Our Lady of America The Immaculate Virgin Part III
In case you had not read this next item on the Our Lady of America website, these next two days will continue to be devoted to presenting what we feel is one of the most thorough explanations of the Our Lady of America apparitions and messages that has been presented so far.
It is the homily given by Father Peter Damian Mary Fehlner, F.I. on August 5, 2006 at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Our Lady of The Angels Monastery in Hanceville, AL. You can download the complete document at www.ourladyofamerica.com.
Text of Homily
Presented by Father Peter Damian Mary Fehlner, F.I.
Feast of The Dedication of The Basilica of Saint Mary Major
August 5th, 2006
Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament,
Our Lady of The Angels Monastery
Hanceville, AL – USA
Part III
The next day Our Lady appeared with tears in her eyes, because of the ingratitude of so many sinful men, and asking that her children in America comply with her requests to cleanse their hearts in the Precious Blood of her Son and to live in His Heart, and to take her that she might teach them to live in purity of heart. She concluded thus:
I desire to make the whole of America my shrine by making every heart accessible to the love of my Son.
Shortly after, in early October, 1956, St. Joseph also appeared to Sister Mary Ephrem and in illustrating how he participated the mystery of the Immaculate Coredemptrix confirmed the meaning of the above.
It is true, my daughter, that immediately after my conception, I was, through the future merits of Jesus and because of my exceptional role of future Virgin-Father, cleansed from the stain of original sin.
I was from that moment confirmed in grace and never had the slightest stain on my soul. This is my unique privilege among men.
My pure heart also was from the first moment of existence inflamed with love for God. Immediately, at the moment when my soul was cleansed from original sin, grace was infused into it in such abundance that, excluding my holy Spouse, I surpassed the holiness of the highest angel in the angelic choir.
My heart suffered with the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Mine was a silent suffering, for it was my special vocation to hide and shield as long as God willed, the Virgin Mother and Son from the malice and hatred of men.
The most painful of my sorrows was that I knew beforehand of their passion, yet would not be there to console them.
Their future suffering was ever present to me and became my daily cross. I became, in union with my holy spouse, co-redemptor of the human race. Through compassion for the sufferings of Jesus and Mary I cooperated, as no other, in the salvation of the world.
It is perfectly clear here the link between purity of heart or sanctity and fruitful participation in the passion and Cross of the Savior, and that this link is concretely established through the maternal mediation of the Immaculate Coredemptrix.
In this context Sister Mary Ephrem was inspired to compose the prayer to Our Lady, Patroness of our land, to be found on the last pages of the booklet Our Lady of America.
The following month Our Lady taught Sister this prayer: “By thy holy and Immaculate Conception, O Mary, deliver us from evil.” Our Lady then asked Sister to draw a picture of her first appearance and have a statue made according to its likeness, to be placed after being carried in solemn procession in the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., there to be honored in a special way as Our Lady of America, the Immaculate Virgin.
During 1957 Our Lady made many warnings about the urgency of carrying out her requests, noting that the time was short, but persecution and punishment would be long for lack of compliance, and for some eternal. The Bishops in particular were to be informed of her desires and urged to carry these out. In particular Our Lady stressed the need of prayer and penance on the part of all. Peace will come as promised, but not until the children are purified and cleansed of defilement, their lives reformed and clothed with the garment of grace. The Rosary is to be a family prayer, but prayed devoutly and with meditation on each mystery. In this context, on Nov. 22-23, 1957, Our Lady identified herself as “Our Lady of the Divine Indwelling, handmaid of Him Who dwells within.”
On the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, Feb. 11, 1958, Our Lady stressed in particular the centrality of the cross and the need to participate in the sufferings of Christ in order to contribute to that interior renewal of life and the purification of hearts so much desired by Jesus. Our Lady described herself as “the Mother of the sacred humanity, and it is my special work as Coredemptrix of the human race to help souls reach the sanctity of the Father in eternal union by showing them how to put on Christ, to imbibe His Spirit, and thus become one with Him.”
Our Lady then indicated that St. Joseph would come for his feast that year, and so he did, marvelously explaining the mystery of divine fatherhood represented by him in relation to Jesus and Mary, and so underscoring the link between the renewal of family life based on the mystery of Mary’s purity and the indwelling of the divine Trinity. On the evening of the feast (March 19, 1958) St. Joseph said: “The Holy Trinity desires to honor me that in my unique fatherhood all fatherhood might be honored.” Only by way of a reform of family life based on the immaculate purity of the Virgin Mother can the dignity and role of the man as head of the family be secured, particularly in an age where so much is calculated to degrade fatherhood and so destabilize the family and society.
To be continued...
posted by OLTIV @ 11:03 PM
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9 Comments:
This was the first I had heard about OLA and I was concerned when I first was told that St. Joseph was declaring himself to be, as well as Mary, the Immaculate Conception.
How can this be? I have a lot of trouble with this notion. Can somebody please shed some light on this?
I was reading a column from spirit daily this morning and I was sickened by the fact that many members of the Church seek to destroy the messengers of prophecy and hope---This is so true of the way people tend to regard those who seek to warn them of impending perils.
My case in point is the Our Lady of America messages which were given to Sr. Neuzil in Rome City, IN in 1956 and have been looked at by some faithful members of the laiety as just so much more "trash talking apparitions" as one comment suggested on another website.
People---this is a crisis we are in. Our Lady came to us with a message of hope and enlightenment to help us out of our predicament. She was warning us of events that were as yet unforeseen in 1956 and are all too prevalent today.
There are those who say that it is impossible to believe Our Lady would be continuing to appear at different places since Fatima. How preposterous a notion can that be? If it were your children and they did not come in from their playtime the first time you called, would you not continue to call them? And if they still did not come in, would you not go in search of them wherever they may be and continue your pleading in search of your children?
So it is with Our Lady. We must not cast our own dispersions upon these messages of warning we have been given. Time IS of the essence. We know not when these events will unfold, but we do know they will.
How prepared are we?
Have we taken all of the necessary precautions?
Have we read the signs that have been posted for our benefit?
Are we just going to pick and choose--cafeteria-style---those warnings that are easy to respond to?
Dear Marina,
Amen!!!
I also would like to know where else that has been told that St. Joseph was freed of original sin. I thought I once heard it was when the angel came to him and asked him to be the earthly father of Mary's child, but I am not sure.
We need one of the priests who have posted comments on this blog to explain this more clearly for --hoping for hope's sake-- and also me.
Please find someone who can respond to this. I think this is very important in the forward movement ahead for Our Lady.
It seems conceivable, but would like to know more.
This excerpt from today's post should explain the question that has been put forth. Joseph was NOT an Immaculate Conception. ONLY Mary was conceived without sin. Joseph was cleansed AFTER conception to prepare him for his work at Jesus' father.
Shortly after, in early October, 1956, St. Joseph also appeared to Sister Mary Ephrem and in illustrating how he participated the mystery of the Immaculate Coredemptrix confirmed the meaning of the above.
It is true, my daughter, that immediately after my conception, I was, through the future merits of Jesus and because of my exceptional role of future Virgin-Father, cleansed from the stain of original sin.
I was from that moment confirmed in grace and never had the slightest stain on my soul. This is my unique privilege among men.
The following is being offered for your discernment on the advice of my pastor and after careful study and conference with my spiritual director.
It was one week ago today and I was at weekly Adoration when I heard a voice speak to me. It was a woman's voice and she was pleading with me to help her to be honored as she has requested in the National Shrine. She said a terrible tragedy was about to be unleashed and that many people will suffer during this event. I was told that she had places of safety already waiting to help the faithful. She told me not to worry but to follow the path that was put before me.
Now, I am not one to ordinarily believe in these types of things. I am more of a faithful skeptic when it comes to "messages" and the like. But this happened and I need to let people know in all the ways I can.
I had never heard of Our Lady of America before but my pastor had and he and I both feel this is where this request is coming from.
Whatever it is we have to do, we must do it.
I have been reading the comments on this website and I can tell you that I feel time is getting short. I think some people are getting the message and others are not.
I cannot be absolutely certain, but I feel that this place is one of the places I was being told about. At least I sure hope it is.
Once again, I am not a seer or prophet or anything like that. I am just a regular person who is trying to follow the path before me as best I can.
I ask that you do the same and take a moment to forward this message on to everyone in your mailing list and anyone you meet. Learn all that you can about Our Lady of America and the messages.
St. Joseph was declaring himself to be, as well as Mary, the Immaculate Conception.
Joseph, of course, did not do such. He spoke to his being freed from original sin came after the moment of his conception. It is also assumed that John the Baptist received the same while still in the womb at the meeting of Christ in the womb of Mary at the Visitation. These persons had very special missions for such immediate cleansing, but Mary is the Immaculate Conception. Actually this isn't the first time that this assumption about Joseph has been mentioned in the tradition of the Church. Such preparation of the one chosen for such awesome authority on earth over the Child should not be of any great surprise. Ah, the freedom of God!
KRIS
thank you all for the help in clearing that up for me.
I went back and read all of the articles in this series and it is becoming crystal clear to me how all of this is lining up.
this website has been an incredibly helpful source of information for me and the commentary has been very inspiring.
I have enjoyed reading all the points of view even though I can scarcely agree with the one person who left so many negative comments. It looks like they are gone now and I think that is a good thing because their reasoning was less than sound on many comments.
The photos have been awesome too. I've heard about these things, but never seen any real good photos like these.
To Jon B-
"She said a terrible tragedy was about to be unleashed and that many people will suffer during this event. I was told that she had places of safety already waiting to help the faithful. She told me not to worry but to follow the path that was put before me."
I realize this falls under the category of private revelation, but was there anything in your recollection that would point to this or any other place as being a place of safety (refuge)?
Is this more of an impulse on your part or was there anything in your "message" that clarifies this important point?
I am certain you have been over this with your spiritual advisor and it is none of my business, but there are other accounts "out there on the internet" from various sources that have postulated that many of these places where the Virgin Mother has appeared have been chosen to be refuges where the remnant Church will be safe.
I would certainly concur that, given the historical significance of this particular property in the roles it has served throughout the last century, this place has been ordained to be one of these sanctuaries that have been alluded to in other topical revelations.
I find the direction to "follow the path that is put before you" quite compelling. In studying various personal accounts over the years, I have found it quite amusing when people have reported having been given detailed instructions as to what to do.
This completely displaces the free will in these matters and it goes completely against the way God has been portrayed as having worked since the beginning. He never told Abraham everything he was to do until it was time to sacrifice his own son. Even then, he took him right up to the edge before telling him to stop.
I believe God is working in this way too. You and I will know which path to follow if we give ourselves up to His will when the time comes. Be not afraid when the events begin to unfold. Follow the path that is placed before you.
I find your account to be very credible and I thank you for sharing so openly with us here.
Thank you Jesus for your many gifts and for always saying yes to your Most Blessed Mother.
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