CS 1518: Lent with the Martyrs: St. Paul Miki

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🗓️ 19 March 2024

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This week we are continuing our 40 days with the Martyr's Lenten Series! Join us in saying this prayer each day:

ST PETER'S CHAINS PRAYER:

O God, Who caused St. Peter, the apostle, to depart, loosed from his chains and unhurt,

loose, we beg You, the chains of our sins,

and graciously keep all evils far from us.

Bless us this Lent and give us the faith of the martyrs.

We ask this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

AMEN

+ MONDAY: Sts. Paul, d. 67 in Rome

+ TUESDAY: St. Paul Miki, 1500s, Japan

+ WEDNESDAY: Bl Paul Yun Ji-Chang, 1700s, Korea

+ THURSDAY: Sts. Perpetua and Felicity, 200s, North Africa

+ FRIDAY: St. Peter, d 67 in Rome

+ SATURDAY: Bl. Peter Kibe, 1600s, Japan

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0:00.0	You're listening to
0:07.4	Catholic sprouts
0:09.6	The daily podcast for Catholic kids that strives to plant seeds of faith.
0:26.5	Hey there, sproutsouts. Today is Tuesday, March 19th, 2004. We are still talking about the heroic witness of martyrs. Today we are traveling to
0:34.6	the 1500s in Japan to meet the heroic priest, St. Paul
0:41.3	Miki.
0:43.2	Before we hear his story, however, please join me in our Lenten prayer, St. Peter's Chains.
0:51.3	In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen. O God, who caused
0:59.3	St. Peter the Apostle to depart, loosed from his chains and unhurt. Loose, we beg you the chains
1:08.4	of our sins and graciously keep all evils far from us.
1:14.4	Bless us this lent and give us the faith of the martyrs.
1:19.2	We ask this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
1:25.4	So St. Paul Miki.
1:33.8	This is a story of how the faith, the Catholic faith, came to Japan. So there were two college roommates in Paris. They ended up both being saints, St. Ignatius of Laola and his friend St. Francis Xavier.
1:46.2	Together, they founded the Jesuit order, and St. Francis Xavier, along with a few other
1:53.6	Jesuits, set out for Asia to spread the faith.
1:57.9	He evangelized hundreds upon thousands of people in India before he headed to Japan.
2:05.6	In fact, he originally, he was the first person to bring the name of Jesus Christ to Japan,
2:11.7	and he did that in the year 1549. 1549. Unfortunately, he got sick and died soon after, but the faith really took off.
2:22.1	In fact, by the year 1562, so about 13 years later, there were already 200,000 Christians in Japan.
2:38.1	St. Paul Miki was born to one of these Christian families, and as a young boy, he felt a call to study and become a priest. So he actually began to
2:45.3	study under these Jesuit missionaries. Unfortunately, soon after he was ordained a priest, the Japanese government
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