A Litany to the Japanese Martyrs
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Monday, March 21, 2011
Blogger Pentimento has a lovely idea. Together, let’s pray a litany to the Japanese martyrs for Japan:
Our Lady of Akita, pray for us.
St. Peter Baptist, martyr and patron of Japan, pray for us.
St. Francis Xavier, patron of Japan, pray for us.
St. Paul Miki, martyr, pray for us.
St. Anthony Dainan, martyr, pray for us.
St. Anthony Ishida, martyr, pray for us.
St. Francis Nagasaki, martyr, pray for... READ MORE
Prayers for Japan
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Friday, March 11, 2011
I usually try to post something a little lighter on Fridays, but this morning I can’t get Japan off my mind.
Whenever I hear about an earthquake, I think of all creation groaning under the weight of sin. This video is awesome in the strict sense—and terrible.
Multiply Multiculturally
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Friday, December 17, 2010
It may not be very Advent-y, but my mind is blown, so I had to share.
"Mary Is Tired"
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The only impressions I have about Christianity in Japan are snippets from the lives of saints Francis Xavier and later Maximilian Kolbe; the novel Silence; and this article from 2001 about the music of Bach leading to conversions.
I’m fascinated therefore by this 1970s subway poster meant to encourage people to yield seats to women with children.
If you click through to the whole collection, you’ll see a general fascination with Western images (and Jesus reminding people to take their umbrellas with them!), but this one is particularly arresting, I think, since it makes Mary stand for women and motherhood in a non-Christian culture.
Anyone more knowledgeable care to comment?
Coincidentally I’d been thinking about subway courtesy campaigns even before I stumbled across this image. More on that tomorrow.
Update: just ran across this article, “Why Christianity is Foreign to Japan.” (With a polite nod to Christopher Blosser.)
Fishes Not Delicious
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Food on Monday, March 22, 2010
Comedian Jackie Mason has a routine about “acquired tastes.”
If you have to acquire a taste for something, he holds, it’s because it’s yucky.
No one ever has to acquire a taste for potato chips, he notes.
Know why? “‘Cause they’re good!”
I would be the last person to suggest it would be good for your health to follow the “eat only what’s yummy diet” or to permit your kids to do so.
Still, I couldn’t... READ MORE
Twice The Color
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Isn’t this pretty?
It’s part of the Taisetsu Mountain Range reflected into Lake Takimi.
I don’t associate pine trees and fall colors with Japan for some reason.
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