[Pyro7480]

I first heard of Our Lady of Akita earlier this summer during a visit to the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, DC. Before then, I hadn't heard of this particular Marian apparition. Yesterday, a woman passed out pamphlets that had the text of this article in them at a First Saturday devotion I went to at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The text of this intrigued me, because of use of the older catechisms and the criticism of the ecumenical moves after Vatican II. The website that I copied this text from is obviously from a traditionalist group.

Let's have your thoughts on this article.

[Pyro7480]

Pinging the traditionalists!

[sinkspur]

If sins increase in number and gravity, there will no longer be pardon for them."

This is contrary to Catholic doctrine, contrary to the Bishop's contention that there is nothing contrary to Catholic doctrine in these apparitions.

These appartions sound like a rip-off of Fatima, and add nothing new to those.

"The Congregation of the Doctrine for the Faith has given me directives in this sense," the Bishop said, "that only the bishop of the diocese in question has the power to recognize an event of this kind."

IOW, Ratzinger doesn't want to touch this with a ten-foot pole.

[OpusatFR]

I'm familiar with this particular visionary. She was healed of deafness. The Bishop there approved the vision. The warning was predicated on ~if, then~ which I think is one of the hallmarks of truth.

In any event, whatever comes, comes. I really think we are beyond warnings at this time. As far as being a Fatima ~ripoff~, I don't think so. I think this is another warning that the previous ones were not taken seriously by either the Church or the laity.

[Pyro7480]

Sorry to do this again, but a second ping for those who didn't see it the first time...

[Pyro7480]

Ping!

[Thorondir]

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.

And she did not give me credit for saying this. Man! (/sarcasm)

The Church is full of those who accept the demon and do his work, as at least one demonstrates so consistently here on this forum.

[Salvation]

**Each day, recite the prayers of the Rosary. With the Rosary, pray for the Pope, the bishops and the priests. The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that one will see cardinals opposing cardinals, and bishops against other bishops. The priests who venerate me will be scorned and opposed by their Confreres. The Church and altars will be vandalized. 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.**

This is definitely happening. We need to pray the Rosary for our priests.