Our Lady of Akita to Sister Agnes Sasagawa

October 13, 1973:


"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."

I was meditating on this and other messages of Akita yesterday after writing a post on my father's holy death and how dad and I used to speak of the coming chastisement. After attending a Vigil Mass at a local parish here in Manchester, I decided to stop by Building 19 (which I always enjoy). As I was leaving the store, I came across a woman walking a very large dog. Being an ardent lover of canines, I couldn't resist stopping to talk with this woman and spending some time with her furry friend.

It wasn't until later in the evening that something dawned on me. And I am actually an excellent listener. It's just that sometimes I don't make a connection right away. You know how that is. And what is it that finally occured to me several hours after speaking with this woman? Just this: no less than three times during our conversation she mentioned what breed her dog was: an Akita! Why did she mention this three times? At the time I didn't make much of it.

A mere coincidence? Perhaps. Maybe not. It should be remembered that Our Lady of La Salette appeared to Melanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud on the 19th of September. And I was walking out of a Building 19 on the same day that I wrote a post about my father who died on September 19th.

I've never been one to look for such "coincidences." As I said, all of this occured to me only later in the evening. It doesn't necessarily mean anything. I will definitely take it to prayer.

Paul