Another beautiful offering from Our Lady of America .com: for the month of July: Cleanse Your Souls in the Blood of Jesus... https://www.ourladyofamerica.com/whatsnew/CleanseYourSoulsintheBloodofJesus.pdf
The latest of the most interesting and inspired writings/offerings from ourladyofamerica.com: Reclaiming America for Mary, the Immaculate Virgin Part II https://www.ourladyofamerica.com/whatsnew/ReclaimingAmericaforMarytheImmaculateVirgin.pdf Part I here: https://www.ourladyofamerica.com/whatsnew/ReclaimingAmericaforGodandTheImmaculata.pdf
Latest: O Immaculate Mother, Queen of Our Country Reign Over Us with Your King-Son! https://www.ourladyofamerica.com/whatsnew/OImmaculateMotherQueenofOurCountry.pdf
Latest from the Our Lady of America site.....ourladyofamerica.com.....the original center: Our Blessed Mother Was NEVER an Unwed Mother! https://www.ourladyofamerica.com/whatsnew/OurBlessedMotherWasNEVERanUnwedMother.pdf
I've read a lot about France / the French Revolution. While I knew the French monarchs were devout Catholics, I did not know this: https://sacredtreasures.typepad.com...d-the-badge-of-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus.html Marie Antoinette and The Badge of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Here is the latest article from ourladyofamerica.com, the original site w/ complete history and complete devotion. This portion of it is very meaningful as our President, like no other, takes the steps to try and make peace in the world between the historically warring nations: Medals and Miracles for America and the World The 64th Anniversary of Our Lady of America “Dear child, unless the United States accepts and carries out faithfully the mandate given to it by heaven to lead the world to peace, there will come upon it and all nations a great havoc of war and incredible suffering. If, however, the United States is faithful to this mandate from heaven and yet fails in the pursuit of peace because the rest of the world will not accept or co-operate then the United States will not be burdened with the punishments about to fall.” “America, the United States in particular, is being given the tremendous, yet privileged, opportunity to lead all nations in a spiritual renewal never before so necessary, so important, so vital.” (The Diary, Pages 38, 25.) On January 3, 1984, Sister asked Our Lady if there would be a nuclear war. Our Lady responded as always, it depends on us. “There must be much more good than evil prevailing in order to prevent the holocaust that is so near approaching. Yet I tell you, my daughter, even should such a destruction happen because there were not enough souls who took my warnings seriously, there will remain a remnant—untouched by the chaos who, having been faithful in following me and spreading my warnings, will gradually inhabit the earth again with their dedicated and holy lives. These will renew the earth in the power and light of the Holy Spirit. These faithful ones of my children will be under my protection and that of the Holy Angels, and they will partake of the life of the Divine Trinity in a most remarkable way.” (The Diary, Pg. 45.) THE FULL BEAUTIFUL ARTICLE: https://www.ourladyofamerica.com/whatsnew/MedalsandMiraclesforAmericaandtheWorld.pdf
The latest beautiful offering from the Our Lady of America site.....ourladyofamerica.com: Martyrs of Blood and Martyrs of Love A martyr must die for the faith, not for his property, nor his good name, nor for the sake of the party. Self-made martyrs are numerous, but they have no place in the ranks of those who are promised the Kingdom of Heaven for taking the Cross of Christ on their shoulders. (Fulton J. Sheen, SIMPLE TRUTHS Thinking Life Through, Liguori Publications, Liguori, MO, 1998, Pg. 16.) 89, 133.) The post-Vatican II Roman calendar moved the feast of the North American Martyrs, the feast of St. Isaac Jogues and Companions, to October 19. Recall that it was on their pre-Vatican II feast, September 26, 1956, that Our Lady first appeared to Sister Mildred Neuzil as Our Lady of America. FULL ARTICLE: https://www.ourladyofamerica.com/whatsnew/MartyrsofBloodandMartyrsofLove.pdf
Bishops say Our Lady of America apparitions were not supernatural Greg Erlandson May 7, 2020 catholic news service WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, and five other bishops have concluded that alleged apparitions of Our Lady of America — said to have taken place more than six decades ago — were not of supernatural origin. While private devotion inspired by reports of the apparitions could continue without harm to the faith, Rhoades said, it would not be appropriate for any sort of public devotion. “I must come to the conclusion that the visions and revelations themselves cannot be said to be of supernatural origin in the sense of objective occurrences,” Rhoades said in a final document known as a singular decree, adding that he “cannot approve or support public devotion or cult.” The investigation concerned numerous apparitions reported by Sister Mary Ephrem Neuzil, a Sister of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus of Dayton, Ohio, between 1956 and 1959. At the time, it was reported that Mary had appeared to Neuzil and had identified herself as Our Lady of America. Neuzil died in 2000. Both before and after the reported apparitions, she said she had other communications or locutions from Mary that took place in several dioceses. Concurring with the conclusion reached by Rhoades were five other bishops from the dioceses where Neuzil had stayed during this period: Archbishops Dennis M. Schnurr of Cincinnati, and Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit along with Bishops Thomas J. Olmsted of Phoenix, Timothy L. Doherty of Lafayette, Indiana and Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio. In an interview with Catholic News Service, Rhoades said he had agreed to a request by the other five bishops to form a commission of six theologians and canonists to investigate the apparitions. He was chosen as the lead bishop of the commission because the alleged apparitions began in Rome City, Indiana, which is in his diocese. He described the commission as “a very balanced group that was open to the possibility that the apparitions were authentic.” But after what he said was a year of study of the vast documentation of the case, all members of the commission concluded that the apparitions were not supernatural in origin. In an explanatory document called “Statement Regarding the Devotion to Our Lady of America” and signed by all six bishops, they said that Neuzil appeared to have been “honest, morally upright, psychologically balanced, devoted to religious life and without guile.” They also said there were spiritual fruits that came from the devotion, although none warranted certification as miraculous. The bishops said there was not any doctrinal error in the revelations, though the report added that a claim regarding St. Joseph as a “co-redeemer” with Christ “must be seen as an error.” Regarding the experiences of Neuzil, the bishops said their study concluded that they should be described as “subjective inner religious experiences rather than objective external visions and revelations.”... https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-u...of-america-apparitions-were-not-supernatural/
You can get the entire true history (except for the time when certain powerful individuals entered the scene and took this Church mystical event to a civil court seemingly in order to get their hands on certain of the devotional materials that were previously believed by the seer herself to have been covered via copyright in order to keep the devotion pure and everything included rather than have anything separated from the whole, and who have apparently and unfortunately influenced the bishops now involved. The local authority, the Bishop of Toledo, had always been considered to be THE authority over the Private Revelation and the one who would create the commission for proper study. And the saintly Archbishop, Leibold, who was the spiritual director of the seer, always referred everything to that bishop of Toledo. These other bishops, because of some of the history taking place in their dioceses, were included suddenly and w/o any reported reference to those most closely associated with the seer and the entire history, and the commission authority given over to the bishop whose diocese just happens to include one of the places, the place that the seer felt the devil and was attacked by the devil, and which was later sold by the order to the cult of "The Way", which property has since been owned by one or more of these interfering individuals) from the authentic and original site: ourladyofamerica.com There can be no promised miracles until the requested statue find its rightful place in the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Wash., D.C. That was stated in the messages. Now that has been put off since it would be a public devotion. So such demanded supernatural events have been interfered with by their own decision. https://ourladyofamerica.com/truestory/The_True_Story_Part_3.pdf https://ourladyofamerica.com/mission.php From the rector of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, La Crosse, WI re: this surprising multi-bishop decision re: OLOA: Fr Elias Mills Ave Maria ! Dear Mr. xxxxxxxxxxx, (I blocked name) It seems that the late Archbishop Leibold (seer's spiritual director) would not have given permission for Sister Mary Ephrem’s messages to be disseminated if he did not believe them to be of supernatural origin. Why give approval for some sister’s pious reflections? Sister Mary Ephrem presented them to the Archbishop as messages from Our Lady and he gave approval for them to be disseminated with that in mind. Seems this a step backward than forward. I also question the theological rigor and competence of some of the bishops doing the investigating when they have a problem with St. Joseph being called a “Coredeemer” with Christ? If St Paul and the rest of us can be a Coredeemers with Christ, why is it not appropriate to call the Foster Father of Our Lord a Coredeemer? Sounds more like politics than theology. (my emphasis) If we are looking for miracles to prove its supernatural origin then the bishops have to practice obedience to Her request of having Her image taken in solemn procession and enshrined in a place of honor in the Basilica Shrine of the Immaculate Conception before they will see miracles greater than Fatima and Lourdes combined. We are suppose to test every spirit. Let us do what She asks and see what happens? You would think the bishops just out of curiosity would like to see miracles greater than Fatima and Lourdes combined, but as this virus has shown, if seems many of them have more faith in “science” than the supernatural. This statement does not move us forward, and a standstill, is just as good as going backwards. Ave Maria! Father Elias M. Mills. Rector of the Shrine Church (2016-Present). https://guadalupeshrine.org/about-the-shrine/franciscans-friars/
