Our Lady of Akita was a Marian apparition reported in 1973 by Sister Agnes Katsuko Sasagawa in Akita, Japan. Sister Agnes was a Japanese nun at the Institute of Handmaids of the Holy Eucharist in Akita. She experienced health problems, including deafness.
On June 12, 1973, Sister Agnes saw luminous beings around the altar in church. Sister Agnes saw her guardian angel and a three-foot-high wooden statue of the Virgin Mary ablaze with light. The statue of the Virgin Mary reportedly wept, bled, and sweated. This phenomenon was witnessed by other people, and the blood was tested and confirmed that it was human blood.
The Virgin Mary gave several messages to Sister Agnes including warnings of impending calamities, and calls for prayer, penance, and conversion. Sister Agnes’s deafness was reportedly healed as well.
This apparition serves as a reminder for us to maintain a strong prayer life, to constantly repent, and to remain faithful to the teachings of Christ.
Veritas et Lux 
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