depth of your heart the thought of the Our Lady of blood of Mary. The blood shed by Mary Warns the World Of Coming Chastisement has a profound meaning. This precious blood was shed to ask your conversion, By Daniel P. McGivern to ask for peace, in reparation for the in- gratitude and the outrages towards the One of the most im- follow me. Is the infirmity of your Lord. As with devotion to the Sacred portant appearances of the ears painful? Your deafness will Heart, apply yourself to devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary took be healed, for sure. Be patient. It Most Precious Blood. Pray in repara- place in 1973 to Sister Ag- is the last trial. Does the wound tion for all men. Say to your superior nes Sasagawa in a convent of your hand cause you to suffer? that the blood is shed today for the last in Akita, Japan. Pray in reparation for the sins of time. Your pain also ends today. Tell Historically, dozens of Christians men. Each person in this com- them what happened today. He will were martyred, burned at the stake like munity is my irreplaceable daugh- understand all immediately. And you, St. Joan of Arc, at Akita in a Christian ter. Do you say well the prayer of observe his directions.” persecution in 1624. the Handmaids of the Eucharist? On the First Friday of August, Sister Agnes, although she was Then, let us pray it together.” 1973, August 3rd, the Virgin Mary totally deaf, received a letter in May, Then Our Lady instructed that made the second of her three appear- 1973 from the Handmaids of the Eu- the daily prayer of the Handmaids of ances to Sister Agnes and said, “Many charist, asking her to join their order the Eucharist be changed to add one men in this world afflict the Lord. I and live at the convent. word “truly”. Then Sister Agnes, her desire souls to console Him to soften That year of 1973 was miraculous guardian angel and the Blessed Vir- the anger of the Heavenly Father. I indeed! A month after joining, sister gin Mary prayed this new version of wish, with my Son, for souls who will saw brilliant lights coming from the the prayer. repair by their suffering and their chapel’s tabernacle. She prayed pros- “Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, poverty for the sinners and ingrates. trate, lying on the floor, before the Lord truly present in Holy Eucharist, I “In order that the world might in the tabernacle. Then she saw angels consecrate my body and soul to be know His anger, the Heavenly Fa- in the mysterious brilliant light. entirely one with Your Heart, be- ther is preparing to inflict a great Her guardian angel then appeared ing sacrificed at every instant on chastisement on all mankind. With to her, the first of many visits, on June all the altars of the world and giv- my Son, I have intervened so many 29, Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. ing praise to the Father pleading times to appease the wrath of the Fa- A day later, on the Feast of the Immac- for the coming of His Kingdom. ther. I have prevented the coming of ulate Heart of Mary, Sister Agnes was “Please receive this humble calamities by offering Him the suf- supernaturally given two red scratches offering of myself. Use me as You ferings of the Son on the Cross, His in the palm of her hand, in the form of will for the glory of the Father and Precious Blood, and beloved souls a cross. The wound was very painful, the salvation of souls. who console Him forming a cohort particularly on Thursday nights and on “Most Holy Mother of God, of victim souls. Prayer, penance and Fridays. As we all know, Our Lord’s never let me be separated from courageous sacrifices can soften the agony began on Thursday night, and he your Divine Son. Please defend Father’s anger. I desire this also was scourged and crucified on Friday. and protect me as your special from your community…that it love On July 5, 1973, Sister Agnes’ child. Amen.” poverty, that it sanctify itself and guardian angel appeared to her and On the same day, sister’s guard- pray in reparation for the ingrati- beckoned her toward the chapel and ian angel actually said to her what all tude and outrages of so many men.” then disappeared. After bowing toward of our guardian angels really do. “I Later, Sister Agnes experienced the altar, she turned toward the statue of am the one who is with you and who physical attacks of the devil, seizing Mary, made from hard, dry wood. The watches over you.” her by the shoulders as she tried to go wooden statue came to life and Mary Bishop John Ito spoke to Sister into the chapel at the convent. spoke to her. Sister Agnes prostrated Agnes on July 24 when she related Then, the wooden statue in the herself. The voice of Our Lady was all she saw and heard. He inspected chapel began to perspire. Five of the a voice of indescribable beauty which the wound in her hand. Later, the sisters, with great care and devotion, struck Sister Agnes’ totally deaf ears. same wound appeared in the hand of sponged the perspiration with cottons, Our Lady’s first words were: the statue and bled from it as well. which then had a most subtle, delightful “My daughter, my novice, you have Her guardian angel told her on fragrance. On the feast of the Guardian obeyed me well in abandoning all to July 26, “Carefully engrave in the Angels, October 2, 1973, Sister Agnes 8 saw the guardian angels of all of her accomplish works of reparation.” the Feast of , Sep- sisters and Bishop Ito in the convent “Pray very much the prayers of tember 15, 1981, Sister’s guardian an- chapel. All guardian angels knelt in the . I alone am able still to gel spoke to her about the 101 weepings prayer around the altar. They were save you from the calamities which which came to an end on this date. all enveloped in a sort of white light. approach. Those who place their “There is a meaning to the fig- Bishop Ito was saying Mass for the confidence in me will be saved.” ure one hundred and one. This signi- nuns. Exactly one year later, October fies that sin came into the world by a The third message, the final appear- 13, 1974, as told to her by her guard- woman and it is also by a woman that ance of Our Lady, took place on Octo- ian angel, Sister Agnes’ deafness was salvation came to the world. The zero ber 13, 1973—the 56th anniversary of cured—for a time, as was also told between the two signifies the Eternal Our Lady’s last appearance in Fatima, to her. This first healing lasted only God Who is from all eternity until eter- Portugal, the anniversary of the great five months and then sister was deaf nity. The first one represents Eve and of the sun witnessed by 70,000 again in both ears. the last the Virgin Mary.” at Fatima that day. The next miracle was the weeping The angel also said, “People ask This message is of great importance of the statue, so that everyone could a miracle greater than the tears; there to the world. Our Lady said, “As I told see it weep. This lasted from January will be no more.” you, if men do not repent and better 4, 1975, until September 15 (Feast of Then, her guardian angel told her themselves, the Father will inflict a Our Lady of Sorrows) 1981—a total the moment of the permanent cure of terrible punishment on all humanity. of 101 occasions on which the statue her total deafness had arrived, as prom- It will be a punishment greater than wept during these years. ised. the deluge, such as one will never Tears were collected and scien- “Your ears will be definitely cured have seen before. Fire will fall from tifically examined, along with the during this month consecrated to the the sky and will wipe out a great blood collected earlier from the stat- Immaculate Heart of Mary. They will part of humanity, the good as well ue’s hand. The report--human tears, be cured as the last time by Him Who is as the bad, sparing neither priests human blood. The sculptor of the really present in the Eucharist. Those nor faithful. The survivors will find statue was called in and he explained who will believe in this sign will re- themselves so desolate that they will that the statue was made from dry, ceive many graces. There will be those envy the dead. The only arms which hard wood. The tears were a mystery who oppose, but you will have nothing will remain for you will be the Rosa- to him. He also pointed out that the to fear.” ry and the Sign left by my Son. Each expression of the Blessed Mother’s On Pentecost Sunday, May 30, day recite the prayers of the Rosary. face was different from the one he 1982, her ears were healed permanent- With the Rosary, pray for the , carved. ly. May 30 was also the vigil of the the bishops and the priests.” Regarding the weeping of the Feast of the Visitation of Mary. “The work of the devil will infil- Blessed Virgin’s statue, Sister Ag- In his pastoral letter dated April trate even into the Church in such a nes’ guardian angel said, “Do not be 22, 1984, Bishop John Ito, the ordi- way that one will see cardinals oppos- so surprised to see the Blessed Vir- nary of the diocese, wrote: “I autho- ing cardinals, bishops against other gin weeping. She weeps because she rize throughout the entire diocese of bishops. The priests who venerate wishes the conversion of the great- which I am charged, the veneration of me will be scorned and opposed by est number; she desires that souls be the Holy Mother of Akita,” their confreres…churches and altars consecrated to Jesus and to the Fa- Four years later, in 1988, he met sacked. The Church will be full of ther by her intercession.” with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in those who accept compromises and On May 1, 1976, the Feast of St. Rome. Many have called Our Lady the demon will press many priests Joseph, sister’s guardian angel said, of Akita’s messages a continuation of and consecrated souls to leave the “You must not forget these words. Our Lady of Fatima, pointing out that service of the Lord.” The Blessed Virgin prays continu- she chose October 13 for her last mes- “The demon will be especially ally for the conversion of the greatest sage in both Akita, Japan and Fatima, implacable against souls consecrated number and weeps, hoping to lead to Portugal. to God. The thought of the loss of so Jesus and to the Father souls offered many souls is the cause of my sad- to Them by her intercession. For ness. If sins increase in number and this intention, and to overcome exte- gravity, there will be no longer par- rior obstacles, achieve interior unity, don for them.” form a single heart. Let believers “With courage, speak to your su- lead a life more worthy of believers. perior. He will know how to encour- Pray with a new heart.” age each one of you to pray and to On the last day the statue wept, 9