January 15
Our Lady of America, January 1957
Our Lady of Banneux (Belgium, 1933)
OUR LADY OF AMERICA
To my spiritual director I was asked to send this message:
“Hurry, my son, for the time is short but the punishment will be long, and for many, forever.
"Tell the Bishops of the United Stares, my loyal sons, of my desires and how I wish them to be carried out. Through him who is head over you, make known the longings of my Immaculate Heart to establish the reign of my Divine Son in the hearts of men and thus save them from the scourge of heaven, both now and hereafter."
Our Lady, again addressing herself to me, spoke sadly yet hopefully:
"My daughter, will my children in America listen to my pleadings and console my Immaculate Heart? Will my loyal sons carry our 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. Do not forger your poor Mother, who weeps over the loss of so many of her children."
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Prayer to Our Lady of America
to the coming of Jesus, your Divine Son. With Him, reign over us, O heavenly Lady, so pure
and so bright with the radiance of God's light shining in and about you. Be our Leader against
the powers of evil set upon wresting the world of souls, redeemed at such a great cost by the
sufferings of your Son and of yourself, in union with Him, from that same Savior, Who loves us
with infinite charity.
We gather about you, O chaste and holy Mother, Virgin Immaculate, Patroness of our
beloved Land, determined to fight under your banner of holy purity against the wickedness that
would make all the world an abyss of evil, without God and without your loving maternal care.
We consecrate our hearts, our homes, our Land to your Most Pure Heart, O great Queen,
that the kingdom of your Son, our Redeemer and our God, may be firmly established in us.
We ask no special sign of you, sweet Mother, for we believe in your great love for us, and
we place in you our entire confidence. We promise to honor you by faith, love, and the purity of
our lives according to your desire.
Reign over us, then, O Virgin Immaculate, with your Son Jesus Christ. May His Divine
Heart and your most chaste Heart be ever enthroned and glorified among us. Use us, your
children of America, as your instruments in bringing peace among men and nations. Work your
miracles of grace in us, so that we may be a glory to the Blessed Trinity, Who created, redeemed,
and sanctifies us.
May your valiant Spouse, St. Joseph, with the holy Angels and Saints, assist you and us in
"renewing the face of the earth." Then when our work is over, come, Holy Immaculate Mother,
and as our Victorious Queen, lead us to the eternal kingdom, where your Son reigns forever as
King. Amen (200 days)
Written at the behest of Our Lady, October 5, 1956.
Nihil Obstat:-Daniel Pilarczyk, S.T.D.
Imprimatur:-†Paul F. Leibold,
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Our Lady of Banneux
Virgin of the Poor
"Believe in me, and I will believe in you!"
BANNEUX IS AN unremarkable village on the edge of the Ardennes Mountains. In 1933 the Beco family were living there in a small house built by the father, Julien, an unemployed wire maker. There were seven children and the family was poor, living mainly on produce from their little vegetable garden. They were nominally Catholic and not conspicuously devout.
Mariette was the oldest of the children, aged eleven. On the evening of January 15 she was looking after two of her brothers who were ill, and at the same time watching out for their father to return. She was nervous and did not like the long dark winter evenings.
As she peered through the curtains she suddenly became aware of a bright light hovering in the middle distance. After a few minutes the light formed itself into a human figure-----"a beautiful lady," as Mariette later reported. The woman was dressed in white and blue and was holding a rosary. Mariette looked again and then called to her mother, Louise, "A beautiful lady in our garden is smiling at me!" Her mother looked out but saw only a vague form. "Perhaps it's the Virgin Mary!" she exclaimed, not unkindly.
Litany of Our Lady of Banneaux, Virgin of the Poor
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Blessed Virgin of the Poor,
Lead us to Jesus, Source of grace.
Blessed Virgin of the Poor,
Save all nations.
Blessed Virgin of the Poor,
Relieve the sick.
Blessed Virgin of the Poor,
Alleviate suffering.
Blessed Virgin of the Poor,
Pray for each one of us.
Blessed Virgin of the Poor,
We believe in thee.
Blessed Virgin of the Poor,
Believe in us.
Blessed Virgin of the Poor,
We will pray hard.
Blessed Virgin of the Poor,
Bless us.
Blessed Virgin of the Poor, Mother of the Saviour, Mother of God,
We thank thee.
Let Us Pray.
Let Us Pray.
Our Lady of Banneux, Mother of Our Saviour, Mother of God, Virgin of the Poor, since thou hast promised to believe in us if we believe in thee, I put all my trust in thee.
Deign to listen to the prayers that thou hast asked be addressed to thee; have pity on all our spiritual and temporal miseries. Restore to sinners the treasure of Faith, and give to the poor their daily bread. Deign to relieve suffering, to heal the sick and to pray for us, so that thus through thy intercession, the reign of Christ the King may extend over all nations.
R. Amen.
More information on Our Lady of Banneux
http://www.theotokos.org.uk/pages/approved/appariti/banneux.html
Ave Maria!
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