Vatican Official Discusses Our Lady of America!
ARCHBISHOP BURKE TALKS TO INSIDE THE VATICAN ON EVE OF ELECTION
September 16, 2008:
Excerpt from full story available at Inside the Vatican
6. You mentioned Our Lady of Guadalupe in one of your answers. Was the decline in morals as you perceive it, one of the reasons why you approved devotion to Our Lady of America in the archdiocese of St Louis?
The Mother of God, by her apparitions as Our Lady of Guadalupe to Saint Juan Diego, fostered, in a dramatic way, the respect for all human life. Devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe brought an end to the cruel practice of human sacrifice, and brought together into one race the Native
American and the Europeans who were on the verge of a bloody conflict. I have been praying fervently, through the intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe, that the citizens of the United States of America will vote, on November 4th, for the safeguarding of the right to life and of the integrity of marriage.
The devotion to Our Lady of America is distinct from the devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe who also has the title of Mother of America. Devotion to Our Lady of America was approved many years ago by the late Archbishop Paul Leibold of Cincinnati, Ohio. Having studied the devotion and noting, in particular, its emphasis on the gift of the divine life of grace in the individual soul, which is reflected, above all, in the practice of the virtue of purity, I encouraged the devotion in the Archdiocese of Saint Louis. The new enthusiasm for the devotion to Our Lady of America seems providential to me, for it helps the faithful to fortify themselves against the evils of pornography and other violations of pure and selfless love.
anita gild
i would like to obtain a large picture of our lady of america. i have not been able to find one suitable for framing for home and one to bring in to homes for prayer and to get her message out to others. i want to do this as had been done with the pilgrim virgin of fatima.
ahlangse
Anita,
You may download the picture of Our Lady of America in high resolution to produce as you want for your personal devotion. Download here.
Barbara Rickman
Child trafficking and pedophilia are rampant in America right now. So much so that these crimes have reached the very halls of Washington D.C and beyond. Is it any wonder OLOA’s charism for America is PURITY! She knew this is what would affect us and kill us as a nation.
The time for her procession into her basilica is NOW! We are running out of time!