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Sr. Mary Ephrem Neuzil “Our Lady of America”
(1956-1959)
STATUS:
'NON CONSTAT' - NOT OBJECTIVELY SUPERNATURAL.
This was officially declared by Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South
Bend, Indiana, and five other bishops of the investigation commission
circa 2019 - to May 7, 2020 that the visions of 'Our Lady of America' to Sr.
Mary Ephrem Neuzil (1916-2000) 'NOT OBJECTIVELY SUPERNATURAL' like Lourdes, Fatima or Guadalupe, but HUMAN in
origin affected by HUMAN IMAGINATION.
Meaning they
are now NOT OFFICIALLY RECONGISED BY THE CHURCH
The bishop has
declared that since the prayers, pictures, and medals were approved
by the ecclesial authorities, these may still be used privately, BUT,
the visions themselves are NOT of an OBJECTIVE SUPERNATURAL origin and therefore public
devotion to Our Lady of America is not permitted. Bishop Rhoades
said:
"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," Bishop Rhoades
said in a final document known as a singular decree, adding that he
"cannot approve or support public devotion or cult."
Regarding the experiences of Sister
Neuzil, the bishops said their study concluded that they should be
described as "subjective inner religious experiences rather
than objective external visions and revelations."
While saying such experiences were "authentically
graced moments," the document from the bishops added that they
were "subjective ones in which her own imagination and
intellect were constitutively engaged," not "objective
visions and revelations of the type seen at Guadalupe, Fatima, and
Lourdes."
IN ALL: THESE MESSAGES WERE OF HUMAN ORIGIN
and NOT real objective visions like Our Lady of Guadalupe, Fatima and
Lourdes. Therefore, 'Our Lady of America' is NOT Church approved.
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Before I
reprint the official announcement released to the public – I'm not
surprised at this decision: personally, I too felt something was
'wrong' with this apparition as Sr. Mary Ephrem also made a
'self-fulfilling' 'failed' contradictory prophecy in 1980s.
According to the vision or message from Sr. Ephrem, Our Lady said the
USA was the country destined to bring peace to the world, however, we
know this is false as the Great Monarch prophecies over the centuries
have shown that it is the CATHOLIC MONARCHY of FRANCE that is
destined to do this, not the (Masonic!) democratic government of the
USA.
Therefore, we have a contradictory prophecy that goes against many
other approved mystics and saints prophecies, which shows something
is wrong There is also a hint in the very message itself that the
USA would FAIL to do it, and that the nations would fail to follow
America's lead in this regard, aka leading the world to peace:
“Our Lady” (Nov. 22,
1980) “It is the United States that is to lead the world to
peace….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 cooperate then the United States will
not be burdened with the punishment about to fall.”
Since France is destined
to bring the peace, and the message above mentions a possible failure
of America with regards to bringing the peace, it seems Heaven made a
prophecy that was doomed to fail anyway? Very strange and shows
something is not right.
In any case, we can see
according to the weight of history unfolding things have actually
turned out backwards and the prophecy has failed in another sense in
that sadly, the USA for a long time has not been a nation of peace
but has caused many wars and meddles in the politics of other
nations. Note, this prophecy was given in the 1980s during the Cold
War crisis, and yes, the USA was given a chance all right then when
Communist Russia collapsed, (perhaps Sr. May Ephrem actually 'read'
the situation of the times and made up a prophecy to further a period
of peace since the bishops declared human imagination was involved),
but we see this fell apart - the country in the following years was
basically geared itself to creating wars in order to pump up its
economy via what is now been termed the Industrial War Complex.
The opposite has happened
and the nations of the world resisted America's plans for war, not
peace. There was a good reason the nations of the world resisted
Pres. Bush Jr. regarding the invasion into Afghanistan and Iraq,
despite the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein, we see how there were no
WMDs or any such like that warranted destabilising a whole country
that has been in upheaval since. Wars and destructive meddling has
spread everywhere with no real peace in sight yet.
Bl. Elena Aeillo's
prophecy has proved more accurate – if the world did not convert,
America would battle Russia with its secret armies, but would be
weakened. Also, the mystic Theresa Neumann is proving correct as
well – that because of its generosity to less well off nations
America would not know an invading force on its soil, but would
suffer chastisements for its sins through natural disasters which
would weaken it economically.
Regarding chastisements,
Sr. Mary Ephrem also makes another contradictory 'self-failing
prophecy' statement on Feb, 11, 1981 that 'time was short' and that a
'terrible purification is about to befall all nations'.
So if America did pursuit
the peace, she said it would not be burdened with the punishment
about to befall, however, she says that ALL nations were going to
suffer a terrible purification-so only three months later after
saying America was chosen to bring in the peace, Sr. Mary is saying
America would fail and would suffer too anyway and be punished along
with all other nations?!
What a switch. Why bother
to make a prophecy about America being 'destined to bring the peace'
at all then? Heaven does not waste its time or effort. We've already known
France is destined to usher in the Age of Peace, so these prophecies
from Sr. Mary Ephrem were doomed to fail from the beginning since
they've contradicted themselves in addition to contradicting credible and accepted
prophecies from mystics.
Obviously, something was
'off' since we have “pre-programmed failure prophecies” from Sr.
Mary Ephrem and “Our Lady of America”.
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She said St. Joseph was a 'co-redeemer' with Christ - the bishops of the investigation commission noted that a
claim regarding St. Joseph as a "co-redeemer" with Christ"
must be seen as an error."
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ANGELS NOT IN SCRIPTURE: while the bishops say there is no doctrinal error in the revelations (apparently the earlier 'visions' of Our Lady), Sr. Mary Ephrem said she saw the Angels of the United States in a later vision in August 22, 1981 and was given their names: "Sultra" which she says means the Power of God, is the guardian and protector of the US and also the Archangel "Sardus", Strength of God.
If a vision tries to reveal angel names not in Scripture, it is a sign of a fake vision as it 1) goes against revealed Scriptures / the Bible, and the 2) the Church's direction NOT to invoke angels who are not revealed in the Scriptures. Real visions would not go against the teachings of the Church. (Click here to see why we must beware of 'Angel Names'.)
ANGELS NOT IN SCRIPTURE: while the bishops say there is no doctrinal error in the revelations (apparently the earlier 'visions' of Our Lady), Sr. Mary Ephrem said she saw the Angels of the United States in a later vision in August 22, 1981 and was given their names: "Sultra" which she says means the Power of God, is the guardian and protector of the US and also the Archangel "Sardus", Strength of God.
If a vision tries to reveal angel names not in Scripture, it is a sign of a fake vision as it 1) goes against revealed Scriptures / the Bible, and the 2) the Church's direction NOT to invoke angels who are not revealed in the Scriptures. Real visions would not go against the teachings of the Church. (Click here to see why we must beware of 'Angel Names'.)
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Below is a full report about the Official Ruling from the Church on 'Our
Lady of America' from the Catholic News Service, May 7, 2020:
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- 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, Bishop 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," Bishop 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 Sister Neuzil and had
identified herself as Our Lady of America.
Sister 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 Bishop
Rhoades were five other bishops from the dioceses where Sister 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, Bishop
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 Sister 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 Sister Neuzil, the
bishops said their study concluded that they should be described as
"subjective inner religious experiences rather than objective
external visions and revelations."
While saying such experiences were "authentically
graced moments," the document added that they were "subjective
ones in which her own imagination and intellect were constitutively
engaged," not "objective visions and revelations of the
type seen at Guadalupe, Fatima, and Lourdes."
The report also noted that Sister Neuzil's spiritual
director was a priest who later became archbishop of Cincinnati,
Archbishop Paul F. Leibold. He had supported Sister Neuzil in various
ways over many years. "However, in a letter written two years
before his death," the document noted that the archbishop said
"he was unable to make a judgment on the supernatural nature of
the visions or apparitions."
While he said he attested to the sister's holiness,
he wrote: "I have never taken any action to promote her devotion
publicly."
The bishops concluded that since many of the prayers
and religious articles such as medals have been given approval by
"competent ecclesiastical authority," the use of such
materials could continue "as a matter of private devotion."
In explaining the origins of the commission, Bishop
Rhoades said that after receiving requests from bishops for some sort
of assessment regarding the purported apparitions, then-president of
the U.S. bishops conference, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of
Galveston-Houston, asked the Congregation for the Doctrine of the
Faith if this was the appropriate competence of the conference.
The doctrinal congregation said it was more
appropriately the responsibility of the local bishop where the
apparitions and locutions were said to have occurred. This case was
unusual in that several dioceses were involved, and all the bishops
were asked to review and approve the final report.
Sister Neuzil, baptized Mildred, was born in 1916 and
became a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Most
Precious Blood of Jesus in 1933. In 1938, she said she started to
experience mystical events, the report said.
Bishop Rhoades expressed appreciation for leaders of
the devotion who provided the commission with literally thousands of
pages of correspondence and other materials for review. "They
are faith-filled, wonderful people," he said.
