For many years I have prayed for this great grace from God but always with some fear, that I would not be heard because of my many sins. The Father of mercies now gives me this long-desired grace. May he be blessed forever.
Blessed Paul Navarro
Final letter to a fellow Jesuit before his martyrdom with two other Jesuits and their Japanese servant. They were burned at the stake in Shimabara in Japan on November 1, 1622.
