Our Lady of America

Peace

Our Lady of America appeared in 1956 when peace on earth was in a profound state of disorder. The twentieth century had begun with great expectations for progress. Yet within sixty years, that same century had produced two World Wars, devastating totalitarian systems, untold human suffering, and the greatest persecution of the Church in the history of the world.

In 1961, shortly after the initial apparitions of Our Lady of America, the Berlin Wall was erected in Germany which divided two ways of building the earthly city – Christianity on the West and atheistic Communism on the East. An iron curtain was dropped across Europe.

Moreover, just as the Second Vatican Council was opening in Rome, the world came to the brink of a nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The road to a world of peace, justice and freedom seemed blocked. Humanity seemed doomed to live indefinitely in the precarious condition of a “Cold War” under the threat of a nuclear mushroom-shaped cloud, hoping against hope that neither an act of aggression nor an accident would trigger a war that could imperil the future of the human race. America hoped for peace on earth.

God promises peace to those in the state of His grace. The heavenly host of angels announced at the birth of Jesus to the shepherds, “Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those on whom His favor rests.” (Lk. 2:14). This peace is personal and interior. It is the “peace of God that surpasses all understanding.” ( Phil. 4:7). We must be renewed from within, let ourselves be penetrated by God’s peace and take His power into the world to bring it peace through truth, justice, love and freedom.

In his Encyclical Letter, Pacem in Terris, (Peace on Earth), Pope John XXIII identified the essential conditions for peace in these four precise requirements of the human spirit. Truth will build peace if every individual sincerely acknowledges not only his rights, but also his own duties towards others. Justice will build peace if in practice everyone respects the rights of others and actually fulfils his duties towards them. Love will build peace if people feel the needs of others as their own and share what they have with others, especially the values of mind and spirit which they possess. Freedom will build peace and make it thrive if, in the choice of the means to that end, people act according to reason and assume responsibility for their own actions.

The path to peace lays in the recognition, defense and promotion of basic human rights, which every human being enjoys, not as a benefit conferred by the state but simply because of our humanity. Every human being is a person equal in dignity and endowed by God with intelligence and free will. Because we are human persons, we have fundamental rights and the duty to respect the rights of others. Rights and duties flow from our very nature, are universal and inviolable so that they cannot in any way be surrendered. Peace can only be achieved by respecting these universal moral laws that God has written on the human heart.

“Peace cannot be attained on earth without safeguarding the goods of persons, free communicating among men, respect for the dignity of persons and peoples, and the assiduous practice of fraternity.” (CCC 2304).

Peace is not about human organizations but about human beings. Peace springs from the lives of people who foster peace first of all in their own hearts. Peace is a work of the heart and of reason in those who are peacemakers. (See Mt. 5:9). This is what brings a culture of peace.

External peace in the world is not simply the absence of war. Our Lady of America said that “the false peace of this world lures [her children] and in the end will destroy them.” (Diary 12). She also said, “Peace is from within, not from without. If mankind were at peace with itself, there would be peace in the world. Man will only have peace if he has in his heart that true love of neighbor that springs from a whole-hearted love for my Son.” (Diary 10).

St. Augustine said that true peace is “the tranquility of order”. It is the fruit of justice and charity whereby there is respect for the dignity of all persons from conception to natural death; respect for the natural rights of persons; the safeguarding of their goods and the practice of charity. (See CCC 2304). Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers.” (Mt. 5:9).

However, because of original sin, people get angry, desire revenge and commit violence in disobedience to the fifth commandment, “You shall not kill”. The ultimate expression of this is war. “Because of the evils and injustices that accompany all war, the Church insistently urges everyone to prayer and to action so that the divine Goodness may free us from the ancient bondage of war.” (CCC 2307). This is the desire of Our Lady of America for peace but she needs our help.

On November 8, 1954, Our Lady of America spoke to Sister Mildred and said, “The Divine Trinity will dwell in your midst only if you are faithful in practicing the virtues of our life at Nazareth. Then, you also, my children, you also will become another paradise. God will then walk among you and you will have peace. I need your help to bring peace into the world. Do not disappoint me.”

From 1957 to 1958, Our Lady’s warnings and her desire for peace came to Sister insistently again and again. In January 1957 Our Lady said:

The hour grows late. My Son’s patience will not last forever. Help me hold back His anger, which is about to descend on sinful and ungrateful men. Suffering and anguish, such as never before experienced, is about to overtake mankind. It is the darkest hour. But if men will come to me, my Immaculate Heart will make it bright again with the mercy which my Son will rain down through my hands. Help me save those who will not save themselves. Help me bring once again the sunshine of God’s peace upon the world. . . .

My daughter, will my children in America listen to my pleadings and console my Immaculate Heart? Will my loyal sons carry out my desires and thus help me bring the peace of Christ once again to mankind? Pray and do penance, my sweet child, that this may come to pass. Trust me and love me; I so desire it.

On February 3, 1957 she said:

My son asks of souls love, that true love willing to sacrifice itself for the One loved. Man fears to sacrifice himself because he is selfish. If souls would place themselves into my keeping, I would teach them the way of true love. If men truly loved my Son, they would not quarrel with each other and they would have peace in their own hearts. . . .

My sweet child, if love does not have its roots implanted deeply within the soul, it will die out or be rooted up by the first storm that besets it.

O child of my Pure Heart, tell my children to come to me and learn this true love of my Son, which is so necessary for their peace of soul.

On September 26-27, 1957 Our Lady said:

My dear daughter, sweet child, write my words carefully, because they are of the utmost importance. I address them to my beloved sons, the priests, dedicated to the most intense and extraordinary imitation of my Son in the perfect carrying on of His Eternal Priesthood.

Dear sons, I ask you to practice self-denial and penance in a special manner, because it is you who must lead my children in the way of peace. Yet this peace will come only by way of the sword, the flaming sword of love. If, therefore, you love my Son and wish to honor me, heed my admonition and be the first to give the example of a life of penance and self-denial. Thus, by sanctification from within you, you will become a bright and burning light to the faithful, who look to you for help and guidance.

On the Feast of the Most Holy Rosary, October 7, 1957, Our Lady said:

My beloved daughter, what I am about to tell you concerns in a particular way my children in America. Unless they do penance by mortification and self-denial and thus reform their lives, God will visit them with punishments hitherto unknown to them.

My child, there will be peace, as has been promised, but not until my children are purified and cleansed from defilement, and clothed thus with the white garment of grace, are made ready to receive this peace, so long promised and so long held back because of the sins of men.

My dear children, either you will do as I desire and reform your lives, or God Himself will need to cleanse you in the fires of untold punishment. You must be prepared to receive His great gift of peace. If you will not prepare yourselves, God will Himself be forced to do so in His justice and mercy.

On March 11, 1958, Our Lady said, “My holy spouse [St. Joseph] has an important part to play in bringing peace to the world.”

On, March 19, 1958, St. Joseph appeared to Sister on his Feast Day and said:

The Divine Trinity has placed into our keeping the peace of the world.

The imitation of the Holy Family, my child, of the virtues we practiced in our little home at Nazareth is the way for all souls to that peace which comes from God alone and which none other can give.

On July 18, 1980, Our Lady told Sister Mildred, “You must try to make my people understand that the life of God within them is the source of their peace and happiness. There is no other way. This is what my Son came to teach and bring and it was for this He lived and died. Unless this mystery of God’s Presence within is accepted and lived, peace will not come. It is the only way, believe me, my daughter.”

The Sacred Hearts of Jesus, Mary and Joseph have been chosen by the Most Holy Trinity to bring peace to the world. That is why they request special love and honor and, in particular, reparation and imitation.

On November 22, 1980, Our Lady told Sister Mildred:

Beloved daughter, the United States is a small one among nations, yet has it not been said that ‘a little child shall lead them’? It is the United States that is to lead the world to peace, the peace of Christ, the peace that He brought with Him from Heaven in His birth as man in the little town of Bethlehem.

On January 23, 1981 Sister Mildred wrote:

What I detect most strongly. . . is the shortness of time allotted to us to pray and make the necessary sacrifices to bring about world peace. There is an urgency about Our Lady and when she speaks which leaves no doubts as to the closeness of the terrible purification that is about to fall upon all nations. Every one of us knows, in a personal way, the sacrifices expected of us. This is a responsibility to be decided upon by each individual and carried out in that manner with love and trust in God’s mercy. God never fails those who put all their love and trust in Him. We have nothing to fear then if we do our part. But we must begin now because time is running out.

If possible, the family Rosary should be prayed every day with as many members of the family who may be present.

The prayer, To the Immaculate Conception, Patroness of United States, should be prayed once a day and perhaps more than once if this can be done. (This prayer is contained in Appendix B).

It is evident that the Forces of Evil are enveloping the world. Their hatred, however, is now particularly focused on the United States because of the Divine Mandate given to it to lead the world to peace.

This hatred is now expressed in international terrorism. Aaron Klein, author of the book Schmoozing with Terrorists, conducted many in-person interviews with Muslim terrorists. He said:

They are the most evil people you will ever meet. I’ve sat down with them, and I’ve looked in their eyes; there’s no humanity to them. That’s what Americans need to understand. With these killers, there’s no negotiation. There’s no dialogue. There’s no ceasefire. Ceasefire to them means a chance to reload and regroup and prepare for future attacks on the enemy.

A lot of people think that terrorism in Madrid is different from terrorism in London, New York, Tel Aviv, or the attacks against our troops in Iraq. People think one terror group here is just seeking to liberate their land, another terror group is looking for something different. But I’ve met with all sorts of terror groups, and I can tell you that this notion is ridiculous. It’s not a conflict about territory. They’re looking to spread their brand of Islam in the Middle East, in Europe and eventually in America. To them, that’s what the war is about.

That is why we should heed the warning delivered by St. Michael the Archangel to Sister Mildred on May 8, 1957:

I am Michael, Angel Captain of the Lord God of Hosts. I come to announce the coming of the kingdom, the kingdom of peace. The time is at hand. Repent, bestir yourselves, O sons of men, repent and make ready your hearts that the King may establish His Kingdom within you. Do not delay, or the time of grace will pass and with it the peace you seek.