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Beginning in 1938 Sister Mildred Mary Neuzil
received over a period of many years special messages from Our Lady
of America. Her spiritual directors determined that these mystical
experiences were interior locutions, and she was directed to record
them in writing. They concerned primarily the personal spiritual
life of Sister Mildred Mary Neuzil, but there were messages intended
for the bishop and others. Sister Mildred Mary is cloistered in a
convent of her community in Fostoria, Ohio.
The emphasis of the messages she received deal
mostly with the Indwelling of the Blessed Trinity and to devotion to
Mary as Our Lady of America. Our Lady requested that a medal be
struck honoring her Immaculate Conception and invoking her as Our
Lady of America. This was done [see below].
Mary also recommended daily family rosary and
the following Prayer to the Immaculate Conception, Patroness
of the United States.
O Immaculate Mother, Queen of
our Country, open our hearts, our homes, and our Land 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.
(Written at the behest of Our Lady, October 5,1956.)
A booklet entitled Our Lady of America
and the medal may be obtained from:
Our Lady of America Center
700 N. Susan Dr.
P.O. Box 445
Fostoria, OH 44830
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Obituary for Sister Mildred Mary Neuzil
Sister Mildred Mary Neuzil S.J.T.
Sister of Indwelling Trinity
Sister Mildred Mary Neuzil S.J.T., 83, died Monday morning,
Jan. 10, 2000, at her residence at 700 N. Susan Drive,
Fostoria.
She was born Aug. 2, 1916, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to John and
Anna (Smerda) Neuzil.
Survivors include: two sisters, Grace Lupan and Jerry
Stitch, both of Arizona, a brother, William Neuzil, also of
Arizona; and her community of the Indwelling Trinity with
devotion to Our Lady America and Our Lady of America Center.
A brother, John Neuzil and two sisters, Irma and Anna, also
are deceased.
Sister Mildred Mary's life had been hidden with Christ in
God as a religious for 70 years and she had been commissioned
by the Mother of God to place a statue of Mary under the title
of Our Lady of America in the National Shrine in Washington,
D.C, as a special safe guard for our country.
Her statue traveled to the World Youth Day in Denver,
Paris, Philippines and throughout the continents, including
Red China and the U.S.
A funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Basilica
of Our Lady of Consolation Shrine, Carey, with the Rev.
Gregory Neuzil officiating. A rosary will be recited before
the Mass.
Visitation will take place one hour before the Mass
Thursday at the church.
Memorials may be made to Devotion to Our Lady of America
Center, P.O. Box 445, Fostoria, Ohio 44830.
The Hoening Funeral Home, Fostoria, is in charge of
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