Mrs. Fred Van Hoof  Reveals What the
 Mother of God Said and Did When She Appeared
On Our Farm Near Necedah, Wisconsin
 

The First Visit of the Blessed Virgin
Mary at Necedah, Wis.

     The first appearance November 12, 1949 (vision only), the one-year anniversary date, of the last appearance to Teresita at Lipa City, Philippine Islands. 

The Second Visit of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
April 7, 1950

      On Good Friday, April 7, 1950, at about eleven P.M., I noticed that the figure on the crucifix had a strange glow to it.  Then as  I was praying a voice said to me, “Yes, pray my child, pray, pray and pray hard.”
     Then the voice said something about the Holy Days which I  did not understand, as I was very upset.  The voice continued: “My child, your cross is heavy to bear, but the people all over the world are facing a heavier cross and sorrow with the enemy of God unless we pray.  Pray hard with all your hearts, devotedly.  Ask the Father of your Parish, to tell his people, his children of God, to pray the Rosary every evening at eight o’clock no matter what happens, for prayer only will help you.
     Tell your relations and friends, and his (my husband’s) relations.
     Yes, you are frightened, don’t be my child.  They will laugh at you and say things.  When you have fulfilled your mission, I will be back.  Not in this room, but when the flowers bloom and when the trees and grass are green.  God bless you.”
     I waited longer, but She was gone.
     Between April 7, Good Friday, and May 28, Pentecost Sunday, spring came to central Wisconsin.  The flowers bloomed and the trees and grass became green.

May 28, 1950 

     As She promised on Good Friday (in voice only) Our Holy Mother appeared to me May 28th, at 12 noon.
     I was calling the family to dinner and I stooped over to brush a mosquito off my leg when I noticed a flash of light.  I looked up and out through the door when I saw a blue mist behind the ash trees.  Then the vision became the figure of Our Holy Mother.
     Oh, She was so radiant and beautiful, an artist could not paint Her to do Her justice.
     She smiled at me as I approached Her and said, “You are afraid, my child, you have been expecting me.  My child, eat a twig of this bush.  My speaking to you on Good Friday was a test for your community, your friends and relatives.
     Some of your spouse’s people responded devotedly and others laughed with disbelief.  Almost all of your relatives disbelieved and laughed.  In your community only 10 percent are devoted and say the Rosary very devoutly.
     This does not apply to your parish priest’s mother, the Mater Christi Home, and the Sisters.  There are some very devoted ladies in the Mater Christi Home.  The Priest’s mother and the Sisters are also devoted to Me.  They have My blessing.  Tell them this.
     Bless you and your spouse for your devoted prayers, the Rosary and Litanies daily during May.  Next month I am asking you all to pray the Litany of the Sacred Heart.”
     Then She had me mark the spot of the apparition with a cross.  I started to look for something to dig with when She said, “Dig right there in the ground, you will find a rock.”  This I did and there was a piece of rock.  She told me to mark the place with a cross.
     She said, “You my child, must do penance for your people and community who failed to do as requested on Good Friday.  Go to Mass 15 days and to Communion.  You must fast, eat only enough to equal one meal a day for 15 days.  Also go to Mass on five First Saturdays in honor of My Immaculate Heart.  You will continue to suffer your pains as a sacrifice for sinners.
     Tomorrow bring your rosary and lilac blossom, and I will give you then instructions for the Priest and all people.  Your heart is heavy now, so go my child, and bless you.  I’ll be with you tomorrow and the day after, on Trinity Sunday June 4th, Sacred Heart Feast June 16th, August 15th, and October 7th.”

May 29, 1950

     The first visible sign is a light blue mist coming through the trees.  Then She comes into full view from the spot of apparition.  I have never seen anything so beautiful!
     She smiled and said, “You’re not frightened at all today.”
     She asked me if I still want to bring the message to the people.  I said I did.  She said I’ll be laughed at, persecuted with disbelief.  I told Her, I was ready to do Her request.  She smiled and took my rosary from me and touched it with Her rosary.
     I had a twig of two lilac blossoms as She requested me to bring the day before.  She took the crucifix and touched both blossoms.  Then She told me to tear the flowers and put them into the cross that She had me make on the ground the day before, placing the flowers in the form of a cross while saying the prayers of the Sign of the Cross.  Then She asked me to kiss Her foot and the crucifix of Her rosary.
     Then She told me that the rosary my daughter chose for me as a gift for Mother’s Day was also a gift to Her.  “My blessing on her.  The color blue is also My color.  My dear child, tell the children of God to pray the Rosary, to live clean lives and to make a sacrifice for sinners to show God that they love Him.  Next month pray to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
     Pray, pray little ones, so you won’t be the innocent victims of your elders who lack faith in God, My Son, and Me.”
     To the Sisters of this parish and other parishes, She gave the message that they must show their love and devotion toward the children; teaching them to pray devoutly in this troubled time, for the children are victims of this confusion.  “Pray for the conversion of Russia and for unfortunate children.  Honor Me with daily Rosary and meditation.  All Sisters are asked to do 15 days fast as penance; only sick Sisters are excused.”  Then She gave a message for all Archbishops, Bishops and Priests.  (This I am omitting here as it is for them only.)
     Then the Blessed Mother said, “Have your Priest of this parish bless this place and ask him to find a devoted person to help with this work.  I asked that your Priest stand by you when you need him.  Give him this message to give to his people: “Pray, pray, pray hard and devoutly; pray the Rosary wholeheartedly.  Meditate on your Rosary for the conversion of sinners for My Son’s  heart is heavy.  For greed and earthly desires you are forgetting God and the Ten Commandments.
     Wake up, America! The enemy of God is creeping all over America.  Yes, you believe it can’t happen here.  I am warning you people again as I warned you at Fatima, Lipa and La Salette of what to do.”  Before I could put it into words, She answered me: “My dear child, pray, pray the Rosary daily as a family group or a gathering.  Pray with your hearts.  Pray for the poor souls in Russia.
My dear people must all work together in prayer.  All religions must work together against the enemy of God.  You must love thy neighbor and live the Commandments, the Way of the Cross, not just try.  You must love My Son above all earthly goods.  You must pray and convert Russia, and you shall have peace.
     You must do these things now, not tomorrow.  Live a clean life and pray, pray, hear Mass and receive the Sacraments regularly.  Give this message to the people.
     Pray the Litanies, listen to your Priest, do as he tells you, have faith in him, help him, pray for him and you are pleasing God.
     Write to Pope Pius XII.  Give him this message.  October 7th, I’ll give you your final penance.”  I did not know at this time that this meant I was to suffer the Passion of Our Lord.
     “At Fatima it took nearly 30 years.  It must not take 30 years now—it would be too late.
     You and your family were ignorant of my apparitions at Fatima and Lipa until now, as are many people, Priests and Churches.  My warnings at Fatima are my pleas for prayers, the Rosary, repentance for sin and making sacrifices to save souls.
     There are many religions that claim they can see their dead come back.  These are all false claims, works of trained fakers.  These false claims make it hard for us as people lose faith.
     Bless you my child, and I’ll be with you tomorrow at this hour.”

May 30, 1950

     She smiled as I approached Her.  I always say the Hail Mary prayer as I walk towards Her and after I kneel in front of Her.
     She said, “Don’t worry over not being able to fulfill your penance.  Pray for your Priest, he has had a painful time.  Pray so this community wakes up to God.  Pray for help for your Priest.  He is a very hard working Priest.  He is devoted to his work and faith in God.
     Remember, my child, that the time is coming, sorrow and slaughter of My children will be worse than ever in World History.  It grieves Me to see innocent children, the sick and poor destroyed because of greed and desire for power by a few nations’ leaders.  This is why I say, pray, pray.  Give this message to the people for prayers only will save the destruction of this World.”
     Then She asked me to mark the place, which is sacred.  She said that we should pray there daily and that anyone else may pray there.
     She told me to tell the Priest exactly how She looked and to have a statue made of Her to put on the place of apparition and a large crucifix to put up on the village bluff.
     Then She took my rosary and touched it again with the crucifix of Her rosary.  She told me that I was thinking of cutting my hair short and she told me to leave it just as it is.
     Then She placed Her hand on my head.  She said I was worried and wondering why She chose me.  She said I felt I was not good enough.  She then told me why She chose me.
     She said I was a very unhappy child, always abused, misunderstood.  She said, “You took punishment for others to protect them.  You received no love, which you longed for in your home.  You always worked hard and were honest to your family.
     Yes, you committed sins, but you have been forgiven for them long ago.  At the time of your sins, your surroundings were more to blame than you.
     You faced death four times.  The Sister who took care of you in the hospital, she is with us now.  You felt very close to her during her devotion and her tireless efforts and vigils to keep you alive.
     From childhood on, until today, the Stations of the Cross have made your heart heavy, and you shed tears because my Son’s sufferings grieve you.  This is why I chose you my child.
     My child, on Trinity Sunday, I would like you to kneel before My altar all during Mass.  Ask your Priest for permission first and he will tell you where to kneel.  I will be with you then.  Bless you my child.”

June 4, 1950

     As I approached, the Blessed Virgin smiled and said, “Bless you my child, and your 28 helping friends.
     This pleases me, my child.  Bless them with the crucifix of your rosary.  Place it on their foreheads and say, ‘Bless you.’  This blessing is from me.”
     After I was finished and came back to Her, She said, “Tell them now to remember Fatima, Lipa and pray to My Immaculate Heart.  Tell the Priest to talk on the warnings of Fatima more.  It is not mentioned in many churches.
     Tell people to pray, pray for children, for a cleaner life.  Clean out the schools, put clean thoughts into their minds, and devotion to My Son into their hearts.
     There must be prayers and devotion to My Son; sacrifices, penance and prayers for sinners.”
     Then I put a question to Her in my mind about my niece and She  gave me my answer, which I am omitting here.  She then told me to kiss Her foot and Her crucifix.
     She said, “Pick up one of the flowers and save it for yourself.  Lay the rose from heaven on this rock.  Give my message to all.  I will guide you on what not to reveal to all people.  Tell your Priest to have faith in Me and My Immaculate Heart when things seem hard.  Go to your Priest for guidance and for any question, for He believes you, my child.  Continue your penance of 15 days fast, Rosary, Mass and Communion each month during June, July and August, so as to have it concluded on August 15th.
      Be here on the Feast of the Sacred Heart at the given hour.  Bless you, my child.”

June 16, 1950

     She smiled as I approached Her.  She looked over the crowd and said, “It pleases Me, my child.  Blessing upon them for their devotion to Me and the Rosary.  My blessing upon the Sisters for their beautiful hymns and devotion, their tireless effort toward My plea!
     My dear child, take the Good Friday Crucifix (meaning the large crucifix which was aglow on Good Friday), and bless them with it while saying the prayers of the Sign of the Cross.”
     After I finished, I asked Her to give the people a sign.  She did not reply to this.  She told me to kiss the crucifix.  She also blessed the Sacred Heart medal on my Rosary.  Then I asked Her about the little baby.  She said, “Prayers my child, prayer and faith.”
     I asked Her about the statue.  She said to build a Shrine of Prayer at the spot of the apparition and erect a large crucifix on the village bluff, so that the people may be reminded daily of the Way of the Cross.  She also said that this example may be followed by other communities.  I marked the spot with a small cross.
     She told me that the three Priests should help each other with the work.  I asked about the Bishop.  She said he is coming home very soon and I am to see him and tell him of my experience, and that She will be with me then.
     She gave me a private message to my Priest.  Then She told me to bless the three Priests who were near me, Father Wagener, Father Rykowski, and Father Lengowski, which I did.
     When I came to my mother, who was kneeling next to Father Rykowski, I hesitated.  She told me, “Go ahead my child.”  (meaning, to bless my mother).
     Then I knelt again in front of Her.  She placed Her crucifix to my forehead as a blessing.  She then showed me the picture of destruction that would take place if we did not pray.  This picture was just about more than I could bear.  Then She told me that prayer and devotion to Her Son and Her Rosary, penance and daily sacrifices with all religions working together would bring peace and the conversion of Russia.  Then She showed me the picture of the answer to our prayers.
     She said, “Give my message to my children now.”  She asked me to talk to the people as She dictated to me.  I pleaded with Her, that She should talk to the people, but She told me, “Thou will repeat as I say,” which I did.
     I stood up and faced the people and repeated the message our Blessed Mother gave.  “There are many devout people here today who came with sincere devotion, but many of you are here only for curiosity.  You hypocrites dressed in sheep’s clothing!
     Those of you who have faith in your hearts and have a devotion to My Son, will have your prayers answered, if God wills it.  Your prayers however, must be in your hearts, not only on your lips.
     You must live clean lives, live the Ten Commandments.  They are not impossible to live up to, as some of you think.  GOD DOES NOT MAKE LAWS THAT ARE IMPOSSIBLE.
     Don’t hide and do evil things in the darkness of the basement, then come up and pretend to your neighbors that you are holy.  You MUST  keep the Commandments of God.  God would not have given them to you, if you could not keep them.  YOU CAN, AND YOU MUST!
     You children of God who are sick and crippled, you must pray with your hearts; have wholehearted faith and you will be helped.  You must not only try to pray, but you must pray the Rosary daily, do penance, make sacrifices daily to convert Russia.  You must pray yourself.  Get on your knees and pray hard, yourself,  and you will be heard.
     There are three men here among you who have Satan in their hearts.  Leave these grounds at once.  Get out, now!
     (Note:  It is reported that two men left together, and a third left about the same time, although separately from the other two.  No one seems to know who they were.)
     There are some of you that grumble.  You think things are tough here, and what happened in other countries cannot happen here.  But it will happen here if we do not get on our knees and pray, and when it happens you will whine and cry like babies, but it will do you no good.
     To all the Priests: you must put more effort and emphasis on My warnings at Fatima and Lipa.  Many of you do not mention these warnings in your Churches.  Urge your people to say the Rosary in a group, to make Sacrifices daily.  (May 28th, the Blessed Mother defined “group” as a family gathering or otherwise).
     To the Sisters: teach the children how to pray, to do penance and to live clean lives, to love God in their hearts.
     Wake up sleeping America!  The black cloud is hanging over you already.  It is coming closer.  Unless we get on our knees and pray, pray hard, it will come upon us; we shall not have peace.
     Clean up your lives!  Obey the Sixth Commandment.  If I told you, (*some of you) who break this Commandment that you commit murder you would be shocked.  But the Sixth Commandment and ‘Thou shalt not kill’ are combined in one.  Clean up your lives!
       There are too many of you who are forgetting God.  You love and worship the silver dollar, and God is forgotten.  The almighty dollar is your god!
     Thus, I am warning you again as at Fatima, pray my children, pray, pray the Rosary, do penance.  Those of you who do not know of my warnings go to your Priests.  Let them tell you about Fatima and Lipa.
     If we pray, the Blessed Mother has promised me now that the iron gates of Russia will be opened and we shall have peace.  So pray, pray my  children.
     Then I turned and knelt again, and Our Holy Mother showed me a picture of the suffering of small children.  It was terrible!
     I again pleaded with Her to show Herself to some Priest.  She simply said, “Bless you, my child,” and left suddenly.
     People tell me that I passed out.  I then knelt again and prayed to Her.  I asked Her forgiveness of my action.  I then left the spot of the apparition crying.

     *Note by Mrs. Van Hoof: “This refers to the sin of abortion.”

August 15, 1950

     The Blessed Mother appeared to me August 15th at 12 o’clock noon.  There was a blue mist south of the four ash trees as I opened the kitchen door to walk out.  (The blue mist comes through the tips of the trees and forms into Our Lady.)  She smiled as I approached.
     At all other times Our Mother was dressed in blue, today  She was in white, a real dazzling white, so brilliant and radiant!  All Her garments were white, Her veil was a very thin material.  On Her head She had a wreath of small pink roses.  She had the same golden cord around Her neck with a Globe of the World and the tassel.  She again stood on a pillow, or cloud, with large pink roses on it.  She was barefoot, and held the same large Rosary.  She smiled as I approached Her, and looking over the crowd smiled.
     Then, She said, “You are upset, don’t be my child, but you must do as I say.  Give My message to the people.  First I want you to give this message to your Bishop and then to the people no matter what happens.  Bless the people with the Good Friday crucifix.  This blessing is from Me.”  This I did.
     I asked Her for a special intention (omitted here).  Then She gave me a message for my Bishop, also my Pastor and advice and a message for myself and my spouse.  She also said, “My child, tell the people that there are one-third more Rosaries and prayers said than there were on the Feast of the Sacred Heart, but this is far from My satisfaction; for greed, hatred, and jealousy between religions, laymen and workers of Christ, My Son, must end before peace and love for thy neighbor and My Son can win, and must win.  This greed, hatred, and jealousy is just what the enemy of God feeds on.
     You must have faith, love and charity in your heart.  Consecrate yourself to My Immaculate Heart and pray to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
     Mothers, your sons are being destroyed in the most brutal way by the enemy of God.  Pray, pray and pray the Rosary.  Prayers only will save them and bring them home.  No other way will save them.”
     She told me not to neglect my family.  That people should pray directly to Her and the Sacred Heart.
     She then asked for my rosary and crucifix, which She blessed with Her Rosary.  For this She moved directly in front of me, either in or just before the Fatima statue.  She then told me always to obey Her no matter what happens, and that I must do fifteen days of fast, Communion and Mass starting September 1.  She then asked me to speak to the people, which I did.
     (This is the message spoken by Mrs. Fred Van Hoof to an estimated crowd of 100,000 people gathered around the shrine on her farm at Necedah, Wisconsin, August 15, 1950.)
     The following text is an accurate reproduction of her words, pauses and emphasis.  It corresponds exactly to the recording made at the time.  The reader is asked to concentrate on the ideas contained in the messages.
     Mrs. Van Hoof has stated that she tries hard to repeat the sentences which the Mother of God dictates to her, but does not always succeed in doing so exactly.
     The mistakes in grammar belong to me, not to the Blessed Mother, she said as it was the first time I ever spoke to a crowd of people through a microphone.
     “Dear children of God, all those who are gathered here, some of you very faithful, some of you very curious, but the majority of you are here with God in your hearts.
     The time has come, dear children of God!
     You must remember your prayers.  You must pray, pray and pray hard and devotedly!
     You must do penance and sacrifices daily!
      You must attend (see footnote No. 1) your Masses and churches regularly!
     Those of you not of the Catholic faith, those that are just Christians, remember your Lord in your way.
     All religions must go together against the enemy of God for he is very strong right now.  The time is here where we must save ourselves, save ourselves!
     My dear children, Sisters, and Priests, remember your Commandments our Lord has given you.  Live them daily!  Do not forget them, remember them!
     Many of you only think of prayer in time of illness.
     The time is here now, we cannot forget God.
     Only Our Lord can save you, nothing else will.  So you must pray, pray, pray hard!
     You must all remember your Commandments, the Rosary, the Way of the Cross, for the enemy of God is all over America.  You would be surprised if the sheep’s clothing were taken off and how they would spring up all around you, which would be the enemy of God, even some that act like Christians, tend to churches, but still they have not God in their hearts.  They have Satan in their hearts, ready to pounce upon you unless you watch your ways!
     Pray for your Priests.  Pray hard and devoutly for your Priests for they need your help.  They cannot carry on alone, nor can the Catholics carry on alone.  That’s why all religions must work together, not in jealousy and hatred but in love.  Love thy neighbor!  Love thy neighbor!
     Profanity and blasphemy hurts Our Lord, Thy God!
     Pope Pius XII is in danger now by the enemy of God unless we pray, pray and pray hard!  His life will not be spared him, only through prayer.
     The beginning of a more horrible time is right now and it’s approaching the Americas right now.  Your papers, your press, they do not give you the facts.  The enemy behind your so-called iron curtain is mighty powerful, more powerful than any nation here now, more powerful than America.  They have not been sleeping as we Christians are sleeping.
     We must pray, pray and pray hard.  The time is very short, VERY SHORT!
     We can save all the horrors, we can save Pope Pius XII if we get onto our knees now and pray like we have never prayed before.
     Only prayer, my dear children, will win your way.  Bullets will not win your peace.  Bullets will only destroy and keep destroying.  Prayer only will win your peace.
     So those of you, that is most of you here, are very devoted and very sincere people.  There are some here, as I’ll repeat it, are just curious (see footnote No. 2), but all of you must remember my warnings of Fatima, Lipa and La Salette.  I warned you then, I’m warning you again.
        I’m asking you a very few simple things to do to save yourself:
        Prayer, prayer, prayer—
        A few sacrifices daily—
        Penance—
        Receive your Holy Sacraments as often as you can, but if you can daily, do it daily.
     Your First Saturdays and the First Fridays.  Listen to your Priests.  Obey your Priests and your Ministers of God.
     Remember, the time has come that destruction is right above us.  More than three-thirds of the nations is now covered with the enemy of God, and the pagan part of this America is startling.
     America must pray right now, now, not tomorrow; beginning is now in Korea, it will not end there unless we pray.  It’s only beginning.
     Half of America is involved with the enemy of God.  Some are innocent, they are just stumbling in the darkness.   You Christians here, wake those up!  They do not know what they are doing.  They are listening to Satan, who is wrapping himself around so many of you.
     So Fathers, Bishops, remember My warnings of Fatima, Lipa  and La Salette.  Remember them to your people, remind them!  And those of you that fail to do these things are hurting yourselves as well as your people.
     We must remember, the time is drawing very close.
     The black clouds are coming over, not to Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, but to America—South and North America.
        ALASKA IS THE FIRST STEPPING-STONE.
        REMEMBER THE PACIFIC COAST!
     We have no time to lose.  We must carry out now, at once, for prayer only will save us.
     I then turned back to Our Holy Mother, and She again reminded me of my obedience to Her and how urgent it was for us to pray and to get this message to all people.  She then told me something very startling which disturbed me greatly and left me crying.  She then left with the promise that She will be with me October 7th, at the same time.  “Bless you my child,” were Her last words.

August 15 1950 Mary Ann Blessing Pilgrims	August 15 1950 100,000 Pilgrims Present

October 7, 1950

     The Blessed Mother was dressed in blue as before, but this time She had a large rosary arranged in a circle around Her head.  The circle was tilted, so that it was higher than Her head in front and lower in back.  The circle was much wider than Her shoulders.
     The Cross of the Rosary hung down almost as far as Her left shoulder.  The medal of the Rosary showed Our Lady of Mount Carmel holding the Brown Scapular.  The Cross and medal were golden in color.  The beads seemed to be about as big as baseballs.  They seemed to be transparent, so that the color that was behind them showed through them.  This color is hard to describe.  It was something like all the colors of the rainbow and they seemed to be churning.  Shooting out from the beads were rays of light.
     She did not look so sad this time.  She smiled at all the people and She told me to bless them all with my Good Friday crucifix.
     She said that many Rosaries are being said but that the United States is far behind Canada in prayers.  She said that Canada has increased the Rosary and prayers 75 percent since June 16th.
     Then She gave me a message for myself concerning my spiritual adviser and confessor.  She also gave me a message for my Bishop and a message concerning my final penance, which will take place at a later date.
     She told me that the Church will be greatly persecuted in 1951 unless we pray, pray, pray with love in our hearts for God.  She said that Satan is trying to work himself into many good Christian  people and will succeed unless we go to the Sacraments regularly and pray with love and devotion.
     She said that greed and jealousy between the groups of laymen working for this and other causes must stop at once.  She said, “This is not true love of My Son and Me, you must humble yourselves.”
     Then She showed and explained to me how She wants the shrine to be built on the site of the apparitions, and She said to get a reliable man to do the work.
     She told me to hold up my Good Friday crucifix and also my Rosary.  She touched them with the crucifix of Her rosary.
     Then She told me something concerning myself.  Then She directed me to speak to the people as follows:
     “My dear Children, ‘I am the Queen of the Holy Rosary Mediatrix of Peace’.
     This is the battle for peace for all of you.  Prayer, my dear Children, will bring you peace, guns will bring only destruction.
     Your sons are dying on the battlefields now because of lack of prayer, lack of faith in My Son and God.  You have no love for My Son.  You mock Him.  You disobey Him.  Love is forgotten for God.  You love yourselves.
     By Christmas, many of you here will have heavy hearts and don’t blame no one but yourself.  For God loves you, but you don’t love Him.
     The year of 1951 will be a sad year unless you pray, pray and pray hard, devoutly.  You must pray the Rosary.  You must pray it every day.  The Rosary is your weapon, not guns and bullets, but the Rosary.  So pray, dear children pray.  Save those sons dying out there on the battlefields now for lack of your faith.
     This community here is the cause of losing their beloved pastor, because they did not pray enough.
     Prayer only will win your peace.
     To all Sisters and Priests and laymen and Ministers of God, teach the children and your flock to pray.  Clean out those schools!  You haven’t tried very hard.  Corruption is growing in your schools.
     The enemy of God is not sleeping, my dear children, he is mighty powerful.  He is working with Satan.  You don’t have long this time to make up your minds.
     Live the Way of the Cross.  My Son was crucified here (see footnote No. 3) for your sins, but you forget it.  My Son was scourged at the pillar, the blood coming down.  His Precious Blood was all over, but you forget it.
     The almighty dollar is your God.  Forget the almighty dollar!  And remember this Cross here with the Crucifixion of your Lord upon it.  He died for you, now remember Him.
     TO ALL PRIESTS: DON’T BE IN A HURRY TO SAY YOUR MASS, TAKE YOUR TIME.  REMEMBER, THE LORD HUNG ON THE CROSS THREE HOURS IN AGONY.
     There are a few among this crowd that are trying to rifle your neighbor’s pockets.  You can’t hide those things.  Put it back!  You can’t hide from the eyes of God.  It’s about time you all woke up to the fact that God can see all.
     Bless you, my children, for the Rosaries you have sent up here, but there must be many more said.  The Ministers of God should be Ministers of God and teach their flocks to abide by their rules of their church and remember their God and the Way of the Cross.
     And the Catholics: Your greatest weapon is your Rosary, the Sacraments daily, not once a year.
     Remember God the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.  He is mighty powerful!  Your time, my dear children, is very short.  You have no one to blame but yourself.  Don’t blame your neighbor, blame yourselves.
     Don’t neglect your children, leave them run wild.  Be mothers to them and fathers, for they are the future.  The children are the innocent victims of you all.
     The war is not ceasing.  It’s only a lull.  Your boys are dying, not as in warfare but in brutality.  Twenty thousands of your sons have lost their lives.  Why?  Account of lack of prayers, account of lack of love for My Son.  You can’t bring back their lives, but you could have saved their lives by getting on your knees and praying.  Prayer only, my dear children, will save you!
Pray the Rosary!  That’s the only weapon.  The enemy is powerful and is ready to pounce upon you.  The clouds are gathering close to the Americas right now.  And when it comes, it will be too late to go on your knees.  NOW IS THE TIME!  NOW, NOT TOMORROW!  We have no time.  You have no time.  So pray, pray and pray hard and devoutly, not only with your lips but with your hearts.
     Those of you that are sick, have faith.  Faith only will get the answers to your prayers.
     I have warned you at Fatima.  I have warned you at Lipa.  I have warned you at La Salette.  But do you heed me?  No!  You  turn your backs upon me.  This is my last warning to you now.  Prayers, prayers, my children, prayers only.
     When the enemy of God comes down with his destruction you will scream but it will be too late.
     Stop your mockery of our (Lord).  (See footnote No. 4.)  Stop it!  You must love God, not mock Him.  How do you mock Him?  By disobeying your Commandments, by forgetting the Way of the Cross, the Crucifixion, the Scourging.  That’s how you mock Him, with blasphemy!
     My Son loves you.  But you do not love Him.  Some of you do, yes.  Some are very devoted people.  We should all be happy people.  But you can’t be happy unless you love God.
     The priests that are mocking my apparitions at Fatima, Lipa and other places are only hurting themselves.  They’ll pay for it when it’s too late.  The Ministers of God that are sneering will face the same fate.
      You must stop this continuous quarreling between religions.  Jealousy, greed, hatred, love for the almighty dollar, will win you nothing but sorrow, destruction and martyrdom for the Christians, for the ones that love my Son.  So I say again, pray, pray and pray hard and devoutly.
     Pope Pius XII’s life is in much danger, and you are to blame.  You must save him with your prayers.  You will be lost without your Shepherd.
     Don’t just say, IT’S AWFUL, when things don’t go right but do something about it.  As citizens do something, save your own country.  Not by good times you’ll save it, not by trying to outwit your neighbor, who can get the best car, only by who can do the most Rosaries a day.
      So remember the Rosary and the Way of the Cross.”
      (End of Message spoken over the microphone.)
     Then She told me to go to my spiritual advisor for advice, and She said that SHE WILL BE WITH ME ON ALL THE ANNIVERSARY DAYS OF HER PREVIOUS APPARITIONS AND ALSO ON TRINITY SUNDAY.
     She said: “My child, the persecution will be severe and hard to bear, but be not afraid.
     Bless you, my child,” and with this She slowly went up and was gone.

FOOTNOTES 

1.  Although Mrs. Van Hoof actually said “receive,” she stated later that she should have said “attend,” for that was what the Blessed Mother meant.
2.  She actually said “curiosity” in this place, but she meant to say “curious,” as in the first sentence of the message.
3.  At this point Mrs. Van Hoof held up the Good Friday crucifix.
4.  The word “Lord” was not actually spoken by Mrs. Van Hoof, but it has been inserted because it seems to be demanded by what follows.

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