christians.

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When they arrived in Nagasaki they were allowed to confess to the priests, and then they were crucified, tying them to the crosses with ropes and chains on their legs and arms and fastening them to the wood with an iron ring around their neck. There was a distance of one and a half meters between one cross and another.

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The Catholic Church declared them saints in 1862.

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Witnesses of their martyrdom and death recount it as follows: «Once crucified, it was admirable to see the fervour and patience of everyone. The priests encouraged the others to suffer everything for the love of Jesus Christ and the salvation of souls. Father Pedro was motionless, with his eyes fixed on heaven. Brother Martin sang psalms, in thanksgiving to God’s goodness, and between phrases he repeated the prayer from Psalm 30: «Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.» Brother Gonzalo fervently prayed the Our Father and the Hail Mary.»

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Father Pablo Miki thought that this cross was the most honorable pulpit or place to preach that they had found for him, and he began to tell everyone present (Christians and curious people) that he was Japanese, that he belonged to the Company of Jesus, or society of the Jesuit Fathers, that he was dying for having preached the gospel and that he thanked God for having granted him the enormous honor of being able to die for spreading the true religion of God. Then he added the following words:

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«Having reached this final moment of my existence on earth, I am sure that none of you will believe that I would dare to say what is not true. I declare to you, then, that the best way to achieve salvation is to belong to the Christian religion, to be Catholic. And as my Lord Jesus Christ taught me with his words and his good examples to forgive those who have offended us, I declare that I forgive the leader of the nation who gave the order to crucify us, and all those who have contributed to our martyrdom, and I recommend that you may be instructed in our holy religion and be baptized.»

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Then, turning his eyes toward his companions, he began to encourage them in that decisive battle; on the faces of all there was a great joy, especially on that of the child Luis; When another Christian shouted to him that he would soon be in Paradise, he attracted the attention of everyone by his joyful gesture.

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The boy Antonio, who was next to Luis, with his eyes fixed on heaven, after having invoked the most holy names of Jesus, Joseph and Mary, began to sing the psalms he had learned in catechism class. Others were heard saying continuously: «Jesus, Joseph and Mary, I give you my heart and soul.» Several of the crucified advised the people present to remain faithful to our holy religion forever. Then the executioners took out their lances and struck each of the crucified with two lances, thus ending their lives in a few moments. The people
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