Letters to the Editor

Mystery of Faith on Film

Dear Editor: Though I read with interest the letters of Father Mark Kaczmarski and Clara Sarocco (March 11) criticizing Martin Scorsese’s film “Silence,” I have a completely different reaction and evaluation of the film, which I think is a masterpiece.

For mature audiences who take their Catholic faith seriously and who wish to see a demanding dramatization of the mystery of faith and of God’s loving commitment to us, the film might serve as a cinematic sacrament, a challenging channel of God’s grace.

FATHER ROBERT LAUDER

Douglaston

2 thoughts on “Mystery of Faith on Film

  1. Of course you do. When have you ever faulted anti-Catholic bigotry for anything? When have you ever considered the murderous damage done by anti-Catholic bigotry?