Sister Agnes Sasagawa, Our Lady of Akita visionary, dies at 93

[Michie]

Sister Agnes Sasagawa, a Japanese nun whose purported visions of the Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Akita included stark warnings for humanity and instructions to pray the rosary and repent of sin, died Aug. 15 at age 93.

A parish priest in Akita, Japan, confirmed to CNA by phone that Sasagawa had died on Aug. 15.

The order to which Sasagawa belonged, the Institute of the Handmaids of the Holy Eucharist, announced that Sasagawa, who had been “undergoing medical treatment for some time,” died on the Feast of the Assumption of Mary. She famously received a purported series of messages from Maryand witnessed other supernatural phenomena beginning fifty years ago.

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Sister Agnes Sasagawa, Our Lady of Akita visionary, dies at 93

Sister Agnes Sasagawa, a Japanese nun whose purported visions of the Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Akita included stark warnings for humanity and instructions to pray the rosary and repent of sin, died Aug. 15 at age 93.

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[Wolseley]

Sasagawa’s second message from Mary came on Oct. 13, 1973, the anniversary of Mary’s appearance at Fatima.

“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 has 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,” Mary said.

Nuclear war?

“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.

The "Synod on Synodality"?

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.”

Acceptance and normalization of homosexuality?

 

[RileyG]

May she rest in the peace of Christ.

 

[RileyG]

Nuclear war?



The "Synod on Synodality"?



Acceptance and normalization of homosexuality?

Just keep praying. It's all we can do in these end times.

 

[Bob Crowley]

While today's circumstances certainly appear to be heading the way of a severe judgement, the jury seems to be out as to whether Our Lady of Akita has been fully approved.

Our Lady of Akita - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It was approved by the local bishop for veneration in the Diocese of Niigata. The Vatican on the other hand hasn't given a ruling either way.

On April 22, 1984, Bishop Ito, noting that the case had been under examination for eight years,[1] issued a statement that he did not find in the events "any elements which are contrary to Catholic faith and morals". He (Bishop Ito) recognized "the supernatural character of a series of mysterious events concerning the statue" in the convent,[36] and authorized "the veneration of the Holy Mother of Akita" within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata ("while awaiting [a] definitive judgment on this matter" pronounced by the Holy See[36]). He further clarified that the events were a private revelation and not necessary for salvation like public revelation.[1]

In June 1988, a now-retired Ito met with Cardinal Ratzinger, then head of the CDF. Ratzinger gave his verbal approval to Ito's 1984 letter,[29] while not rendering "judgment about the credibility of the events".[37][38]

In 1990, Peter Shirayanagi, Archbishop of Tokyo and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan told the Italian periodical 30 Giorni that "the events of Akita are no longer to be taken seriously."[39]

The Holy See, meanwhile, never gave definitive judgment on the matter, either positive or negative.[40] Because Bishop Ito's declaration of approval has not been reversed by his successors or by the Holy See, the apparition remains officially approved for the Diocese of Niigata according to Canon law.[41]

 

[SeekFirst0]

May her soul rest in perfect peace.

 

[RileyG]

I have no fear at all. I must be repentant and trust in God’s mercy.