Catholic Church Approved

Catholic Church Approved--Warnings "Greater than Deluge" of Akita Apparition of BVM


The Akita apperaance of the BVM has a similar message of warning to the world if man does not repent of his sins. The Catholic Church has approved...

Catholic Church Approved—Warnings “Greater than Deluge” of Akita Apparition of BVM
Diocescan Bishop of Nigata, Bishop John Shojiro Ito in 1984 in consultation with the Holy See proclaimed as authentic the happenings from 1973 until 1981 within his diocese at Akita, Japan.
The then Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) in 1988 approved the Akita apparitions as “reliable and worthy of belief”. Philippine ambassador to the Vatican in 1998 spoke to Cardinal Ratzinger about Akita stated that the messages of Akita and Fatima are the same. Other apparitions approved by the Catholic Church are Gaudalupe, Lourdes, Las Salette, Fatima, and more.

Like Fatima, the message of Akita is a warning for people to repent or else there will be a chastisement worldwide.

The visionary was Sister Agnes Katsuko Sasagaw who calls on all to pray and sacrifice for the glory of God the Father and the salvation of souls.

The third message in 1973 states—“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 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 priest 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 the priests.”

The Blessed Mother warns that the devil will infiltrate into the Church so that cardinals oppose cardinals and bishops in opposition with bishops. People will scorn priests. Vandals will desecrate churches and altars. Compromise will be acceptable. Demons will press many priests and consecrated to leave the service of the Lord.

“The demon will rage especially 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 not longer be pardon for them.”

What happened at Akita? The appearances and happenings focus around a three foot high statue of the Blessed Mother with a Japanese face in the chapel of the Eucharistic Handmaids of the Sacred Heart. Supernatural happenings took place involving Sister Agnes Sasagawa.

She had been very ill and required about 20 operations. She was nearly deaf when these apparitions took place. IN 1973 in June, she opened the tabernacle for adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. A strong light came from it, filling the entire chapel. For three days, this phenomenon occurred. The other sisters said that they had not seen anything.

The time was the feast of Corpus Christi. Sister told the Bishop of Akita who was visiting the convent on the feast. He advised her to keep it in her heart. The Feast of the Sacred Heart came and the guardian angel of that sister appeared to her, asking her to pray the Fatima decade prayer after each decade of the Rosary (“O my Jesus forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven. Help especially those who are in most need of Thy Mercy. Amen.”)

A wound in the form of a cross appeared in the hollow of the Sister’s left hand. It began to bleed. The bleeding ended on the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The next Friday, the wound again bled and stopped the next day, continuing like this for a moth.

Her guardian angel said to her—“Pray not only for yourself, but for the people of all nations. The world today is wounding the Sacred Heart of Jesus through so much sin and ingratitude.” Then the Sister heard a voice come from the statue in the chapel—“My daughter, you obey me very well, you have renounced everything. This deafness is a geat suffering for you. Have patience, you will be healed. It is a trial. Pray in reparation of all people. Pray much for the Holy Father, for the bishops and the priests.”

A bleeding wound later appeared on the right hand of the statue of Our Lady. The guardian angel said to her that the blood flowing was shed for the conversion of men and in reparation for sins. The Blessed Mother said that because of the sins of the world, the Heavenly Father was prepared a punishment for the world.

In September, 1973, the statue began to sweat from the face to the fee. Tears began to flow down the face. A very pleasant odor was felt in the chapel. This happened in the presence of others including the bishop.

Many pilgrims came and many received answers to their prayers.