Background

Sister Agnes Katsuko Sasagawa became paralyzed at age 19 from a poorly performed appendix surgery. After 16 years or hospital visits and surgeries she started showing signs of improvement and joined the community of Nuns of the Virgin Mary in Nagasaki. After another bout of health problems and now totally deaf she entered the order of Eucharistic Servants of Yuzawadai, located in Akita Japan.

Miraculous Events

On June 12, 1973 Sr. Agnes observed a mysterious radiant light emanate from the tabernacle. She experienced this same phenomena the next two days. On June 28 Sr. Agnes received a cross-shaped stigmata on her left hand, which was both painful and bloody.

The sisters of The Eucharistic Servants had a 3-foot statue of The Blessed Virgin that was carved out of a single piece of a Katsura tree, standing 3 feet tall. It was on July 6, while in prayer that Sr. Agnes heard a voice coming from that very statue which was now glowing brilliantly. She was visited by her Guardian Angel who comforted her with the words, “Do not fear. I am the one who is with you and watches over you. Do not fear. Pray with fervor not only because of your sins, but also in reparation for those of all men. The world today wounds the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord by its ingratitude’s and injuries. The wounds of Mary are much deeper and sorrowful than yours. Let us go and pray together in the chapel.”

Later that day some of the other sisters noticed drops of blood running down the right hand of the statue. The wound remained until September 29, during this time it actively bleeds on 4 separate occasions. When the wound disappeared the statue of Mary began to perspire a scented perfume near her forehead and neck. On January 4, 1975 Mary’s statue began to weep, this occurred a total of 101 times over the next 7 years. The blood sweat and tears were all analyzed and declared to be authentic human blood sweat and tears.

Additionally in 1981 a woman of Korean dissent was miraculously cured of terminal brain cancer while praying before the statue. In April of 1984 Mary granted Sr. Agnes the full use of her hearing.

Messages

Sister Agnes Katsuko Sasagawa

1^st Message July 6, 1973

“My daughter, my novice, you have obeyed Me well in abandoning all to follow Me. Is the infirmity of your ears painful? Your deafness will be healed, be sure. Be patient. It is the last trial. Does the wound of your hand cause you to suffer? Pray in reparation for the sins of men. Each person in this community is my irreplaceable daughter. Do you say well the prayer of the Handmaids of the Eucharist? Then, let us pray it together:”

“Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, truly present in the Holy Eucharist, I consecrate my body and soul to be entirely one with Your Heart being sacrificed at every instant on all the altars of the world and giving praise to the Father, pleading for the coming of His Kingdom.”

“Please receive this humble offering of myself. Use me as you will for the glory of the Father and the salvation of souls.”

“Most Holy Mother of God. Never let me be separated from your Divine Son. Please defend and protect me as Your special child. Amen.”

” Pray very much for the Pope, the bishops and the priests. Since your Baptism you have always prayed faithfully for them. Continue to pray very much…very much. Tell your superior all that passed today and obey him in everything that he will tell you. He has asked that you pray with fervor.

2^nd Message August 3, 1973

“My daughter, my novice, do you love the Lord? If you love the Lord listen to what I have to say to you.”

“It is very important. You will convey it to your superior.”

“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.”

“In order that the world might know His anger, the Heavenly Father is preparing to inflict a great chastisement on all mankind. With my Son, I have intervened so many times to appease the wrath of the Father. I have prevented the coming of calamities by offering Him the sufferings of the Son on the Cross, His Precious Blood, and beloved souls who console Him and form a cohort of victim souls. Prayer, penance and courageous sacrifices can soften the Father’s anger. I desire this also from your community, that it love poverty, that it sanctify itself and pray in reparation for the ingratitude and outrages of so many men. Recite the prayer of the Handmaids of the Eucharist with awareness of its meaning: put it into practice: offer (whatever God may send) in reparation for sins. Let each one endeavor, according to capacity and position, to offer herself entirely to the Lord.”

“Even in a secular institute prayer is necessary. Already souls who wish to pray are on the way to being gathered. Without attaching too much attention to the form, be faithful and fervent in prayer to console the Master.”

Is what you think in your heart true? Are you truly decided to become the rejected stone? My novice, you who wish to belong without reserve to the Lord, to become the spouse worthy of the Spouse, make your vows knowing that you must be fastened to the Cross with three nails. These three nails are poverty, chastity, and obedience. Of the three, obedience is the foundation. In total abandon, let yourself be led by your superior. He will know how to understand you and to direct you.”

3^rd Message October 13, 1973

“My dear daughter, listen well to what I have to say to you. You will inform your superior.”

(After a short silence:)

“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

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.

The demon will be especially implacable against souls consecrated to God. The thought of the loss of so many souls is the cause of my sadness. If sins increase in number and gravity, there will be no longer pardon for them.

With courage, speak to your superior. He will know how to encourage each one of you to pray and to accomplish works of reparation.

It is Bishop Ito, who directs your community.

(And She smiled and then said:)

You have still something to ask? Today is the last time that I will speak to you in living voice. From now on you will obey the one sent to you and your superior. Pray very much the prayers of the Rosary. I alone am able still to save you from the calamites which approach. Those who place their confidence in me will be saved.”

The Church’s Approval

In April of 1984, after years of investigation the Bishop of Niigata, Rev. John Shojiro Ito, confirmed that the events surrounding the apparitions in Akita to be both miraculous and of supernatural origin. He authorized the veneration of the Holy Mother of Atika throughout his diocese.

Cardinal Ratzinger officially recognized the events and messages that occurred in Atika as authentic in June of 1988.

Eucharistic Prayer of Our Lady of Akita

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, truly present in the Holy Eucharist, I consecrate my body and my soul to be entirely one with Your Heart being sacrificed at every instant on all the altars of the world and giving praise to the Father, pleading for the coming of His Kingdom. Please receive this humble offering of myself. Use me as You will for the glory of the Father and the salvation of souls. Most holy Mother of God, never let me be separated from Your Divine Son. Please defend and protect me as Your Special Child.

Amen.