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ENTER LENT:
Time of Fulfillment |
Story of Akita
Once upon a time, in the serene countryside of Japan, there lived a devout nun named Sister Agnes Sasagawa. In the year 1973, while residing at the convent in Akita, Sister Agnes experienced a series of profound and mysterious apparitions that would forever change her life and the lives of many others.
On June 12, 1973, as Sister Agnes prayed before the Blessed Sacrament, she beheld a vision of a radiant figure bathed in light. It was the Blessed Virgin Mary, who spoke to her with words of love and urgency. With each subsequent apparition, the messages grew increasingly urgent, as she warned of impending trials and called for repentance and prayer:
"Many men in this world afflict the Lord. I desire souls to console Him to soften the anger of the Heavenly Father. I wish, with my Son, for souls who will repair by their suffering and their poverty for the sinners and ingrates."
Through Sister Agnes, the Blessed Mother conveyed a powerful message of conversion and penance, urging humanity to turn away from sin and embrace the mercy and love of God:
"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 have 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."
Despite the gravity of her warnings, the Blessed Mother offered a message of hope, promising that those who remained faithful to God and embraced her call to prayer and penance would be spared from the impending chastisement:
"The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that one will see cardinals opposing cardinals, bishops against bishops. The priests who venerate me will be scorned and opposed by their confreres... churches and altars sacked; the Church will be full of those who accept compromises and the demon will press many priests and consecrated souls to leave the service of the Lord."
In the years that followed, the apparitions at Akita were officially recognized by the Catholic Church, and Sister Agnes' messages from the Blessed Virgin Mary continue to inspire countless souls to this day, serving as a powerful reminder of the urgency of prayer, repentance, and conversion in a world plagued by sin and division.
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