Upon arriving at the chapel, the angel disappeared. Sr. Agnes knelt before the altar, facing the tabernacle, in profound adoration. She then approached the statue of the Virgin Mary to look at the wound that the image presented on her hand. As soon as she did, she heard a sweet voice coming from the statue. Sr. Agnes was deaf, but in a miraculous way she received the first message from Our Lady: “My daughter, my novice, you have obeyed me well in abandoning all to follow me. Is the infirmity of your ears painful? Your deafness will be healed, be sure.
Be patient. This is the last test. Does the wound of your hand cause you to suffer? Pray in reparation for the sins of men. Each person in this community is my irreplaceable daughter. Do you say well the prayer of the Handmaids of the Eucharist? Then, let us pray it together.
“Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, truly present in Holy Eucharist, I consecrate my body and soul to be entirely one with Your Heart, being sacrificed at every instant on all the altars of the world and giving praise to the Father pleading for the coming of His Kingdom. Please receive this humble offering of myself. Use me as You will for the glory of the Father and the salvation of souls. Most holy Mother of God, never let me be separated from Your Divine Son. Please defend and protect me as Your Special Child. Amen.” When the prayer was finished, the Heavenly Voice said: “Pray very much for the Pope, Bishops, and Priests. Since your Baptism you have always prayed faithfully for them. Continue to pray very much…very much. Tell your superior all that passed today and obey him in everything that he will tell you. He has asked that you pray with fervor.” That same day, July 6, the cross-shaped wound that appeared on the right hand of the statue of Our Lady began to bleed.
On July 25, Bishop Ito went to the convent to verify that the hand of the statue was bleeding. The following day, the image’s hand bled again. This time, there was more blood and it was darker. That day, Sr. Agnes felt a violent pain in the wound on the palm of her hand. On Friday, July 27, the angel told her: “Your pains will end today. Guard with much zeal the memory of the blood of Mary and engrave it on your heart. The wound of Mary has a very important significance: It has been done to obtain your conversion, to implore peace, to repair for the ingratitude, offenses, outrages and injuries that God receives. Have great esteem for the devotion to the Precious Blood of Christ.”
August 3, 1973
“My daughter, my novice, do you love the Lord? If you love the Lord, listen to what I have to say to you.”
“It is very important…You will convey it to your superior.”
“Many men in this world afflict the Lord. I desire souls to console Him to soften the anger of the Heavenly Father. I wish, with my Son, for souls who will repair by their suffering and their poverty for the sinners and ingrates.”