{"id":338,"date":"2015-07-26T16:35:08","date_gmt":"2015-07-26T16:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/?p=338"},"modified":"2015-12-23T04:36:37","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T04:36:37","slug":"saint-magdalene-of-nagasaki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/?p=338","title":{"rendered":"Saint Magdalene of Nagasaki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/naga-christmas-crop-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-278\" src=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/naga-christmas-crop-web.png\" alt=\"Saint magdalene of Nagasaki Noel\" width=\"801\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/naga-christmas-crop-web.png 801w, http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/naga-christmas-crop-web-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Born in 1611 to Christian parents near Nagasaki Japan.This was a time of persecution of Christians in Japan, and both of her parents were martyred when she was about 10 years old.<a href=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/naga-201-close-uplghtrainbow.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-453\" src=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/naga-201-close-uplghtrainbow-788x1024.png\" alt=\"Saint Magdalene poster\" width=\"474\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/naga-201-close-uplghtrainbow-788x1024.png 788w, http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/naga-201-close-uplghtrainbow-231x300.png 231w, http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/naga-201-close-uplghtrainbow.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/close-up.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-226\" src=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/close-up.png\" alt=\"Saint Magdalene of nagasaki\" width=\"690\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/close-up.png 690w, http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/close-up-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/close-up-300x298.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Magdalene became a lay Augustinian and was the interpreter and catechist for two Augustinian friars who were subsequently burned alive for the crime of being Christian.<a href=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nagapaint-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-339\" src=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nagapaint-2-879x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nagapaint-2-879x1024.png 879w, http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nagapaint-2-258x300.png 258w, http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nagapaint-2.png 985w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Magdalene fled to the hill country and ministered to the people and refuges there.<a href=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/mada-mabe.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-223\" src=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/mada-mabe.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/mada-mabe.png 690w, http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/mada-mabe-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/mada-mabe-300x298.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seeking to inspire the people during this time of intense persecution, Saint Magdalene turned herself in to the authorities wearing her Augustinian habit and openly confessing to being a follower of Christ.<a href=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/web-naga2015-with-type.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-454\" src=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/web-naga2015-with-type-788x1024.png\" alt=\"Fall Saint Magdalene of Nagasaki\" width=\"474\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/web-naga2015-with-type-788x1024.png 788w, http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/web-naga2015-with-type-231x300.png 231w, http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/web-naga2015-with-type.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/magdalene1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-219\" src=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/magdalene1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/magdalene1.png 690w, http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/magdalene1-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/magdalene1-300x298.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Saint Magdalene was tortured and hung upside down in a pit of garbage for 13 days. On her last day, the pit was filled with water and she drowned.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-553\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/christmas-naga-dream-web.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-553\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-553\" src=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/christmas-naga-dream-web-933x1024.png\" alt=\"Saint Magdalene\" width=\"474\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/christmas-naga-dream-web-933x1024.png 933w, http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/christmas-naga-dream-web-273x300.png 273w, http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/christmas-naga-dream-web-768x843.png 768w, http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/christmas-naga-dream-web.png 983w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saint Magdalene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Her Feast day is September 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born in 1611 to Christian parents near Nagasaki Japan.This was a time of persecution of Christians in Japan, and both of her parents were martyred when she was about 10 years old. &nbsp; Magdalene became a lay Augustinian and was the interpreter and catechist for two Augustinian friars who were subsequently burned alive for the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/?p=338\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Saint Magdalene of Nagasaki<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=338"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":554,"href":"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions\/554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thejamesrefuge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}