A Japanese Traveler from Fatima to Medjugorje
A middle-aged Japanese man once travelled Europe from Fatima, Portugal, through Lourdes, France, finally to Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1990s while being guided, probably, by the Holy Spirit, although he was not a member of any Christian Churches in Japan.
He just wanted to go and see the notable place for apparition of Virgin Mary, Fatima in Portugal, since he once visited Israel and Ephesus where Virgin Mary had reportedly spent Her last years. But, he had no friends in Europe, and it was his first trip to Europe, although he had some money and time as he had worked in local municipality office in Japan for more than a decade and quit the job at the time.
Although he could only speak English in addition to Japanese but not French and Spanish, he found many kind people in Fatima, Lourdes, and other places important for Christianity and its history. They helped him understand past holy events in those sites and continue his journey in peace. He only encountered pickpockets in Rome as a dangerous case. He later recalled his journey as a very lucky one beyond expectations.
In Fatima, he met a kind French woman who taught him other various notable places for Christianity in Europe. He decided to visit these places including the Cathedral of Turin, and on the way he met other kind Christians from whom he learnt the apparition of Mary in Medjugorje. But, he continued his travel to Cairo, Egypt, to see a Christian church where Virgin Mary had appeared and had been taken in photographs.
After returning to Japan, he could not forget the story about Medjugorje. So, he decided to go to Europe again. Specifically, he came to Italy and finally reached Medjugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina as he could luckily mingle with a group of Italian pilgrims going to Medjugorje by sea from the Italian Peninsula. And, he could even talk to one of visionaries there. He told her his travel through notable Christian sites in Portugal, Spain, France, and Italy. And, he told her that he might write a book on this travel as well as the apparition of Mary in Medjugorje. And then, She kindly answered his questions and allowed him to take pictures of her seeing and speaking to Virgin Mary in a place of the apparition.
Although he could not see himself Virgin Mary in air, but he was sure that She appeared to the visionary, since the face of the visionary looked so real, absorbed, and sincere. Later, after returning to Japan, he really wrote some books on his travel from Fatima to Cairo and finally to Medjugorje. He wrote that his travel and encountering with good Christians in Europe were a kind of miracles. He wrote that he had traveled as if having been guided and protected by Virgin Mary and other holy spirits.
As the conclusion of his travel, he wrote that Virgin Mary is continuing Her plan that She started in Fatima in 1917 even in Medjugorje to date. Virgin Mary is called the Queen of Peace, so that Her plan should be aimed at realizing peace on earth and saving people from wars, etc. as much as possible. Indeed, as 2,000 years have already passed since the first coming of Christ Jesus, a great crisis or the end of time must be imminent. She must have used even a Japanese traveler so as to spread Her work.
It was when the Yugoslav War was fought that the Japanese traveler visited Medjugorje. And, today a war is being fought between Ukraine and Russia. When Virgin Mary appeared in Fatima in 1917, WWI had been going to end and She gave a warning on then coming WWII. Therefore, the apparitions of Virgin Mary in Medjugorje, etc. in these decades should be related to coming WWIII.
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Mark 5, King James Version
30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.