This column had dwelt on the messages of the Blessed Mother through Sister Agnes Sasagawa in Akita, Japan in the 1970’s. One of the messages, now known to some all over the world but still either unknown to or ignored by the most, was quite alarming, as it talked about “ fire falling from the sky” and “the living envying the dead.”
In Medjugorje, the Blessed Mother also made reference to some chastisement from God.
Here is one such quote as this space continues with dated quotes from her in a series on the Medjugorje apparitions which started in 1981 and continues.
June 24, 1983: “The sign will come, you must not worry about it. The only thing that I would want to tell you is to be converted. Make that known to all my children as quickly as possible. No pain, no suffering is too great for me in order to save you.
“I will pray so that my Son will not punish the world; but I beseech you, be converted. You cannot imagine what is going to happen or what the Eternal Father will send to earth. That is why you must be converted.
“Renounce everything. Do penance. Express my acknowledgement to all my children who have prayed and fasted. I carry all these to my Divine Son in order to obtain an alleviation of Divine Justice against the sins of mankind. I thank the people who have prayed and fasted. Persevere and help me to convert the world.”
Again stressing the importance of prayer, the Blessed Mother said on Sept. 12, 1983:
“Pray. When I give you this message, do not be content to just listen to it. Increase your prayer and see how it makes you happy. All graces are at your disposal. All you have to do is to gain them. In order to do that, I tell you again, pray.”
Dec. 1, 1983: “Thanks to all of you who have come here, so numerous during this year, in spite of snow, ice and bad weather, to pray to Jesus. Continue, hold on in your suffering.
You know well that when a friend asks you for something, you give it to him. It is thus with Jesus. When you pray without ceasing, and you come in spite of your fatigue, He will give you all that you ask from Him. For that, pray.”
Dec. 28, 1983: “My children, understand that the most important thing in our lives is prayer.”
Also in the same month, she said: “There are many Christians who are no longer faithful, because they do not pray anymore. Have them begin again to recite each day at least seven Our Father’s, seven Hail Mary’s, seven Glory Be’s and the Creed. Above all, abstain from certain television programs.
They represent a great peril for your families. After you have seen them, you cannot pray anymore. Give up
likewise alcohol, cigarettes and pleasures of this kind.”
(To be continued)
