07/19/2020
John 21:9-19
Chris Breslin
“Kichijiro who has been the Judas figure throughout, turns out to be Fr. Rodrigues’s best friend, the most trusted confidant. Kichijiro refuses to let Fr. Rodrigues give up his identity as a priest. As Andrew Garfield says Fr. Rodrigues’s last lines, “ “But our Lord was not silent. Even if he had been silent, my life until this day would have spoken of Him”, the spotlight and the strength are transferred literally to Kichijiro.” -Mako Fujimura
“In Silence, nobody is Christ but Christ himself. Everyone else is a Peter or a Judas, a faltering rejecter, for whom there may be hope anyway. What Scorsese has accomplished in adapting Endō’s novel is a close reminder that the path to redemption lies through suffering, and that it may not be I who must save the world so much as I am the one who needs saving.” -Alissa Wilkinson
Silence and Success by Makoto Fujimura
Silence is Beautiful, Unsettling, and Once of the Finest Religious Moves Ever Made by Alissa Wilkinson (Vox.com)
More resources on Faith and the Apostles’ Creed:
The Apostles’ Creed for Today by Justo Gonzalez
The Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine ed. By Colin Gunton
The Patient Ferment of the Early Church by Alan Kreider
The Apostles’ Creed by Ben Myers
You Are What You Love by James K.A. Smith
Unapologetic: Why Despite Everything, Christianity Can Still Make Surprising Emotional Sense by Francis Spufford
The Rise of Christianity by Rodney Stark
Ancient-Future Worship by Robert Webber
Tokens of Trust by Rowen Williams
My Bright Abyss: Meditations of a Modern Believer by Christian Wiman
Simply Christian by N.T. Wright
Exploring & Proclaiming the Apostles’ Creed ed. by Roger Van Harn
Credo: Meditations on the Apostles’ Creed by Hans Urs Von Balthesar
Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering:
How Firm a Foundation by Rippon/Funk
I Will Never Leave You Alone by Zach
Jesus, What A Beautiful Name by Tanya Riches
