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Living Vertically
Gospel Sermons For Lent/Easter Cycle C
On February 5, 1597, a group of Christian missionaries became the first martyrs in Japan. One contemporaneous account gives these last words from Paul Miki, one of them:
As I come to this supreme moment of my life,
I am sure none of you would suppose I want to deceive you.
And so I tell you plainly:
there is no route to salvation
except the one that Christians follow.
My religion teaches me to pardon my enemies
and all who have offended me.
I do gladly pardon the emperor
and all who have brought about my death,
As I come to this supreme moment of my life,
I am sure none of you would suppose I want to deceive you.
And so I tell you plainly:
there is no route to salvation
except the one that Christians follow.
My religion teaches me to pardon my enemies
and all who have offended me.
I do gladly pardon the emperor
and all who have brought about my death,
