The Lady Of All Nations  -   Catholic Religion

The following are the messages and prophecies of the Lady of all Nations, the Mother of Jesus Christ, in Her apparitions to Ida Peerdeman, in Amsterdam. 

These apparitions were approved by the Catholic Church on 31 May 2002.  

1st MESSAGE

25 March 1945

Feast of the Annunciation, Palm Sunday

The Lady appears

It was March 25, 1945, the Feast of the Annunciation. My sisters and I sat talking in the drawing-room, around the pot-bellied stove. The war was still going on, and it was the time of the 'hunger-winter'. Father Frehe[1] was in town that day and stopped by for a brief visit. We were in deep conversation when, all at once, I felt drawn to the adjoining room and suddenly saw a light appearing there. I got up and couldn't help going towards it. The wall disappeared before my eyes, and with it everything that had been there. It was one sea of light and an infinite depth. And out of that depth I suddenly saw a figure coming forward, a living figure, a female form. I saw her standing to my left above me, dressed in a long, white garment and wearing a sash, very feminine. She was standing with her arms lowered and the palms of her hands turned outwards, towards me. As I looked, something strange came over me. I thought, "It must be the Blessed Virgin; it can't be otherwise."

Prediction of the liberation

Then, all at once, the figure begins to speak to me. She says,

"Repeat after me."

I therefore begin--she speaks very slowly--to repeat after her, word-for-word. She raises first three, then four and finally five fingers, while telling me,

"The 3 is March, the 4 is April and the 5 is May 5th."[2]

The Rosary and the prayer

Then she lets me see the Rosary and says,

"It is thanks to this. Persevere!"

She waits a little, and then says,

"The prayer must be spread."

Then I see nothing but soldiers in front of me, many Allies, and the Blessed Virgin points at them. Then she takes the crucifix of the Rosary and points at the corpus. Then she points again at these soldiers. I should understand that it must become the life support of these soldiers, for that voice continues,

"Now they will soon go home, these."

And she points at the troops.

The Lady, Mother

My sisters and Fr. Frehe had gathered around me. When he heard me begin speaking, he said to one of my sisters, "Just write down what she says." After I had repeated a couple of sentences, I heard him say, "Listen, just ask who it is."

And then I ask, "Are you Mary?" The figure smiles at me and answers,

"They will call me 'The Lady', 'Mother'."

A cross

The image fades away before my eyes and then I look into my hand. Then a cross is laid down before me and I have to take it up. I take it up very slowly, and it is heavy.

After that figure had said everything for me to repeat, she disappeared very slowly. Only then did the light also go away, and all at once I saw everything around me in the room as it had always been.

2nd MESSAGE

21 April 1945

The image of the Lady

Suddenly I am placed in a church. Then I say, "I am standing in front of a special altar and see the image of the Lady." It is a portrayal of the Lady, the way I saw her the first time. It is in the midst of flowers; even on the altar steps I see an incredible amount of flowers. Thousands of people are kneeling before it.

Peace in Christ

The image looks at me and waves her finger to and fro in warning. She says three times,

"You people will preserve peace if you believe in Him. Make this known."

With these words, the Lady puts a crucifix in my hand, and she points at this crucifix which I have to show all around me.

New danger

After that she takes me, so to speak, out of the church, and there I see an unending emptiness before me. As I gaze into this void, however, I see human heads in it. It is as if I have to pick one out here and there, and then the image says to me,

"There are leaders who are plotting again."

Israel will rise again

Then I see a scene of people fleeing and moving away, and I am given to understand: that is the exodus of the Jews from Egypt. As the Lady points at that exodus, she says,

"But Israel will rise again."[3]

Above the scene of the exodus, I see a representation of God the Father in the clouds. He is holding His hand over His eyes, and the Lady tells me,

"And Yahweh is ashamed of His people."

Cain and Abel - The stone tablets

Then I see a vivid representation of Cain and Abel. A large jawbone of a donkey is actually lying there. I see Cain taking flight.

After this I see someone wearing a long robe, with a beard, and two stone tablets in his hands. Written on these stone tablets is a language which I do not know at all. Then it seems like those two stone tablets are being smashed to pieces. I see the pieces lying in the sand.

The Miracle Procession

After this I am placed again before the altar. But suddenly it is as if I see a procession filing past outside the church. The Lady points it out to me and says,

"That is the Miracle Procession of Amsterdam."

I see that procession going through the old downtown. There is also a priest there, walking in front with Our Lord.[4]

Then suddenly I see that procession moving on to this neighbourhood--South Amsterdam--to a stretch of land. Then everything is gone again.

3rd MESSAGE

29 July 1945

Jehovah is warning

I hear that voice again and then suddenly I see a sacrificial altar from ancient times. The smoke is descending. I hear that voice say,

"Jehovah is warning His people."

Then I hear,

"Be faithful. They have scattered my lambs."

At these last words I see lambs being scattered in all directions and going over the whole world.

Come, faithful ones

Now the Lady plants a Cross upon the sacrificial altar and I see, so to speak, the whole world gathered around it. The people, however, are standing there with their heads lowered and turned away from the Cross. Then I hear,

"Come, faithful ones."

And I see a chalice being carried about, along the crowd.

"But partly in vain,"

I hear said.

Christ, the Way

I have to look upward and suddenly I see the Lady. She smiles and, extending her arms, she says,

"Come."

A large number of men of all sorts are now standing before me: gentlemen, simple fellows, also priests and religious, dressed in black. Among them there are good people but also some not so good. The Lady invites them to come with her. She shall guide them. Now I see a long and difficult road before me, at the end of which there is a bright light.

"This way,"

says the Lady, and with a broad gesture she indicates to the men that they have to walk along this road. It is difficult and challenging. On both sides they are falling away. The Lady is watching with motherly concern, and keeps smiling at them. Then I see written before me, 'Into life again, with Christ'.

England and America

After this the Lady looks sad and says,

"England will find her way back to me."

She pauses for a moment and then says slowly and softly,

"America too."

Then the Lady slowly disappears, and I see a peculiar haze hanging over the world.

4th MESSAGE

29 August 1945

Sadness and joy

I see the Lady before me. She indicates that I should look into my hand. I see, so to speak, strange things coming out of it. I see a great sadness; this is put into my hand and I have to look at it. When I look into my hand, I feel a deep sadness arising. The Lady smiles and says,

"But joy will follow."

At that moment I can also feel that joy. I see rays, bright rays.

One community

Next I see large buildings, churches. Churches of all sorts appear, that is, not only Catholic churches. The Lady says,

"It must become one large community."

At these words I feel terrible pains in my hand. Storms are coming upon these churches.

Era of three Popes

Now the Lady lets me see three Popes. To the left, above, stands Pope Pius X. Our Pope, Pius XII, is standing in the middle, and to the right I see a new Pope.[5] Pointing at the three Popes, the Lady says,

"These three--that is one era. This Pope and the new one are the fighters."

A new war

Then she refers to a new yet strange war,[6] much later, which will cause terrible disaster.

The formation of priests

Now I see lines of young priests passing by. The Lady says,

"A lot, however, has to be changed in the Church. The formation of priests will have to be changed: a more modern formation, suited to the times, yet good, in the good spirit."

The Lady says the latter with emphasis.

I suddenly see a dove flying around my hand. It is being held, yet it is flying around continuously. The dove is sending forth new rays.

The Lady then points to the Pope, and says,

"Breadth has to come, more social. Various movements are tending towards socialism, which is good, but it can be done under the guidance of the Church."

The Lady now looks very dejected and says,

"Very much has to be changed in the formation."

I see great counter-currents, much opposition to this in the Church.

And then all of a sudden the Lady is gone.

5th MESSAGE

7 October 1945

Our Lady of the Rosary

The Eastern peoples

I see a sun and a half-moon, and I am given to understand: that is the Far East. I see China with a red flag.[7] After that I see Muslims and all the other Eastern peoples. Above all those peoples I see red on one side and black on the other, but far less of the latter. I hear that voice saying,

"It seems that this is dwindling down to a minimum."

The road to the castle

Then I see a long, beautiful road. I have to start along that road, but it is as if I have no mind for it. I represent humanity. Then I set off along that road. I feel so tired; yet I must plod on, very slowly. I am at the end of this road, and I am standing in front of a big castle with towers. The gate is opened from the inside. A hand beckons me to come in, but I do not want to; it is as if I have to step back. Yet I go in. Someone seizes me by the hand, and I see the woman in white, the Lady. She smiles at me and says,

"Come!"

My hand hurts--it is unbearable--but the Lady clasps it tightly and we go on.

The garden of justice

I come into a magnificent garden--splendidly beautiful--completely different from what you see here on earth. The Lady takes me to a certain spot and says,

"This is Justice; this they must seek outside, and it must be recovered; otherwise the world will be lost again."

While saying this, the Lady points outside. It seems to me as if I could feel Justice. My hand hurts so much, and I cannot bear it; but the Lady smiles and pulls me along.

The garden of truth

We go to another part of the garden and the Lady says, while moving her finger to and fro as if in warning,

"This is Truth. Listen carefully. Truth is also here inside, but not out there. Not at all,"

she adds. Truth comes over me as a feeling, too. I want to shake off her hand, and I say, "It is so heavy."

The Catholic Church

But then the Lady points something out to me, and it is as if I am above something with a bird's-eye view. I raise two fingers, and suddenly I see our Pope and beneath him the Vatican. Then I see the entire Church of Rome. In the sky above the Vatican I see written in large and clear characters, 'Encyclical letters'.

"That is the good way,"

the Lady says to me with emphasis.

"But they are not being lived up to,"

she says sadly.

Once more I see the Vatican and the entire Catholic Church around it. The Lady looks at me and puts a finger to her lips, while saying to me,

"As a secret between you and me,"

and again she puts a finger to her lips and adds very softly,

"not always there either."

Once more she smiles at me. She looks at me encouragingly and then says,

"But it can be righted."

Keeping pace with the times

And then I see other churches of various confessions before me. The Lady raises her finger in warning, and, showing me the entire Catholic Church again, she says,

"The Catholic Church can certainly grow larger, but ..."

and then she breaks off and I see long lines of priests, students, nuns, etc., walking past me. Once more the Lady shakes her head and says with emphasis,

"It is too bad, but this is good for nothing."

And again she says,

"This is good for nothing."

She looks ahead severely. Then she points at the students, priests and clergy, and says with emphasis,

"A better formation, keeping pace with the times, more up-to-date, more social."

A new, white dove

Then I see a black dove flying above our Church. "Not a white one," I say, "but a black one." The Lady points at that dove, saying,

"That is the old spirit which must disappear."

I suddenly see that dove changing into a white one. The Lady says,

"This is a new, white dove. It is sending out its rays in all directions, for the world is tottering; a few more years and the world would perish. Yet He is coming and He will put the world in order, but ..."

and the Lady waits a while,

"they must listen."

The Lady emphasises the word 'must', as if warning again. Then she says,

"They want to go back, away from here; they do not want to come to this place; they are averse to it--the people."

Take up the Cross

Then she again takes me along. We go further, very deep into the garden, and we come to a large Cross.

"Take it up; He has gone before you,"

the Lady says. I refuse, and feel as if the people of the whole world did the same and turned their backs upon the Cross. I am pulled by the hand and once more I see the Lady standing before me, with her hand in mine. She again says,

"Come."

The Cross into the world

I now see a radiant, translucent figure in a long garment walking in front of us; it is a man's figure but completely spiritualised. He is carrying a very large Cross; it is dragging along the ground. His face I cannot see; it is all one blaze of light. He is going into the world with the Cross, but no one is following Him.

"Alone,"

the Lady says to me.

"He is walking there, alone in this world. It is getting even worse until a certain moment when something dreadful happens and all at once the Cross is standing in the midst of the world. Now they have to look, whether they like it or not."

The victory of the Cross

Then I see all sorts of strange images. I see swastikas beneath the Cross; I see them fall; then stars--they fall away; sickles and hammers--everything falls beneath that Cross. I see red; the red does not fall away completely. The Lady says,

"Everyone looks up. Now, all of a sudden, they want to, but at a cost ...

It was black on the globe, but now everything has brightened up. Now you see that everything passes; nothing lasts."

The Rosary

My hand feels like it's getting lighter now. All at once I see the Lady again with the Rosary, and she says,

"Keep on praying--the whole world!"

She points at the crucifix and says,

"The whole world, however, will have to return to it--great and small, poor and rich--but it will take effort."

The Lady will help

Now I see the globe before me, and, placing her foot on it, the Lady says,

"I place my foot on the world. I will help them and lead them to the goal, but they must listen ..."

Then all at once I see everything go away before my eyes.

6th MESSAGE

3 January 1946

Fight in England and Europe

I hear that voice say,

"England, be on your guard!"

Then I see England and in England a large church. I am given to understand: Westminster Abbey. Then I see a bishop; he is not of our Church. I am given to understand: that is a bishop of England. After this I see the Pope sitting before me; he looks very serious. Then I see that bishop again--this has to do with England. The Lady points out England to me, and then I see the word 'Fight' above the head of that bishop. A strange feeling overcomes me; it is as if everything within me were to change--I cannot explain how. I suddenly look up to my left and see the Lady again. She is dressed all in white, standing slightly above me. She is pointing something out to me. I look and I see England lying before me once more. The Lady says to me,

"There will be a fight all over Europe and beyond."

A heavy, paralysing feeling and a great spiritual weariness take hold of me. The Lady says,

"It is a heavy spiritual fight."

Look at the Cross

Then the Lady says to me,

"Come,"

and she points at my hand. It is as if a Cross were placed in it. Now the Lady indicates what I should do. I move the hand with the Cross in it over the earth, and I have to let the Cross be seen. Then the Lady says to me,

"Yes, look at that Cross."

I do so and as I am looking, the Cross leaves my hand and I make a fist. I must look at that too. Then the Lady says,

"Now look at the Cross again."

And the Cross is again lying in my hand. Then the Lady moves her finger to and fro in warning and says,

"That Cross they want to change into other crosses."

Now I see several things whirling around before my eyes: communism and a new kind of movement that will arise, a combination of the swastika and communism.

Fight

The Lady says,

"The Christians will become weary, because of all the fighting."

She emphasises the word 'weary', and I feel a spiritual weariness coming over me.

The Lady points at something in front of me and then I see a stretch of sand, a desert. A pulpit is placed in it. Then that pulpit disappears again and for a moment I see that desert before me again. I hear a voice calling something in a foreign language of former times. This repeats itself a few times before my eyes, very quickly.

Then the Lady points out something again, and I see the Vatican. It is as though it were spinning around in the midst of the world. In the Vatican I see the Pope with his head raised and two fingers uplifted. He is looking ahead seriously. Then I beat my breast three times.

Joan of Arc

Next I suddenly see someone on horseback, in full armour. When I ask who it is, I am told: Jeanne d'Arc.[8]

All of a sudden I see a big cathedral rising up behind her. I ask what church it is and I hear within me: that is the Cathedral of Reims. Then I see a procession going in the direction of that church. It is a procession of former times with someone on horseback. He is carrying a shield and a sword, and is surrounded by shield-bearers. I hear: Bourbon. I get the feeling: that is for later on.

Truth, love of neighbour, and righteousness

After that I have to look into my hands, and I represent humanity. "They are empty," I tell the Lady. She is watching and then I must join them, while I look up at her. The Lady smiles at me. It is as though she moves down a step, and she says,

"Come."

Then it is as if I were going with her across the world. Suddenly a terrible tiredness comes over me, and I tell the Lady, "I am so tired, so hopelessly tired." I feel that way throughout my entire body. But the Lady takes me along further and further.

Then I look ahead of me and see the word 'Truth' written in very large letters. I read it aloud and then we continue again. The Lady shakes her head. She looks very serious and sad and says to me,

"Do you see love of neighbour?"

I look again into my hands and say, "Those hands are empty." She takes me by the hand again and we go on. As I see an unending emptiness before me, I hear the Lady ask,

"Righteousness, justice, where are these?"

Jericho

Then once more I see the Cross standing in the midst of the world, and the Lady points at it. I have to take it up, but I turn my head away. It is as if I were humanity and would throw the Cross away from me.

"No,"

says the Lady,

"that must be taken up and placed in the centre. There will be a certain category of people who will fight, will fight for this, and I shall lead them on to it."

As she says this, a terrible pain seizes my whole body, such that I groan and say to the Lady, "Oh, this is so painful!"

After that I hear a voice crying out very loudly,

"Jericho!"

And the Lady has gone back to her place above me. She looks down, looks down at me and says,

"What I have told you must be made known. There will be no peace beforehand."

Spiritual fight

After that I see the Pope before me again with quite a number of clerics and other gentlemen around him. "They seem to be in conference," I say. They are having fierce discussions, and it sometimes seems that they are angry. The Lady says,

"This is the spiritual fight which is going about the world. This is much worse than the other, and the world is being undermined."

Ego sum

Then I go, so to speak, across the world, and it is as if I burrow into the ground. It is as if I go further and further below the surface, passing through all kinds of tunnels. It suddenly comes to an end, and all at once I hear the words,

"I am here."

Then I hear a voice saying,

"Ego sum,"[9]

and then I softly say, "And the world is small." After this the Lady says, pointing with her finger,

"Go and spread it."

And all at once everything is gone.

7th MESSAGE

7 February 1946

Europe, be warned

Suddenly I see the Lady standing before me. She waves her finger to and fro in warning and says,

"Look over Europe, and warn the peoples of Europe."

The Lady looks very serious and says,

"Ora et labora," [10]

and again she waves her finger to and fro in warning. Next the Lady lets me see a wolf. It keeps walking back and forth before me. Suddenly the animal disappears. Then she lets me see a sheep's head with horns going around it, all intertwined. Then the Lady says again,

"Europe must be on its guard; warn the peoples of Europe."

Conflicts and disasters

After this she lets me see Rome; very clearly I see the Vatican rotating. Now the Lady seems to beckon me with her finger, and she says,

"Come; look carefully at this."

Then she raises three fingers and then her whole hand, that is, five fingers. She repeats this for me a few times.

"Look carefully and listen,"

she says,

"The East against the West."

Then I hear the Lady say again,

"Be on your guard, Europe!"

Now, suddenly, I see England before me. The Lady seems to take a step down and it is as if she places her foot on England. I look closely and see the Lady join her hands. Then she warns again; I hear her say,

"Woe to you, England!"

The Lady beckons me again to look carefully. Then all at once I see Rome before me again and the Pope seated. In his hand the Pope has an open book which he lets me see. I cannot see what kind of book it is. Then the Pope shows that book in all directions. I hear the Lady say,

"But much has to be changed there."

She points towards where the Pope is. She looks very serious and shakes her head. Again the Lady raises three fingers and then five fingers. Suddenly a feeling of confusion seizes me, and I hear the Lady say,

"New disasters are again coming upon the world."

Let the little ones come to Me

All at once I see a plain before me; a large egg is placed on it, and, as I watch, I see an ostrich running swiftly away.

Then I see lots of black children before me. Then once more I see a warning sign, and I see white children. I am shown a scene--it is as if Our Lord is standing with children all about Him. It is a luminous figure I see. I hear,

"Let the little ones come to Me."

And I see written, 'Children must be raised in Christian teaching'.

The landing on the moon

Next I see a strip of a map before me. I hear,

"Judea,"

and I see written, 'Jerusalem'. Then all of a sudden I see two lines with arrows at the ends; on the one it says 'Russia' and on the other 'America'.

Then it is as if I would come to stand above the globe with the Lady. She points something out to me and I see the moon before me very clearly. Something is flying towards it. I see it reaching the moon. I say, "There's something going down onto that moon." It is as if I were floating in the air. It is so strange around me and I say, "A kind of natural phenomenon."

Unity in Europe - England

Then I hear the Lady say,

"Peoples of Europe, join together. Things are not in order here."

In the middle of Europe I see Germany, and it is as if that country wants to wriggle out of its place. Then I see England again, and I have to hold the crown firmly now with both hands. It is as if this crown were swaying, and I would have to put it firmly over England. I hear,

"England, be well aware of your task. England, you will have to go back to the Highest, the Highest!"[11]

And now all at once the Lady is gone.

8th MESSAGE

25 February 1946

Truth has been lost

I see a bright light and the Lady standing above me. She is pointing downward and I see Europe lying before me. The Lady shakes her head. At her feet I see what looks like little angels, and as I look at them, they fold their wings over their faces. Then a great light appears around the Lady. The more I look at the earth, the darker it gets there; the Lady points this out to me. I look up at her again, but she points at the earth with a stern look on her face, and there I see in that darkness, written in large letters, 'Truth'. All at once I see the little angels again at her feet, and their wings cover their faces once more. The Lady tells me,

"You must warn them; Truth has been lost."

I say to myself, "How can I do that?" The Lady points down and says,

"Go and spread it,"

and she points her finger at the earth. There I see many clerics and

churches, but vaguely.

The Cross in the midst of the world

Again the Lady points at the world, and she says,

"See whether you can find Him."

I look and look and tell her, "I am getting so tired, and a terrible pain is filling me." Suddenly I see a large, long Cross coming down from her. It is as if someone is dragging it along, but I do not see the person, only the Cross. The Cross goes all the way down to the earth, and suddenly I see it standing in the midst of the world. I look again at the Lady, and I see a long line--it seems like pilgrims to me--moving along.

Truth, faith and love

The Lady says to me,

"Look,"

and she traces a semicircle, a curve, over the world. She seems to write in it, and I read the words aloud. 'Truth'--this is in the middle. Then she writes a word on the left, and I read 'Faith', then on the right, and I read 'Love'. The Lady points to it and says,

"Go and spread it!"

Then she points at the curve again, and says,

"That has to come back. To all appearances it is there, but in reality it is not."

And she looks terribly sad.

Disaster upon disaster

After this I have to say, "Disaster upon disaster, natural disasters." Then I see the words 'Hunger' and 'Political Chaos'. The Lady says,

"This goes not only for your country, but for the whole world."

I feel a terrible pain and say, "That is yet a period of pressure and pain, which is still going on throughout the world." I then see the word 'hopeless'.

It suddenly gets light around me, and I see the Lady, so to speak, coming down. She points out to me those three words, 'Truth', 'Faith' and 'Love'. The Lady laughs and says to me,

"But there is a lot to be learned."

Ecce Homo

She suddenly points to the right and I see someone with a long white beard, seated. He is wearing a long robe and is holding two fingers together, pointed upward. Under his elbow lies a thick book and in front of him a large key.

That scene disappears and the Lady says again,

"Look."

And now she lets me see something else. It is a large stone and on top of it lies a lamb. I hear the words:

"Ecce Homo."[12]

All at once the Lady is gone, and the light too.

9th MESSAGE

29 March 1946

The Divine Child

Once again I see the Lady standing before me. She has a child on her arm. He has a halo around his head and he is radiating light on all sides. It is as if the Lady comes down and now I see her standing on a globe. The globe rotates continuously beneath her. The Lady looks at me and says,

"Come, follow me."

I go along behind her, and it is as if we are walking over the globe. The Lady turns to me and says,

"Him"

--and she points at the Child--

"I want to bring into that world again."

But as she says this, she shakes her head again and again. I look at that Child, and as I look that Child changes into a Cross. All at once the Cross falls to the ground before me and breaks into pieces. I look at the world and see it lying entirely in darkness. Then I hear the Lady call,

"Bring Him back into that world!"

And she points at the fragmented Cross.

Back to Him

Now suddenly I see the Cross complete again, planted in the midst of the world. All sorts of people are standing around it, but with heads turned away. I suddenly feel very tired and tell this to the Lady. But she smiles at me.

Then suddenly I see her sitting on a kind of armchair. She has the Child with her again, on her lap. The Child radiates light in all directions.

The Lady says,

"First back to Him, only then will there be true peace."

She stresses the word 'true'. Then words appear around the Lady in a curve. I have to read aloud, 'Truth'. "Again?" I say and look at the Lady. She nods 'yes', This is in the middle. Then I read on the left 'Justice', and on the right 'Love of Neighbour'.

Christus Regnum

After reading this, I see at her feet a stone lion with a halo of translucent light around its head. Behind the armchair I see towers and churches appearing. And I see bishops. "Not of our Church," I say. I am given to understand: that is the Church of England. While I watch this, a cross is formed through it in the form of an 'X'. And I see the Lady smiling. The Child on her lap is suddenly bigger; He stands upright now and has a chalice in His hand.

Then I see a ladder appear beside all this, and it is as though I go up it. I come to the top of that ladder and suddenly see large before me the following sign: an 'X' with a 'P' across it.[13] The Lady says,

"Religion will have a hard struggle, and they want to tread it under foot. This will be done so cunningly that scarcely anyone will notice it. But I am warning,"

and she looks very serious and points at the chalice. I hear her say,

"Christus Regnum,"[14]

and then I see Jerusalem lying before me--this I am given to understand. There is a fight there. All of a sudden I see Armenian priests before me. Then I hold up two fingers. Again I see the Lady seated on her chair with everything around her, and now I see the Church of England, a Russian Church, an Armenian Church and many other churches. They continuously whirl around through one another. The Lady looks worried and I hear her say,

"Rome, be on guard!"

She stresses these words and clenches her fist.

And then all at once the Lady is gone.

10th MESSAGE

9 June 1946

Pentecost

Urbi et Orbi

Once again I see the Lady standing before me. She moves her finger to and fro in warning, and she says, as if speaking to the world,

"Urbi et Orbi.[15] For the moment that is the most important."

Working and watching

The Lady comes down, and in her shawl she is carrying a little Child with her, a glorified Child. She signals me to follow her, and I walk along behind her. The Lady lays that Child in the midst of the world, and the Child starts to cry very loudly. The Lady points to that Child and says,

"You people who are for Him, be watchful! I cannot warn you enough."

Then I look again at that place, but the Child is suddenly gone. The Lady looks dejectedly into the world and says,

"These are not to be found among men: Righteousness, Truth and Love."

After that it is as if the Lady stares intently in front of herself, and she says,

"Disaster upon disaster! For a second time I tell you this: as long as these are missing, there can be no true peace. By praying and especially by working for the good and not just praying. Working and keeping watch."

A new disaster

Then I suddenly see that the Lady has stepped aside. Now I am shown a very repulsive sight. From the other direction something like demons are coming towards me, figures whirling around through one another, with horns on their heads, awkward paws and horrible faces. Then I hear the Lady say,

"I predict a great, new disaster in the world."

This the Lady says very sadly and warningly. Then she says,

"If people would only listen ..."

And she keeps on shaking her head.

Then I see a short span of time and hear,

"Seemingly things will go well for a short time."

Next I see the globe, and the Lady points at it. I see glaring lights and rays, and the globe seems to explode on all sides. Then the Lady points at the sky. She stands to my right, that is, in the West, and she points to the East. I see a great number of stars in the sky, and the Lady says,

"That is where it comes from."

Struggle against the Pope

Suddenly I see a cardinal's hat lying before me. Around the hat are ribbons which hang down. On it an X-sign appears as if that hat would be crossed out. I hear the Lady say,

"There will be a struggle in Rome against the Pope."

I see lots of bishops sitting around the Pope, and then I hear,

"Catastrophic."

Then the Lady goes away.

11th MESSAGE

4 January 1947

Threat to the world

I see the Lady standing. She says,

"Let them seek support in the Truth!"

She lets me, so to speak, feel over the world with my hand, and I get such a terrible pain in it. The Lady says,

"This is the world at present."

I go over it again with my hand. Then I see an image of the world as I am now familiar with it. Then that image changes and it now, all of a sudden, has become a completely different world. The Lady says,

"This is the future world; it is very heavy. The world will destroy itself."

The Lady says the latter sadly, and in a way as if she wants to warn the people: if you go on like this, the world will destroy itself.

Rome, be warned

Then the Lady takes, so to speak, the globe in her hand and rotates it. She says,

"It has to get better again, but ..."

I look at what the Lady is pointing at and see all kinds of churches; I get the feeling that they are not Catholic churches. In the middle I see Rome. The Lady again shakes her finger to and fro in warning and says,

"Rome, be warned!"

Then I see the Church of England--this I am given to understand. I feel that a change is coming there.

Love of Neighbour, Righteousness, Truth

The Lady comes a step nearer and says,

"Look."

Suddenly I see a bunch of all kinds of church-towers all close to one another. Then the Lady takes an iron band. She puts this band around the bundle of towers and ties it up. We watch this together. Then she lets go of the band and says three times in succession:

"Up high!"

As she says this, she raises her hands a bit higher each time. Then she starts writing words above that church, and I read aloud, 'Love of Neighbour'. This she puts directly above the towers. Then on the right, but lower down, she writes, 'Righteousness'. Then she goes to the left and there she writes, 'Truth'. In the meantime I hear the Lady say,

"All this is not really to be found yet. How many times have I already said this!"

And she shakes her head compassionately.

All of a sudden I see Rome again. The Lady points to it and says,

"I cannot warn enough that they should truly practice this in the right way."

Broad-minded

After this I see great changes coming about, which the Lady lets me see. I see the following: huge red waves penetrating deeper and deeper into the world. The longer I look, the further they go. I hear the Lady say,

"That is good, but ... more spiritual, genuinely in truth, righteousness and love of neighbour."

Then it is as if years later I would see completely different spiritual movements arising. The Lady says,

"Once again I warn Rome. Broad-minded ... they have to be broad-minded, but ..."

And as the Lady points at those words, everything is suddenly gone.

12th MESSAGE

30 August 1947

View of Italy

I hear that voice and I look. I feel a sense of heaviness coming over me and I hear it said,

"There is heavy pressure there,"

and I clearly see Italy lying before me. It is as if a heavy thunderstorm breaks over it. I have to listen, and I hear,

"Exile."

I pass, so to speak, above Italy, and it is as if I must deal blows. Then I hear,

"It is as if blow after blow would hit there."

Politico-Christian struggle

In the meantime I see the northernmost and southernmost parts of Italy lying before me very clearly. In between I see central Italy. An icy silence reigns there. There are no people, nothing, only a dead silence. Then I see a large dome arise. Suddenly it starts to rain over it, harder and harder and with heavier drops. Then I suddenly see that they are not ordinary raindrops, but drops of blood falling from the sky upon that dome.

In the distance I see a Cross standing in the light and I hear,

"This will be a great politico-Christian struggle--Church politics."

Secret meetings in the Vatican

Then all of a sudden I see a large room in the Vatican, and the Pope is seated there. Something seems to be going on in the Vatican. The Lady says,

"Secret meetings are being held there. This is happening several times. They assemble in secret."

The Lady points at somebody, and I am given to understand: that is an envoy from America. In front of the Pope there are all sorts of papers. The Lady says,

"The Pope is kept informed of everything. He is completely informed about what is going to happen. It is said that there is peace, but in reality it is not so. It is all camouflage before the world."

Then twice I have to move my right hand over my left, and I hear,

"That will happen twice."

And I see a kind of point of time

13th MESSAGE

7 December 1947

The Cross

I see the Lady, and I hear,

"Rome threatened!"

After that a big '4' appears before me and around it a circle. Then that image vanishes and a Cross appears before me with four equal beams. A circle appears around that, too, and in the centre of the Cross I read 'I H S'.[16] It is as if I would take this Cross up and I show it around me. Now I suddenly see crowds of people standing around us. They are looking at it, but many with aversion.

Waves over Europe

Then I see heavy, thick clouds appearing over Europe and under them huge waves engulfing Europe. Then I see the Lady standing in a glaring, bright light. She is dressed in white. She keeps her arms extended, and from her hands emanates a thick beam of rays. I have to hold up my hand and that beam of rays seems to come into my hand. I feel it aglow and tingling. The Lady smiles at me and points at that hand, while she nods in approval. I do not know what this means. Then the Lady's face becomes drawn and she looks very sad. She points at those heavy clouds and waves, and she says,

"They will first have to perish by that flood, and only then ..."

and then I see those words written down. After 'only then', I see many dots, as if something is to follow which must remain hidden.

Then the Lady's face brightens, and I see the water evaporate as steam. For a moment the sun seems to break through. Again the Lady points out the earth to me, and I notice that everything has cleared up. And now I see lots of bones of human beings scattered over the ground, parts of skulls, arms and legs. It is a horrible sight. I hear the Lady say,

"This is the perdition. But go and work, work ..."

Righteousness, love of neighbour, justice

Then she points upwards and says,

"Read."

Then I see letters appear and I read, 'Righteousness'. After that I feel a terrible pain in my hand; it feels as heavy as lead. Then I hear the Lady say,

"Just read on,"

and I see in large letters before me, 'Love of Neighbour'. I see dripping icicles appearing all over it. Then I hear that voice saying,

"Read on!"

But when I want to read, I cannot read anything, because of the flames playing around the letters. For a moment the flames clear away and I read 'Justice'.

A soldiers' cemetery

After this the Lady points and I see a soldiers' cemetery with countless rows of white crosses. I see them fall over, one after the other--all falling backwards. Once again the Lady points and I see new white crosses appearing. As far as my eyes can reach, they are rising out of the ground. Then I hear the Lady say,

"This is the message I bring today."[17]

After this I see her slowly disappear in the light. I feel a great emptiness around me, and it is as if everything on earth looks dreary.

14th MESSAGE

26 December 1947

The world torn in two

All at once I see a glaring light and I feel a pain arising in my hand--it is just like a beam of rays. I see the Lady and she says,

"Disasters will take place from north to south and from south to west and from west to east."

Now I see a round dome. I am given to understand: that is a dome of Jerusalem. I hear now,

"In and around Jerusalem heavy battles will be waged."

All at once I see Cairo clearly, and I get a strange feeling about it. Then I see various Eastern peoples: Persians, Arabs and so on. The Lady says,

"The world is, so to speak, going to be torn in two."

Now I see the world lying before me and in it a great crack appearing, a break winding right over the world. Heavy clouds are hanging over it, and I feel great sorrow and misery. I hear the Lady say,

"Great sorrow and misery will come."

Then I see Eastern places with white-roofed houses.

The Cross

I feel something heavy in my hand. While looking there, a Cross appears in it. I have to stand it upright on the ground. The Cross is heavy and sways in all directions, continuously to and fro, from the left to the right, backward and forward. For a moment it looks as though it would fall forward, but then it straightens up. It seems to be lighter now and standing firmly in the earth. I now have to look at the ground and I see bones and helmets lying under the Cross. Then I receive a large key in my hand. I have to drop it immediately. It falls in-between the bones and helmets. Then I see lines of young men passing by me; they are soldiers. I hear that voice say,

"Stand by our boys with spiritual aid."

Then I see white graves arise, lots of small white crosses.

Then I feel a pain in my hand and I see America and Europe lying side by side. After this I see written: 'Economic warfare, Boycotting, Currencies, Disasters'.

The sundial is reversed

Then I see several figures whirling through one another very quickly. The first things I can make out are torches, which are casting their light in three directions: to the west, north and east. Then I see blue and white stripes intermingling, and then stars--it just looks like flags. After that I see the sickle and hammer, but the hammer breaks away from the sickle, and now all those things are whirling through one another. Then I see a half-moon and a sun; these flags, too, commingle with the rest. Finally a sort of springbok appears with big horns pointed backwards. It looks to me like an African springbok. That buck takes enormous jumps over all of this. While all these things are whirling through one another, a circle appears to the left, and through this the globe is turning. After that I suddenly see a large sundial. I hear the Lady say,

"The sundial is reversed."

Hellish inventions

Then I see a very peculiar scene. I have to look at the sky, and something seems to be launched into it. There is something flying past me so rapidly that I can hardly see it. It is shaped like a cigar or a torpedo, and its colour is like that of aluminium.

All of a sudden I see something shooting off from the back. I feel about with my hand, and different terrible sensations come over me. At first a total numbness. I live and yet I do not live. Then I see horrible images of people before me. I see faces, wide faces, covered with dreadful ulcers, something like leprosy. Then I feel terrible deadly diseases: cholera, leprosy--everything those people have to suffer.

Then that is gone again, and I see tiny little black things floating about me. I try to feel what it is, but that is not possible. It seems to be very fine matter. With my eyes I cannot discern what it is. It is as if I would have to look through something, and below I now see brilliant white fields. Upon those fields I see those little black things, but enlarged, and it is as if they are alive. I don't know how to describe this properly. I ask the Lady, "Are these bacilli?" She answers very seriously,

"It is hellish."

Then I feel my face and my whole body swelling. It feels like my face gets very bloated, and everything is stiff and swollen. I cannot move. I hear the Lady say,

"And that is what they are inventing,"

and then very softly,

"that Russian, but the others as well."

After this the Lady says emphatically,

"Peoples, be warned!"

And then the Lady goes away.

15th MESSAGE

28 March 1948

Easter

The struggle begins

I see the Lady and she says,

"Justice will be the point at issue. Within a very short time grave things are going to happen. These will be preceded by chaos, disorder, doubt and despair. Above St. Peter's heavy clouds will hang, which will be dispersed with much struggle and difficulty. Otherwise, perdition.

All Christians must join forces. That will be accompanied by great pain and misery. Join forces, all of you, for the struggle begins. The gates are opening. The Eastern peoples are holding their hands before their faces in Jerusalem. They will wail over their city. There is a large well in which you all can wash yourselves."[18]

Then I see written: 'Righteousness', 'Love' and 'Justice'. The Lady says,

"As long as these words are not kept before people's eyes and are not lived in their hearts, there will be no peace in sight."

Then I see a Cross planted in the ground. A snake is wriggling around it, and everything around me is growing black and dark.

Next I see a sword hanging over Europe and the East. From the West a light is coming. I hear the Lady say very seriously,

"Christian peoples, the heathens will teach it to you."

Search your hearts

Then I see the Pope and around him a reinforced bodyguard. There are also other people around him; it seems to me they are all clerics--bishops and cardinals. While pointing at these clerics, the Lady says,

"Snares and traps."

Having said this, the Lady looks at me intently. Heavy clouds are hanging over St. Peter's. Then the Lady says to all those who are sitting around the Pope,

"Be righteous and act according to your teaching. Cover your eyes with your hands, and search your hearts."

Then it is as if I would again receive a Cross in my hand, and it hurts. It is so heavy that I can scarcely hold it. The Lady says,

"Grip it tightly."

It is as if large rays would stream forth from it.

Then suddenly the Lady is gone, and so is the light.

16th MESSAGE

7 May 1949

I have to raise two fingers, and then I see a bishop in full pontificals. After that I see a stone bier upon which a high clergyman, also of stone, is lying. At the head of the stone bier a cardinal's hat is lying, and above that a sword and a crown. That sword is lying diagonally, partly beside the hat, and, because the bier is slanted, it points downwards diagonally.

The darkness of the times

Then I am placed before a large gate. It is opened before me and I have to enter. Someone in a long gown is standing before the gate. I shudder at the thought of stepping across the threshold. Suddenly I see that it is the Lady. She says,

"Take that step."

Then we come into a large space which is circular. In that space there is an unending depth and darkness. The Lady says,

"That is a dark spot. You must penetrate very deeply into it. It is the depth and the darkness of the times."

The least of my children

Then all at once I see the Lady seated, dressed in mourning, with a white veil draped over her head. She has very old features and she is sitting stooped. She says,

"We are here in the darkness; it is the degeneration of humanity."

Then I see a crucifix before me. The corpus slides down from it, so that the Cross is left bare. The Lady says very sadly,

"The Way of the Cross is starting over again."

I see deep wrinkles and big tears on the Lady's face. After this I go with her deeper into the darkness. We walk on and on and I see nothing but darkness. "Oh, what is that?" I ask. We enter a grotto. The Lady lets me, so to speak, feel the stone; it is a grotto of natural stone. Then suddenly some straw appears in it, and a child is laid upon the straw. Many people are coming in from all around, very ordinary people. The Lady says,

"Ordinary people, the least of my children. They can no longer find any room--entire crowds."

She keeps on repeating,

"The least of my children."

Now, before my eyes, that cave changes into a church. Immediately after that I see countless rows of churches, and then again that one church. Just as in the cave, there is straw there, and a little child is laid upon it. This is again not an ordinary child, but a heavenly, radiant, and spiritualised Child.

Now the Lady takes me along all those churches and points out to me nothing but empty pews. She says,

"Do you see the mistake? Emptiness."

And then many white plates, like name plates, appear on those pews. The Lady asks again,

"Do you see the mistake?"

Now she stretches out her hand over all those rows of pews, and then I see that those pews are bare--all the name plates are gone.

"The least of my children,"

that voice says again; and then it is as though the Lady wants to fill up those pews with people.

Then I see a bishop. The Lady says,

"Tell this; tell this."

And she points at those churches. Then she says,

"The world, and above all the Church, must be detached from everything."

Fight

Then I see St. Peter's. I see the Pope seated with his head bowed and his bodyguard around him. All that is also placed in the cave. Then the Lady writes a large 'P' with an 'X' across it. This she puts down at his feet, and in front of it is placed the Cross, the long beam pointed upwards--thus upside down. The Lady says,

"Where are your soldiers?"

The Pope is sitting with his fingers raised, and above his head is written, 'Fight'. I see more and more fighting. Then suddenly I see soldiers wearing high caps standing behind the Pope; they are raising two fingers.

Conflict and degeneration

The Lady says,

"Then a great conflict will arise in the world."

And I see two powers opposing one another.

All at once I see a large field of waving corn; it is moving to and fro very slowly.

Then I hear the Lady say twice,

"Degeneration!"

Then she says,

"Russia will do everything in pretence. There will be a complete revolution."

Now I see the earth, and it is as if it makes a turn. Then the Lady says,

"Nature is changing too."

I hear,

"Christ is no more."

I go looking around and hear,

"Realism, a spirit of realism."

I also see that spirit, so to speak.

The spirit they did not understand

Then I have a very beautiful vision. We arrive inside the cave again and I see, so to speak, all the fruits and riches of the earth being put into that cave. Now the Lady looks very cheerful, and she says to me,

"We are going to distribute this."

But then she suddenly gets very serious and says,

"This was the spirit they did not understand."

And meanwhile it is as if she is distributing.

Now the Lady lets me see the bare Cross and lays it down flat on the floor of the cave.

Forces of nature

Suddenly I find myself above the earth; the globe is beneath us. I now see something quite peculiar, something that is unfamiliar to us. In the middle there is an area, intensely blue and of unending depth. Round about it appear rings--circles of beautiful colours--fading off into one another. They are colours that are unfamiliar to us. As I float there in the air, I am suddenly pulled down as if by a magnet. The Lady says,

"These are forces of nature. You will hear about them."

It seems to me that it is for later on. We continue on our way and come above those rings or circles into an infinite light, a very strange and peculiar light. Then we come above another circle, which is very heavy to me. My hands and my whole body become numb; it is as if I were floating, going up and down. Then I feel some kind of pain, a terrible pain. I don't know what this has to do with it.

This image disappears and now I see the Lady pointing at something. She says,

"That is the bright circle.

The Church surrounded

And now I suddenly see St. Peter's again, next to it the Church of England, then the Armenian Church and then the Russian Church; this I am again given to understand. A cord is encircling them all. Then I

see the Pope sitting at the head, holding the two ends. Behind this, behind the Pope and those churches, I vaguely hear the word: "Atheists." They form a semicircle around it all. Then another curve appears around it. Thus the Church is, so to speak, surrounded. I hear the Lady say very sadly and emphatically,

"We will not make it this way."

Then I see a donkey with people taking to flight. A woman with a little child is sitting on the donkey. Both are shining figures. It is a scene from the East.

A divided world

Then I see Europe lying before me and next to it America. It is as if I would seize something from the middle of North America and sprinkle it over Europe. I do not know what it is.

Then in the distance I see a multitude of Eastern peoples.

"These he will rouse,"

says the Lady. I see this in the far distance.

Then a skull appears, and I hear the Lady say,

"A great disaster will occur. That will get their attention. The Eastern seas are full; you do not see that."

Now I have to trace a line from north to west, slanting downward. I do not know what this means. Then the Lady says,

"They are looking for peace, but it is not to be found."

And now the Lady goes away.

17th MESSAGE

1 October 1949

Christ persecuted

I see the Lady. She says,

"My child, I am helping you. Have confidence--in difficult moments too."

She puts a Cross in my hand; it is so heavy! The Lady says,

"Child, you shall carry the Cross around."

Now I see written before me, '1950' and then '1951-1953'.

Then I see St. Peter's in front of me. Drops are falling upon it--tears or rain. Then the Lady says,

"Warn that it is not going well this way. My Son is being persecuted again. Take the Cross and plant it in the centre! Only then will there be peace."

War on the Balkans - England

Then suddenly I see the Balkans. There is war there; they are fighting again. The Lady says,

"Child, there will be a severe fight. We are not yet out of this fight.

Economic disasters will come.

England's empire is tottering."

Now I see the crown of England with a rope attached to it. They are pulling that crown from all sides in order to keep it balanced above that country.

Then I see the Pope and a patriarch.

Russia

Then the Lady says,

"Come along to Russia."

I now see Russia. The Lady takes me along to glass buildings, underground too--all kinds of people are working there. These seem to be Germans, Frenchmen, Poles, but others too; I hear them speaking

different languages. It seems to be deep in Russia, somewhere in the great uninhabited plains of northern Russia. The Lady says,

"They are making chemicals there. America, be warned! Intervene, do intervene!

Not only human lives are at issue here, but higher powers. Bring faith into the world again. But the faithful ..."

and the Lady shakes her head.

"Live according to it--Love of Neighbour--for Love is the first commandment! Righteousness comes next."

The Danube countries

Now I travel, so to speak, with the Lady down the Danube. She points all around her and says,

"Work has to be done here; work has to be done there."

And she points from left to right.

"It must return to God. The people are ripe for it. The top leaders, however, do not want to."

And then all of a sudden the Lady is gone.

18th MESSAGE

19 November 1949

Italy and Germany

The Lady is there again. She lets me see Italy, saying,

"Those in high positions have to take the lead there. Mere words avail nothing. Deeds!"

Then it is as if I would see St. Peter's tottering. The Lady says,

"In Italy they have to work better against communism. Warn them of the situation in Germany and Italy; they can still be saved. I say this now so that you may tell them to work against the degeneration of Germany. The people are good, but they are led astray by circumstances. We have to bring the Cross there again and plant it in the centre. They have to begin to reawaken the faith among the youth and instil it anew. If hard work is not done in Italy, it will perish. The least of my children must be roused."

Praying

Then it is as if the Lady takes a great crowd of people to a certain spot. While watching this, I see the Lady pushing these people towards an altar, upon which a large Cross is standing. Then she says,

"This is the work of the mighty ones of this world, but ..."

And then she moves her finger to and fro and keeps shaking her head.

"For that reason they all have to work together. Pass it on!"

the Lady says.

"They have to pray even more. Pray to ward off degeneration. The whole world will destroy itself if this is not done. That is why I showed you this."

And now all of a sudden the Lady is gone.

19th MESSAGE

3 December 1949

Germany - Modern paganism

I see the Lady standing before me. She says,

"Child, I am bringing you a message for Germany again. It must be saved."

Then the Lady takes me above Germany. As I see Germany lying there I feel the situation there: a terrible decline of the country, the people, and the youth--and a great apostasy. The Lady says,

"The bishops should work. They have to give the order to their priests to work especially among the youth, against humanism--modern paganism."

I see many crosses standing before me. The Lady shows me how those crosses are being taken to various places. Now in Berlin I see a large square, where the Reichstag-building is. The Lady seems to plant a large Cross there, saying to me,

"People have to be brought there. The youth have to be kept away from modern paganism. They should work hard on this."

Rome

Then I see Rome again before me. The Lady moves her finger in warning over Rome and says,

"Oh, oh, why not start from there? It has to be completely rebuilt."

It is as though her hands are going around the Vatican, digging underneath and turning everything upside down.

The Netherlands

Then I see the Netherlands lying before me. The Lady says,

"The Netherlands are approaching the downward slope, too."

I see the Dutch youth, young people and children, on a downward slope. The Lady says,

"They are on a downward slope."

The chasm

Then it is as if the Lady takes me along somewhere. In front of me I see two very high mountains. In between there is a very deep and dark chasm or abyss. It seems as though I were suddenly placed on one of those mountains. The Lady says,

"Look ..."

And I see an abyss in the middle of the world. All at once it seems that the two mountains are brought together by the Lady, and she says,

"This chasm has to be closed."

Changing the laws

Next I see St. Peter's. The Lady says,

"Child, there you see the Pope in full pontificals, holding up two fingers. Listen carefully. The doctrine is right, but the Pope is entitled to change the laws. He should see it through."

All the while I see the Pope sitting before me, holding up two fingers. Next I see a large session hall, in which the Pope is seated.

"Child,"

says the Lady,

"the laws may be changed. They may, they must be changed. The social classes must come closer to each other. Those in Rome should see it through and set the example for the entire world. Consider and speak--and again I say to you: love is the first commandment, and next to it, as if joined to it by an arch, truth and righteousness."

The doctrine of Christ

"Child,"

says the Lady again,

"look."

And I see a '50' between the Lady and the Pope. The Lady says,

"In that year hard work will have to be done and ... not only with words. The doctrine of Christ is right. Why is it not lived correctly and in all its refinement?"

Now I see around me little dots and in the middle a big, red one. The Lady presses her hand heavily upon the red dot, saying,

"That is the main issue. It is not lived correctly. There needs to be a complete change. If they do not take these warnings to heart, they will perish and end up there."

And I again see those mountains with the abyss.

Once more I see the Pope, and the Lady says,

"He has but to command and it will happen."

Then I see Italy and unfamiliar clergy of high rank. I see the Pope seated with cardinals and bishops around him, in a large session hall of the Vatican. The Lady tells me he is issuing a decree. Then I see bridging between the upper and lower classes.

"This is what it has to come to,"

the Lady says.

"Keep in mind love and righteousness. Let all who believe work together for the good."

It will come true through the years

Then I ask, "But are you really the Lady?"[19] She looks at me smiling and says,

"Your spiritual director should believe you; he has sufficient evidence. Tell him the following: he has good intentions and has love in his heart--for his work, too; and for the rest ..."

The Lady then makes a friendly gesture with her head and hands, like a good mother, adding,

"And for the rest he need not worry. This is simply the way his life has been guided. The evidence has been given to you. I cannot say more, as of yet. It will come true through the years. Tell him this."

These last words upset me very much, and I think, "Through the years? Then how long will it take?"

And then the Lady goes away.

20th MESSAGE

16 December 1949

Poor Germany

I hear the Lady say, as she moves her finger to and fro in warning with a stern look on her face,

"Poor, poor Germany! Pick up the crosses and plant them in the centre. Rouse the priests. Start from below. The lower classes have to be brought back to Him. Realise that this is the way it works!"

And the Lady clenches her fist and shows it to me, very forcefully, even swinging her arm and fist towards me.

Heavy clouds over St. Peter's

Then I see St. Peter's. The Lady stretches her hand over it and says,

"That shall and must be protected. The other spirit is penetrating so dreadfully."

Then before my eyes I see a great mingling of white and red clouds. It is as though they moved quickly alongside and through one another. Beneath the clouds I see silhouettes of all kinds of domes and spires jumbled together. The Lady points this image out to me, and then it is as if she separates the clouds from one another with her hands. I now see a deep blue area before me, and in the centre of that blue area is a bright light. It is just like a very bright star, sparkling before my eyes. The Lady taps that light with her forefinger, very gently, and yet so powerfully that I can hear the impacts as though she were tapping it with a hammer. Then she says,

"That is where they have to go."

Then below I see heavy clouds hanging, very black ones, and I see the dome of St. Peter's. I hear that voice say,

"There will be a fight there; it will be fierce; it will break out. We still have a long way to go."

Working through deeds

After that I see the Pope sitting before me. The Lady looks seriously, turns her head to the side and says,

"The faithful have to be encouraged. Not merely encouraged, but they also have to work in the true Christian spirit. You think that all that is good, but it has to be worked through deeds. I am being clear enough. Insist even more on social rights, righteousness and love of neighbour, but ... act, not with words, but with deeds. Deeds can bring them to the light that I showed you."

Then I see Europe before me. The Lady says,

"Europe, be warned! Unite in the good. This is not merely an economic struggle; it is about corruption of the spirit: politico-Christian struggle. It has to come from the top down. They have to set an example, but, unfortunately, the clergy, too. They have to come down to the least of my children."

Love of Neighbour, Righteousness

Then, above the Pope and St. Peter's, I see 'Love of Neighbour, Righteousness' written in large letters. The Lady says,

"This is the great fault of this time. Unless these are lived up to, things will steadily grow worse, and the world will sink lower and lower. Everyone must make it one's own concern to live up to these."

Then it is as if the Lady would put a Cross in my hand, and she says, while pointing at herself,

"Not me, but the Cross!"

Period of a fight and disasters

Next she makes me read a sign on which is written '50 - 51 - 53', and she says,

"During this period there will be a fight and disasters."

Then she holds one hand protectively over that dome, and the other before her eyes. I get a terrible, burning pain in my hand. "I cannot bear it," I say. Then the Lady says with emphasis,

"That spirit will continually try to penetrate in all kind of forms--slowly, insidiously. It will penetrate so cunningly that the peoples will not recognise it. Again I warn you to pass this on."

Lombardi

Then I see Italy. I see there an ordinary, simple man--a priest. It is as if he is standing in the midst of a large crowd, preaching. The Lady smiles and points at him. As I look there, she says,

"That Lombardi[20] is doing a good job. He works along lines such as We desire."

After this I see two rows of different churches before me. Then it is as if the Lady walks towards the front row and lightly passes her hand over that row. I see these churches fall en masse and disappear.

The centre

Then the Lady says,

"Child,"

and she draws a sort of diamond shape before me,

"child, that is the centre."

Now I see a dome and around it a wall in the shape she just drew. Suddenly I see that it is the dome of St. Peter's. A narrow creek is running round it, marked off by a thin, black line. The Lady points at it and she says again,

"That is the centre."

Then she moves her finger to and fro very slowly and insistently, and she says,

"Let that remain the centre! The spirits of the world are at work to destroy that centre. I will help you."

Now I notice that the Lady is again holding her hand above the Pope and St. Peter's.

Then on my left I suddenly see a big, black claw with long, sharp nails. It is as if that claw is digging through everything in St. Peter's. What pain is gripping me. Everything turns pink and red before my eyes. Then that claw begins to hover above everything, and at that moment I see a black eagle in flight. It is flying to the left with great flaps of its wings.

Germany and Italy

I see Germany lying on my right. Then I hear the Lady say,

"Germany, be warned!"

I see a triangle drawn over Germany. The Lady says,

"The spirit of the triangle is trying to penetrate in a different form. The people are good, but they are being pulled hither and thither and can find no way out. Poor Germany! They will fall and already have fallen victim to that other great one."

Then I suddenly see a German bishop before me in full pontificals. He is an older man, a strong figure. On my right a layman appears, likewise a strong, manly figure. I hear,

"The bishop in his domain, and then someone enters the other domain. But that is for later on. Germany will try to work her way out; so will Italy."

Then I again see that simple priest, surrounded by people. The Lady says,

"He is trying to bring the truth among the people."

Then she tells me,

"You shall spread this. Do tell them."

And all of a sudden the Lady is gone.

21st MESSAGE

14 February 1950

Youth

I see the Lady standing before me. She says to me,

"My child, I have come here to tell you what my message is. They have to work, but very hard."

Then the Lady gestures with her hands as though beckoning several people. Afterwards I see many young people, young men and women. Suddenly that image disappears, and now I see the Lady again. She seems to beckon those young people to come and stand before her. She says,

"I do not yet see them--the armies of young men and women. Why is it not set on foot, and why is it being neglected?"

And it is as if she looks around to see where they are. Then she says,

"I have come here to draw attention to this. This is meant for Germany too."

The simple Cross

Then the Lady continues,

"There is a strong tendency in the world towards the good, and this is exactly why the other spirit is at work. That spirit is busy influencing and corrupting the world. People are not bad in themselves, but weak."

Then the Lady again holds a Cross in her hand. She puts it on a kind of platform, saying,

"Do you see that Cross? Humanity needs to be brought back to this. I urgently ask them not to forget that simple Cross in this modern world with its modern technology."

Modern means

After this I see the Pope before me and around him the whole Vatican. It is as if the Lady suddenly were standing above it all. Then I see big drops falling on the Vatican, drops coming from the Lady's direction. She says in warning,

"This Church still has its chance, but I will not say more about it. I already spoke about the modern world. Why does Rome not seek for more modern means, and why do they not work more in the modern spirit? They should take advantage of these means to win over the world's spirit. There are others to care for the body. The Church has to work on forming the spirit. Right now they have such a great opportunity, for humanity is searching. It is no longer a fight against nations, but against the spirit."

America and Russia - Japan - The Indies

Then the Lady continues,

"A great conflict will arise there--America and Russia; that is approaching."

I feel an excruciating pain in my hands. Then the Lady says,

"Japan will convert."

I do not know what this should mean. Then I sense a terrible pain coming over the Indies. The Lady lets me feel this in my hand.

Still a chance

Then the Lady says,

"If Rome were willing to work hard, then more support would come forth from all sides."

And then I see the Vatican. The Lady is again standing, so to speak, above it, and gestures with her hands as if she were placing several churches around the Vatican. Then the Lady says, as if speaking to herself,

"The chance is still there."

Then she adds,

"This Pope has to realise what a great task he must carry out in this time."

Germany

Now she lets me see Germany and says,

"Ask the Pope to send directives. Germany in particular is in such need of the good spirit. These can bring that spirit."

I see an archbishop in Germany, a strong figure.

"He will put up a fight,"

I hear the Lady say. Then, with two fingers--the index finger and the middle finger wide apart--she makes a zigzagged line right over Germany, and says,

"Work on the young people in Germany, all of you who have been appointed for that. I am not telling you this for nothing."

And then the Lady goes away.

22nd MESSAGE

27 May 1950

Taking time for the spiritual

I see the Lady standing before me, and while looking at her hands she says to me,

"Child, I still see empty hands. I ask you to pass on that I truly and firmly intend to form--among that core group of people--a group of those who desire the good and who do what is good. Listen carefully. Much time is taken for material things. They should take time for the spiritual, too. It is so urgently necessary. I would like this group of people to become aware of this. I tell you once again: those Catholics have to work hard; a great danger is threatening. Italy will seem to duel."

Now the Lady shows me St. Peter's again, and says,

"In the same way, they are working in other directions, too, to form something mighty."

Germany

"In Germany they have to work hard. Fortunately one thing or another has again been initiated there for working among the faithful again even more and better. But that is not enough by any means. Germany, above all, has to be very alert. A two-faced game is being played with her, with Germany."

Youth

Now I see a very large group of young people standing around the Lady. She looks at them and points at them, saying,

"Child, they really should start"

--and she points again at the group around her--

"bringing young people back to the right religious attitude. It is difficult and hard for those who have this at heart. I cannot, however, insist upon it enough. It is high time to begin."

The first and greatest commandment

Now the Lady makes a kind of curve with her hand and says,

"This is for later on."

I do not know what this should mean. Then the Lady says,

"You will see that only after much misery and many disasters will the Cross again be raised up. Everyone shall do one's part, according to one's ability. And I again point out the first and greatest commandment: Love, Love of Neighbour."

And now all of a sudden the Lady is gone.

23rd MESSAGE

15 August 1950

Feast of the Assumption of Mary

The East

I see a figure from the East standing before me, dressed in a long garment and wearing a cloth around his head. He bows three times, with his arms folded and the palms of his hands turned downward. After that his arms are moved apart and then he makes the same bow, but with his palms turned upward.

Then I see all kinds of strange signs, such as little curves, dashes, dots and a kind of letter like our 'J', then again various separate signs. It seems to me a kind of language. Next I see a wall; the wall winds downward; it seems to come down a mountain. All of this causes me excruciating pain.

Formosa

Suddenly I see a beast before me--a symbolic beast--which is unfamiliar to us. After that I see crabs and big starfish. Next I see an island before me. I am given to understand: that is Formosa. A smaller island lies further down. Then I have to push something up from the left and make a swooping action over the island. And I hear the words,

"America, take warning here!"

I feel that something is to happen on that island.

Politico-Christian struggle

After this I have to fold my hands, and I look upward to the left. I see the Lady and hear her say,

"This is the era of politico-Christian struggle. I have already said this several times. Great events are now coming to a climax. The chaos I spoke of has set in. The disasters have come, governments have resigned, and others will follow. Note well, child, the struggle is beginning now. I am showing you these four fingers and making a circle around them.

A prince will reign, very briefly and powerfully. You will not see it in your limited circle."

A new spirit

Then the Lady says,

"Look."

While standing beside her, I suddenly see beasts placing themselves before her.

"Look,"

the Lady says again, and now I see a wolf standing before her on the left. Then a wolf or a dog, holding a torch in its mouth, comes and stands directly in front of her.

A lioness appears beside it, and on the extreme right a large eagle appears before her.

"Look,"

the Lady says again. Now she points upward and I see a white dove. The Lady says,

"This is a new spirit that is to come."

Then I see rays coming forth from the dove; they go downward: two rays in the middle, two rays to the right, and two rays to the left. The Lady says,

"You will understand what this means later."

After that I again see the Lady with those beasts and the dove. Now many stars appear all around them.

East and West

After that it is as if the Lady takes a step down, and she says,

"Come."

Now it is as if we come to a large plateau, and we stop in the middle. Then the Lady says,

"Do you see this?"

She points from east to west. Then she stretches out her arms very wide, and it is as if she places two walls on the plateau, facing each other. She extends those walls over a long distance. Suddenly the Lady stands, so to speak, above this, and she says to me,

"That is nothing."

And she points to the East and the West. Then she stretches out her arms and makes a fist, first with her right hand, then with her left. Then she says,

"Listen carefully to how many times I strike. You shall also do this."

Together with her I make fists, and the Lady counts as we forcefully strike our fists against each other.

"Three times altogether,"

says the Lady.

"Half of this is the East."

Then I see the Balkans and Greece with a large chain around them, and around East Germany, too. It is as if the Lady ties all those countries together with that chain. I see a part still free. In the background I see a figure sitting, leaning his head on his hand. The voice tells me,

"The people who plan and bring about the destruction of the world."

The victory is Ours

After that I am shown an Eastern scene.

We climb the mountain once more, and again there is a plateau at the top. We stop there. The Lady points at something lying on the ground.

"Come,"

she says, and she points at the ground. I see a heavy beam lying there which I have to push away from me. Then suddenly I see a cross-beam appearing on it, and together they form a Cross.

Then I look again at the Lady and say, "What am I to call you?"--my spiritual director had ordered me to ask this again. She smiles and gestures as if to say: are they asking that again? And she answers me,

"Just tell them: The Lady."

And the Lady continues as usual. She points at the beam that has been pushed away and says,

"Christendom,"

and now she gestures with her hands and fingers, as if everything were flying apart and whirling around. It symbolises Christendom. The Lady says,

"You shall say this: Christendom, you do not know the great danger threatening you. There is a spirit out to undermine you. But ..."

--and the Lady makes a sign of blessing with her hand--

"victory is Ours."

England

The Lady continues,

"I am taking you along to show you something."

Now I see England lying before me. Then it is as if the Lady places her foot on England. Moving her finger to and fro in warning, she says,

"Why so rigid about everything? Can you not turn towards what is normal?"

Then it is as if she places a very big crown on England, and she says,

"This will also be tampered with."

Next it is as if the Lady makes little holes in the crown all around, through which she puts ribbons. Now it is as if she fastens all those ribbons to England. Now she again takes her foot away from England and says,

"No, England, these are not your correct politics."

I suddenly see the King of England before me. It is just as if he turns around very quickly. Above England then, to the side, I see Churchill, too, but only his head.

Then the Lady points someone out to me, and all at once I see a bishop standing there, but not of our Church. I am given to understand: that is the bishop of Canterbury. The Lady looks at him, and she moves her finger to and fro in warning. Then I see a great number of spires appearing in the background. While pointing at them the Lady says,

"There will be changes there."

But I get the feeling that it is for later on.

Then I see the Pope on our left, with two fingers raised. On the other side, facing him, is the bishop of Canterbury. Beside him, then, yet another clergyman suddenly appears. The latter is wearing a white wig with stiff curls or waves, and he is dressed in a long gown with white bands.[21] Above those heads, then, I see the Lady. She says,

"Look."

From the side of the English clergy she moves her finger over the heads of the English clergymen and then places it between the two outspread fingers of the Pope.

Korea

This scene disappears, and then I see written: '51 - 53'. The Lady lets me see this, and suddenly I receive something in my hand. It is as if I have to snatch it from the sky. It comes from very high up. I hear that voice say,

"Meteors--pay attention to them!"

Then the Lady says,

"Come,"

and we go on. The Lady says,

"The fighting in Korea is a sham and the start of great misery."

Then I see demarcations being made at intervals. Next I see someone sitting, leaning his head on his hand; this person is in deep thought. I am given to understand that it is a Russian head of state. I make him out to be Stalin or Lenin.

"I have warned you against that danger,"

I suddenly hear at my side.

Then I see half of the globe, and I have to look it over. While holding its left edge, so to speak, with my hand, I have to say, "Now I am looking very far and holding it." Then I have to descend along the sphere at an angle to the right and trace a straight line further on. This causes me terrible anxiety.

Encyclicals

"Let's go on,"

says the Lady. Now I see the upper part of Italy and have to wrap my hand around it. Then I see southern Italy, and hold the 'heel' of Italy, so to speak, tightly with my thumb, as I place my other four fingers on southern Italy. I have to do this. Then I hear the Lady say,

"No, over there things are not at all in order. Where are the encyclicals?"

I then have to make a movement and cross my raised hands over one another. I continuously see empty hands.

Then I see St. Peter's and hear the Lady say,

"Do you know your power at all? Do you know your doctrine?"

Now she writes 'Encyclicals' and says,

"This is good, and do implement it. Let it stream forth to the right and left, upward and downward. Do you realise"

--and she makes a fist--

"that this power has such power?"

Then she lets me see a '1', a '2' and a '3'. After this I see a book lying before me. A hand is laid upon it. The Lady says,

"Look at your laws."

And it is as if she would stretch something. The more she does so, the wider and larger it gets. While doing this the Lady says,

"Know well that your time is here."

Chaos

After this she takes me upon a slope and says,

"Urbi et Orbi."[22]

Then from that slope the Lady looks at St. Peter's with me, and she says,

"Why so rigid? Make more room!"

Now she takes me into a room and says,

"This is what it has to come to."

Then I see a sort of oppression and hear,

"From out of all this chaos, a fight will first arise, and only later will there be an upswing."

Now suddenly great sadness is upon me. As the Lady goes away, she says,

"I shall come again to bring you messages."

24th MESSAGE  [23]

16 November 1950

The Lady upon the globe - The Lady of All Nations

I see the Lady standing upon the globe. She points at the globe and says to me,

"Child, I am standing upon this globe, because I want to be called the Lady of All Nations."

The words 'of All Nations' appear above her head in a semicircle.

Placing her feet on England and Germany

The Lady continues,

"I have told you: mission in one's own country. And now I want to let you see something."

Then the Lady points again at the globe, and after that she is standing on Germany with her feet close together. Then the Lady makes a movement as if she steps upon England with one foot, and she says,

"I have already placed one foot there firmly."

Then she places that foot back on Germany and puts both feet together again firmly. She stands again with her hands spread apart and looks down at Germany very dejectedly. Then the Lady says,

"Child, I put both my feet on it. Germany must be saved. The Son brought you precisely here so that you may better understand this.[24]

I have restored many sick people to health."

She lets me see a map and points out a certain place. I see Lourdes very clearly. Next she points out other places, too. Which places they are, though, I don't know. The Lady says,

"Now do you understand what I want here? There are so many sick souls here; they have to be saved. Why are so many priests here going from Germany to the foreign missions? They should stay here. There is so much work to be done."

Call to action in Germany

Then the Lady points and I see the Vatican, as she says,

"The Pope should send the means and summon the priests; otherwise Germany will perish. There is a great, immense apostasy there. People do not want to give offerings for new churches and buildings. The priests must be spurred on towards this. It is a hard job. I am only warning. The others are very busy drawing the German people away from Rome."

After this I suddenly see a skull before me and in front of it two bones crossed over one another. The Lady takes the skull and the bones and lays them at her feet upon Germany. Then she says,

"The Son wants to give His special protection and has sent me to help Germany. But they have to be spurred-on to do what I say."

Starting from the bottom up

Then I see many little children gathering around her, looking up at her in rapture. The Lady points at those children, and then I see men and women standing on my left at a great distance from the Lady and the children. The Lady brings her hands together and says,

"Germany must start to regain its unity. Let everyone start for oneself in one's own house. Children again have to be one with father and mother. They should kneel together again and pray the Rosary."

Then it is as if the Lady would scatter the children, and she says,

"It has to start from the bottom up, and then go out into the world. Then love of neighbour has to be practiced again very much. A great action has to be set afoot among Catholics. This can be done by propagation, by preaching about it more in the churches. On the whole, to have more action."

Meanwhile it is as if the Lady were pushing people forward.

"It is of great importance that this be carried through. There are others working to destroy Germany. The people are ready now. Tell them; do tell them!"

Then the Lady makes a gesture of warning with her finger,

"They should work hard."

A great chance for Rome

After that I see the Pope before me once again. The Lady says,

"The Pope will comply if it is asked of him."

Then the Lady crosses her arms and extends them over Germany. After that she steps away from Germany, and I see the globe rotating under her feet. Then I see her standing on the globe again, and she points out Rome to me. She now moves her finger to and fro in warning and says,

"The Pope should always continue in this way! There is a great chance for Rome now."

I see various churches before me. With one movement of the hand the Lady throws these churches, so to speak, to the ground. Then I see the great dome of the Vatican in the background. The Lady says,

"The great chance has now come, provided that the Pope carries through what he is planning to do."

The Lady holds her hand in protection over the Pope.

Disturbance over the world

Then she says,

"A great disturbance is coming upon the world. The Russians are not leaving things as they are. And for that reason I say: I am the Lady of All Nations."

Saying so, she strongly emphasises the word 'all'.

25th MESSAGE

10 December 1950

The Cross laid upon the world

To my left I see a light appearing. I have to fold my hands. Then suddenly I see the Lady, standing upon the globe again. After that it is as if the Lady takes me along, and now I see her spreading out the globe before me like a flat map. Then she places something on the map, and a terrible pain comes over me. I then see that the Lady has laid a very large, heavy Cross upon that map. While looking at it, I feel terrible pain in my hands and head. It is as if all the muscles in my body are contracting. The Lady says,

"This is the beam that is being laid upon the world,"

and she points at the long beam. Then the Lady points at the cross-beam and then again at the whole Cross, saying,

"I am letting you feel the pains of that beam."

After this a feverish sensation comes into my head, and it is as if I have a violent thirst, so terrible that I can hardly bear it. Then the Lady makes me lift my right hand, with two fingers and my thumb raised. I have to make my left hand into a fist. The Lady says,

"The right hand is Truth and the other is the fist. You have to hold them up so that everyone can see them."

While doing so, I suddenly see all kinds of people from all nations appear behind the globe with the Cross. Then I have to hold my fist in front of my eyes. At that such terrible pain seizes me that I double over and begin to cry. Again it is as if all the muscles of my body were contracting. "That fist hurts so much," I tell the Lady. Then the pains slowly disappear. I fold my hands again.

Fight in the East

The Lady says,

"Come. Let's stop in the midst of it. I want to place my feet in the midst of the world, and I will let you see something: ... That is America."

Then she suddenly points to another part and says,

"Manchuria; a terrible uprising will happen there."

After this I see Chinese people, and then I see a line which they are crossing.

Then I have to move my hand up and down over Formosa and Korea. I hear the Lady say,

"Child, I told you: this is a sham. By this I meant that there will be periods of apparent tranquillity. But this will not last long. The Eastern peoples have been roused by a type of humanity which does not believe in the Son."

We continue again. Now I see Great China lying before me, and I have to fold my arms in a peculiar manner. I see a great man--I mean a man of spiritual greatness--sitting on a throne. The Lady says,

"He is grieved. His empire will be divided up for the time being."

Then the Lady points out America and moves a disapproving finger to and fro, as she says with a grave look,

"Do not push your politics too far."

After that she lets me stroke the Cross twice with my hand. The Cross weighs heavily over America, too.

Next I see Asia. Then I see the Lady extend her hands over a certain part of it--it seems to me to be the Ukraine--as if to protect it.

Then upward to the left, in Russia, I see a glaring light, a blinding light. It is as if it explodes from the ground upward. It is a horrible sight.

"And then you no longer see anything,"

says the Lady, and I am blinded by that light. I feel something very disgusting coming over me. Then I see a scorched plain. It is a ghastly sight, just as if death had gone over it.

Next I see people in front of me with cloths around their heads and wide cloaks draped about them. They are holding their cloaks shut with their hands crossed in front of them. The Lady points at those people and says,

"A fight for holy ground will happen again there, too. They will have a conflict over our land."

The Lady is speaking so softly that I do not know whether she says 'fight' or 'conflict'.

"Japan, too, has to be on her guard. I am telling you all of this, and you will witness it. For I am the Lady of All Nations, and you shall say this."

The Lady's earlier apparitions

Then I see the Lady again, standing before me in her usual position with her arms spread out. I ask her, "Will they believe me?" I ask this because of all the difficulties I have had. The Lady answers,

"Yes, that is why I came to you before--when you did not understand. It was not necessary then; it was the proof for now."[25]

The secular and regular clergy

Now I have to form a fist again with one hand and raise the fingers of the other hand. The Lady then says,

"Those two hands will fight against one another, but after much fighting and pain the hand with the fist will fall, because Truth will always triumph. But alas, a lot still has to be changed there. Say that the Church is now on the right path."

Now the Lady pauses, and then she says,

"The seculars and regulars."[26]

Then it is as if she bangs her fist on the table. I hear a loud bang and see her shaking her head in an emphatic 'no'. Then she says,

"Among the secular clergy there is still so much indifference which can be put aside. They shall mind their task well in this time."

At first I dare not repeat this, but then the Lady looks at me very severely. Thus I cannot help but repeat it.

Men and women

Then it is as if the Lady forms two rows of people. Now I see men standing to her right and women to her left. Then she points at the row of women with a compassionate look on her face. She shakes her head in pity and says, as though addressing those women,

"Do you still know your task? Listen carefully: as a woman is, so is the man. You women, set the example. Return to your womanliness."

Then she looks at the row of men and says,

"I have one question for you, men: where are the soldiers for Christ? That is all I have to say to you."

The white dove

Then it is as if the Lady unites those two rows of people. She brings them together with an arch. Now I see endless rows of men and women next to one another. Then all of a sudden that arch forms a large dome, and above that dome it forms into a large church. Inside that church I see the following image appear: a white dove emitting rays of light. The Lady says,

"Oh, let those come upon the people of the earth. I will help them, but they will have to work hard and quickly."

The Pope will be helped

Then all of a sudden I see the Pope again, but I only see his bust. He is, so to speak, above it all. He is wearing a peculiar crown all set with precious stones. While looking at it, I hear the Lady say,

"A tiara."

Then it is as if the Lady addresses the Pope, and she says,

"You are heading in the right direction. I will help you. Use your modern means even more and press on. Rome's chance has come. Make use of it! You will have to weather very severe storms, but you will be helped."

Then I see enormous storms, and a flood of water.

Then all of a sudden I see a crown in the Lady's right hand, and it is as though she were handing it over to the Pope.

France

Next the Lady says to me,

"Now we move on. France is in a dreadful plight."

I see France before me, and the statue of Napoleon on it in the centre. I hear,

"France, militarily, economically and spiritually you have sunk very deeply. Where are your glory and your pride?"

Then I see many red spots upon France. I hear that voice say,

"And yet so very little is necessary to make these people see the error of their ways."

Then the Lady points at various countries and says,

"Why don't they join together?"

Now I see the Netherlands, France, Belgium and England.

The iron curtain

The Lady points at a thick line in Germany, and she says,

"Europe is divided in two."

I remove that line with one sweep of the hand. Now I see a very black area, except for the coastal countries, which I see very clearly. Then we arrive above a river. The Lady says,

"The Oder."

I see no water flowing, but a red flood.

"And it is red with blood,"

says the Lady. I see red streams flowing westward.

Turkey

Then I hear,

"Turkey, are you on your guard?"

Then I see the Bosporus and the Dardanelles. I have to do something strange. I have to make my hands into claws and place them firmly on the map. My arms I have to hold like the paws of a beast. The Lady says,

"You only represent that. You are as a beast standing with two paws upon Europe, ready to pounce."

Then I actually see a beast, ready to pounce on Europe. It looks to the left and to the right, but then very slowly it draws back its paws.

The shepherd and his flock

Then I hear that voice say,

"Then, after fear and sorrow, you will see the following."

And then all of a sudden I see a peaceful landscape before me, with lambs and sheep at pasture and a shepherd in their midst. The Lady says,

"Understand all this well and pass it on."

Then all of a sudden the Lady is gone.

26th MESSAGE

25 January 1951

A dream

This message was actually a dream.[27] I had really fallen asleep and was dreaming. Yet I was half awake at the moment I received this message. When it was finished, I woke up completely. I then got up and wrote down the message myself:

In the night, between January 24 and 25, 1951, I dreamed that I was standing somewhere far away in a peculiar hall or room. All at once the Lady was standing opposite me. She was wearing a wide cloak draped about her; the shawl she usually wore over her head was wrapped about her neck, and she was wearing sandals on her bare feet. She said to me,

"Look carefully and listen."

The Last Supper

Then I saw a long table before me and behind it a kind of couch, upon which several men sat down, half reclining. In the middle I saw a luminous figure with bread and a chalice of wine before him. The Lady stood behind it all and told me once more,

"Look carefully and listen."

Fasting before approaching the Lord's Table

And the hall suddenly became a large church full of people, in the middle of which the Lady and I stood watching. Next I heard the Lady's voice, saying:

"A decree shall and must be issued to the effect that people no longer have to fast before going to communion. There are so many people who, especially when they are in church, may feel a strong desire to go to the Lord's Table, but are kept from doing so because they have not fasted."

Then the Lady pointed at those men and said,

"These men also went straight from the street to the table."

And all of a sudden I saw that room again for an instant.

A new decree

"Look,"

the Lady said,

"at first, few people are going to the communion rails ..."

And then I suddenly heard a voice as if coming from outside and issuing that decree.[28] And then I saw people streaming to the communion rails.

"It must and shall be like this,"

the Lady said.

"Do you see the difference now?"

And immediately everything was gone and I woke up.

27th MESSAGE  [29]

11 February 1951

Our Lady of Lourdes

The Lady, Mary, Mother of All Nations

I see a bright light and then I see the Lady standing before me. She says,

"I am the Lady, Mary, Mother of All Nations. You may say: The Lady of All Nations or Mother of All Nations, who once was Mary. I come on this very day to tell you that this is who I wish to be. The people of all countries shall truly be one."

Then, without saying anything, the Lady remains standing in her usual posture and is looking at me continuously. Then she says,

"The entire world is undergoing upheaval, but the worst thing is that the people of this world are being brought into upheaval."

Then it is as if the Lady is walking along the globe and I see that the whole world is in confusion and entering into upheaval.

The Second Vatican Council

"I am bringing you here,"

says the Lady, and suddenly I am with her above Italy. I see the Vatican and then I enter St. Peter's together with the Lady. We walk through the central passage and halt near the middle of St. Peter's. On either side I see scaffolding, benches mounting up in tiers. Upon those benches I see many cardinals and bishops wearing white mitres.[30] The Lady says,

"Watch closely; these are the bishops of all countries."

Now I see the Pope seated, wearing the tiara. He is sitting at the far end of the central passage. I see some clergy standing about him. In one hand he is holding a sceptre, and from the other he is raising two fingers in the well-known position. He has a large, thick book before of him. The Lady says,

"Listen carefully, child. Changes have already been made, and others are in progress. I, however, want to bring the Son's message. The doctrine is right, but the laws can and must be changed. I want to tell you this on this very day, for the world is undergoing great upheaval--nobody knows in which direction. That is why the Son wants me to bring this message."

The pains of the Cross

And now suddenly I am standing before a large Cross. While looking at it, I am seized with terrible pains. I get muscle cramps from head to foot. It is as if all the muscles in both of my arms are contracting, causing me to clench my fingers. It is as if my head is split asunder, and I get a feverish feeling as if my head would burst. All this together causes me to weep. I can bear it no longer and ask the Lady whether it might pass. Then she smiles. It lasts for another moment and then everything is gone. Then the Lady says to me,

"Let everyone come back to the Cross; only then can there be peace and tranquillity."

The prayer is given

While I am still standing with the Lady before the Cross, she says,

"Repeat after me."

To me this is a little bit strange. I think to myself, "But I already repeat everything she says!" But suddenly I see the Lady become even more beautiful than she already was. The light which always surrounds her becomes much brighter and brilliant, such that I can hardly bear to look into it. She now raises and joins her hands, which she otherwise always holds down. Her face becomes so heavenly, so sublime; one simply cannot express it in words. Her figure grows even more translucent and so beautiful that I look at it in rapture. Then the Lady says,

"Pray before the Cross:

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Father,
send now Your Spirit over the earth.
Let the Holy Spirit live
in the hearts of all nations,
that they may be preserved
from degeneration, disaster and war.
May the Lady of All Nations,
who once was Mary,
be our Advocate.
Amen."

The Lady says this prayer so beautifully and impressively--no one in the world could do it as she did. She stresses the word 'now' in 'send now Your Spirit' and 'all' in 'Let the Holy Spirit live in the hearts of all nations'. She also pronounces the word 'Amen' so beautifully and solemnly. While still standing in front of the Cross, I pray it, repeating the words the Lady recited to me. It is as if the words are imprinted in my mind. I now see them written in large letters.

The first and greatest commandment

The Lady continues,

"Child, this is so simple and short that everyone can say it in one's own language, before one's own crucifix; and those who have no crucifix say it to themselves. This is the message which I want to give this very day, for I am now coming to say that I want to save souls. All of you, cooperate in this great work for the world. If only every child of man would try to live up to this for oneself."

And then the Lady raises a finger and says,

"Especially in the first and greatest commandment, Love."

I now see this word written in large letters.

"Let them begin with that,"

the Lady says. Then I see a certain group of people; the Lady looks at them very compassionately and says,

"And then the little ones of this world will say: how can we begin with that? For it is the great ones who do this to us."

The Lady says this very lovingly, as if she had great pity on the people around her. But then the Lady's face changes, and she says very emphatically,

"And then I say to the little ones: if you practice Love among yourselves in all its refinement, even the great ones will not have a chance. Go to your crucifix and say what I recited to you, and the Son will answer it."

The fight concerning the spirit

Then the Lady says to me,

"A great natural disaster will again take place.

The great ones of this world will always disagree with one another. People will seek here and there. Watch out for the false prophets. Seek and ask only for the true Holy Spirit. For it is now a war of ideas. The fight no longer concerns races and peoples; the fight concerns the spirit. Understand this well."

The laws can be changed

Then the Lady folds her hands. I now see the Pope with cardinals and bishops. Then the Lady says, as if speaking to the Pope,

"You can save this world. I have said more than once: Rome has its chance. Seize the present moment. No church in the world is built-up like yours. But move with the times and insist upon your modern changes concerning religious, priests, seminarians, and so on and so forth. Keep an eye on that. Carry through with it to the smallest detail! The doctrine remains, but the laws can be changed. Let the people of this world benefit more from the Remembrance of my Son."

Then the Lady says to me,

"I showed you in the dream how the practice of frequent communion can be carried through. This I tell you for the Netherlands and for all countries in which it is not so."

Countries of Europe - America

"For Germany I want to say: they shall work hard, hard in this country to bring the people, who have strayed far, far away, back to this centre, the Cross. Priests are too few, but lay people are many. Conduct a great campaign among the laity to call them forward for this goal. Work here above all with great love and charity. The great ones of Germany shall help and not turn away from the Church. Deutschland jedoch liegt mir sehr am Herzen. Die Mutter Gottes weint über die Kinder Deutschlands.[31]

For France, Belgium, the Balkans and Austria, I say the following: do not let yourselves be brought to the wrong spirit.

For Italy I say: great ones of Italy, do you know your task?

To England I say: I will come back, England.

To America I say: do not push your politics too far; and seek the True Spirit. I am glad that America is better disposed to the faith at the moment."

Africa - Asia - We are taking care of them

"For Africa I say: say that I would like to have a seminary there. I will help the Dominicans. Tell this to your spiritual director.[32]

Tell him also that the Son is content with his work and guidance. Tell him that he should be more courageous in carrying through with these matters. I only want to make use of you to carry through with the will of the Son in this time. Indeed, I want to ask you, child of man, to help people as much as possible. I shall give you strength and support for this. Your spiritual director is chosen for helping you in this work only. Everything else can stay as it is. He will understand me.

Further, I would like to say to all Eastern and Asian peoples, whether they know the Son or not: We are taking care of them."

This time is Our time

Then the Lady points at the globe again and says,

"This time is Our time.

You, child, are only the instrument for passing these things on. You shall do this. Yes, there are enough proofs--in what I said today, too. Say that I wish to be: The Lady of All Nations."

28th MESSAGE

4 March 1951

The will of the Son

I see a bright light, and then I hear,

"Here I am again."

Through the bright light I see the Lady. She says,

"Look carefully and listen to what I am going to tell you."

Then the Lady shakes her head at me in disapproval and says,

"Child, you shall pass on my message! My only intention is that the will of the Son be done in this time. Understand well: you are only the instrument."

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