tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950714.post6109237517259509907..comments2024-02-15T17:38:13.412-06:00Comments on nunblog: The Power and the Glory of "Silence" (revised)Sister Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032465016160490375noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950714.post-30897199279003674432016-12-28T11:35:07.207-06:002016-12-28T11:35:07.207-06:00Wow, thanks. I recommend Bishop Barron’s review fa...Wow, thanks. I recommend Bishop Barron’s review far above mine. I wrote on the basis of my memories of the book and the many current articles about the movie. It never crossed my mind that the protagonist would be an anti-hero, but I think this is where it ends up. As Barron suggests, maybe Endo was saying that the Church of Japan is founded upon the faithful, lowly martyrs, the uneducated ones of this world and not the highly educated, “Navy SEAL” trained missionaries who recanted—even if, as Scorsese hints, they secretly clung to Jesus.<br />I love that Barron nailed the culture’s desire that faith be kept private; compromised in public—that is what the culture demands, not caring what goes on in the privacy of our hearts as long as we outwardly conform. The Church in Japan stayed in the shadows for centuries, but it was alive, living with only the sacraments of Baptism and Matrimony and the handing on of the faith from generation to generation.<br />Sister Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032465016160490375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950714.post-25937415867794277392016-12-28T11:32:32.999-06:002016-12-28T11:32:32.999-06:00Your review of "Silence" stirred me. Int...Your review of "Silence" stirred me. Intrigued me. Maybe scared me a little.<br />I'm simple and like tales with a happy ending. Maybe in a sense this movie/book comes close in a twisted way. I'll have to see it.<br />From the time I was a little kid sitting through b&w Tarzan movies, watching natives with spears and painted faces stalking him -- I asked myself if I could ever be a martyr. Believe me, the jury is still out.<br />Thanks, Sister Ann. You write so well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com