Silence
Sustained by dreams of glorious martyrdom, a seventeenth-century Portuguese missionary in Japan administers to the outlawed Christians until Japanese authorities capture him and force him to watch the torture of his followers, promising to stop if he will renounce Christ.
Dark & BroodingHeartbreakingPhilosophy & Big IdeasQuietly DevastatingSpiritually ChargedThought-ProvokingFaith tested by silenceThe cost of compassion
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