You shall be my witnesses

Treasures of Our Faith with Deacon Richard Vehige · Feb 6, 2026 · 6m

Today, February 6th, as our Church celebrates the Memorial of Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs, our Church invites us to first read and reflect on a passage from the first letter of Peter (2:1-17), entitled "We are built as living stones". Our treasure, which follows is from av account of the martyrdom of Saint Paul Miki and his companions, by a contemporary writer.

Nagasaki, Japan, is familiar to Americans as the city on which the second atomic bomb was dropped, immediately killing over 37,000 people. Three and a half centuries before, 26 martyrs of Japan were crucified on a hill, now known…