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Introduction to the Messages
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| The visionary Ida Peerdeman
in prayer before the image of the Lady of All Nations |
The messages may be viewed as three groups:
1) The first twenty-five messages, 1945-1950: These messages are
more general in topic. Mary, the Lady, presents images, warnings and prophecies
which clearly predict the political and spiritual turbulence to come in
the second half of the twentieth century.
2) The next twenty-four messages, 1951-1954: Following the proclamation
of the dogma of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven on November 1, 1950,
the messages take on a new direction. The great plan by which the Lady wishes
to save the world gradually unfolds. She dictates a prayer which, together
with her image, is to be spread throughout the whole world, and she states
that this-her ‘worldwide action’-is the direct preparation for
the final Marian dogma: Mary Coredemptrix, Mediatrix, and Advocate. In numerous
messages she explicates the meaning and importance of this prayer, image,
and dogma, and she promises that the dogma will bring about a completely
new outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
3) The last seven messages, 1954-1959: From May 31, 1954, onward,
the Lady appears on May 31st every year. In grand visions she addresses
the nations of the world, showing them the way to go, the way leading to
the daily Miracle, the Eucharist.
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The first twenty-five messages, 1945-1950
The first twenty-five messages, given between 1945 and 1950, are not always
easy to understand. Initially the meaning of many images and words remained
obscure. In a time in which no one could foresee the heavy storms to break
out over the Church and the world, the Lady warned of forthcoming degeneration,
disaster, and war. Now, fifty years later, this is all the more remarkable,
for many of the images have become familiar to us, and many of the prophecies
have been fulfilled:
the founding of the Jewish state of Israel (message 2), the Cold War (message
23), economic warfare, boycotting, currency crises (message 14), the first
landing on the moon (message 7), the Balkan war (message 17), the downfall
of communism (message 5), chemical warfare (message 17), and many more.
It is with good reason that the Lady says, “It
will come true through the years” (message 19) and “The
signs are in my words” (message 49).
Again and again the Lady points to Christ, to the Cross, “First
back to Him, only then will there be true peace” (message 9).
There will be no peace on earth until the Cross is truly planted in the
midst of the world and everyone looks up to it as the center of creation.
The Lady promises to help the world, and she announces the coming of a new
Spirit, a white Dove Who will send forth His rays. “I
place my foot on the world. I will help them and lead them to the goal,
but they must listen ...” (message 5).
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The next twenty-four
messages, 1951-1954
On November 15, 1950, fifteen days following the proclamation of the dogma of
the Assumption of Mary into Heaven, the Lady appeared standing on the globe,
and for the first time she mentioned her new title: ‘The Lady of All Nations’.
In the following year, 1951, the Lady dictated her short and simple prayer,
directed to the Lord Jesus Christ, requesting the sending of the Holy Spirit.
She gave instructions for the painting of her image and started to speak about
the final Marian dogma: Coredemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate.
The first and greatest
commandment
In many messages the Lady speaks to the Church and to all Christians. Time and
again she stresses the importance of the great commandment: Love. Thus she says:
“The first and greatest commandment
for humanity is Love. One who possesses love will honor one’s Lord and
Master in His creation, that is to say, see the greatness of His creation, including
the Sacrifice. One who possesses love will do to other people everything one
would like done to oneself. Love is the first and the greatest commandment which
Christ gave” (message 35).
The Lady admonishes Christians, telling them to be broad-minded and open-hearted;
she continually calls for unity. Love alone can help this shattered world.
The last seven messages, 1954-1959
Of the final seven messages, given between 1954 and 1959, six of them were given
on the 31st of May. In these messages we see the Lady in her heavenly glory.
She speaks to the nations of the world, urgently admonishing them, and she shows
humanity the way it must go. The series of messages ends with a heavenly vision
of the glorified Lady and the Lord in His divine majesty.
The Church, the Community
When referring to the Church, the Lady often calls it ‘the Community’,
into which she wants to gather all people, “no
matter who or what they are” (message 38). Amsterdam takes on particular
significance. It is there that the Lady wants a special church to be built,
and from there that her action shall spread throughout the world. She shows
the exact place where the Lady of All Nations church is to be built, even giving
detailed directions for its construction (message 52).
The Eucharist
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The way humanity has to go is towards the great mystery of the Eucharist,
the daily Miracle. In her final messages the Lady points with ever greater
emphasis towards the Eucharist, the real presence of the Lord under the
appearance of bread and wine (message 56). In the heavenly vision of May
31, 1959, the figure of the Lord Himself in all of His grandeur and majesty,
emerges from a Host of white fire, and the words resound,
“Whoever eats and drinks Me acquires eternal life and receives the
True Spirit.” |
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