MESSAGES OF OUR LADY OF AMERICA

INTRODUCTION

The following lines were penned by a religious Sister, Mary Ephrem (Mildred Neuzil), from her cloister cell. She was professed as a religious in 1933. Exteriorly she was much like any other Sister in the Community, trying to be faithful to the Rule and the religious practices of the Community. She received her assignments to work in various houses, mostly in domestic work. From 1951 to 1954 she taught kindergarten classes in a parish school and enjoyed very much working with the little ones.
About 1938 she began to have what seemed like mystical experiences. They may be described as flights of the spirit, interior locutions, etc. Having these did not disturb nor overawe her in any way. In fact, by her own admission she thought they were a common thing to all religious.
In 1948 these experiences were brought to the attention of her confessor. He prudently advised her to be very cautious, lest it be a case of an overactive imagination. The experiences became more vivid and the messages more pressing. She considered seriously entering a cloister, perhaps to find her fulfillment of God's Will there. But various events indicated otherwise. Finally, her own Community established a cloistered group within the active, and in May 1958 she was permitted to enter this cloister.
These supernatural happenings, referred to above, included many things that concerned only her own personal spiritual life: special espousals with Christ, designation as the Little White Dove, etc. During all this time there were no external signs that she was different from any other member of the Community.
After some years she began to write down briefly the happenings during these occasions of special communication with God. These were read by one of the other priest to whom she had gone for direction, and in general they never found in them anything contrary to faith and morals, nor anything to indicate mental debility. On the contrary, some points, especially the great emphasis on the Indwelling of the Blessed Trinity, showed a theological understanding beyond what this Sister had been able to obtain from her regular courses in Religion.
Finally, in 1954 these visits took on the nature of a specific program of special devotion to Mary which this Sister was commanded to propagate. In fulfillment of these expressions of Our Lady which this Sister is convinced Mary wants her to carry out, she has set down in writing this Message of Mary, who presents herself here as Our Lady of America.
Sister Mary Ephrem (Mildred Neuzil) died on January 10, 2000 in Fostoria, OH.
Nihil Obstat: Daniel Pilarczyk, S.T.D.
Imprimatur: †Paul F. Leibold, V.G.
Cincinnati, OH – January 25, 1963

OUR LADY OF AMERICA
Our Lord often spoke to me in the past, and already in the early 1940's it was made known to me interiorly that my mission was to converge towards the sanctification of the family. I was not further enlightened at that time as to how this was to be accomplished.
In the year 1954, however, Our Lord addressed the following words to me. As they coincided in every way with Our Lady's message concerning the spiritual renewal of souls, I have placed them at the beginning of this manuscript.

Our Lord's words, May 22, 1954:
"My little white dove, if the world is dying, it is because it will not let Me give it life.
"I am the resurrection and the life, and unless souls seek their life in Me, they will find only death and destruction.
"They fear man-made destroyers of life, yet destruction is in themselves. Man destroys himself through the evil that is in himself.
"Implements of war kill only that which is without. Man kills that within himself which none but he can kill.
"God is light, man is darkness, and unless he comes into the light, he will be forever darkness.
"The Voice of My Heart is the Voice of Mercy. If man will not listen, there is no more I can do, for he ties My hands."
[To be continued]