1973 – Our Lady of Akita, Japan

Who did Mary Appear to? 

Sister Agnus Sasagawa of the Institute of Servants of the Blessed Sacrament.

How did the witness describe her appearance?

Sister Agnus witnessed the 3’ tall wooden statue carved from one piece of katsura wood in her chapel change miraculously on several occasions: The statue was carved from a single block of wood from a Katsura tree and is three feet tall. On the same day, a few of the sisters noticed drops of blood flowing from the statue’s right hand. On four occasions, this act of blood flow repeated itself. The wound in the statue’s hand remained until September 29, when it disappeared. Then the sisters noticed the statue had now begun to sweat, especially on the forehead and neck. On August 3, Sr. Agnes received a second message. On October 13, she received a final third message.

What was her message?

“As I told you, if men do not repent and better themselves, the Father will inflict a terrible punishment on all humanity. It will be a punishment greater than the deluge, such as one will never seen before. Fire will fall from the sky and will wipe out a great part of humanity, the good as well as the bad, sparing neither priests nor faithful. The survivors will find themselves so desolate that they will envy the dead. The only arms which will remain for you will be the Rosary and the Sign left by My Son. 

Each day recite the prayers of the Rosary. With the Rosary, pray for the Pope, the bishops and priests.”

Miracles:

The statue wept human tears: the water that ran from the eyes was like human tears – 101 tears. Sister Agnus twice tasted them. “The tears were salty like the tears of a human.” Research proved that it was of human origin. January 1975-1981.

A woman with cancer

June 6, 1973: “Do the effects of your deafness bother you? Does the wound on your hand cause you pain?…

Who approved?

February 27, 1978 — Pope Paul VI approves the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s Norms of the Congregation for Proceeding in Judging Alleged Apparitions and Revelations. 

April 22, 1984 — After eight years of investigations, Rev. John Shojiro Ito, Bishop of Niigata, Japan, recognizes “the supernatural character “ and authorizes “throughout the entire diocese, the veneration of the Holy Mother of Akita, while awaiting that the Holy See publishes definitive judgment on this matter.”

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