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June 18, 2004
Dear Michael,
I am writing exactly what happened to
me at the March 25, 2004 Vigil. It was the most wonderful, awesome and
beautiful experience I have ever had. It is something I will cherish and
remember for the rest of my life.
It all started when I met Kathleen
O’Neill at Padre Pio’s Shrine in Barto, Penn. I was with my Mom when she
handed us blessed rose petals. She began to tell me of all these wonderful
miracles that have happened at Our Lady’s Shrine. After hearing all this I
wanted to go so, so bad.
I held onto my rose petal and prayed
to Our Lady that if She really wanted me there She’d make a way for us to
get there. Sure enough we did.
I went up to the Blessed Mother
statue in overwhelming awe! She was so beautiful, beyond words.
I felt a gentle surge of energy enter
into my fingertips, down my arms and into my whole body–vibrating through
me for about five minutes. I started to yell, “Mom, there’s energy
vibrating in me. Oh, my God!” But even though she and everyone else were
close-by, they did not hear me which was strange. But I had one witness,
Antonia, who volunteers for St Michael’s.
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Pilgrims praying the
Rosary at Our Lady’s 35th Anniversary Vigil this past June night.
About 1000 pilgrims gathered from around the world at Our Lady of
the Roses Shrine with 350 attending the Anniversary Banquet the next
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She got down on her knees and
blessed herself and said loudly to me, “The Blessed Mother wants you here,
DeeAnn!” I knew it for sure. When the energy stopped, I went to the side
of Our Lady’s statue and I held Her hand and I started to cry with awe and
love for Her. Suddenly Her eyes turned in my direction. I was standing on
the right of Her, and that’s where Her eyes were staring. I was screaming
with joy inside, I was in shock.
I wanted to make sure I wasn’t going
nuts so without letting go of Mary’s hand, I walked to the front of Her
and Her eyes followed me completely and when I went back to stand at Her
side again, Her eyes turned back to me again. Talk about miraculous, this
is a fiberglass statue, not a person! But Her spirit was definitely in Her
statue.
I heard Antonia say again, “Look at
Her eyes! She wants you here, DeeAnn. Don’t you see that She was expecting
you!”
I started to cry tears and Mary’s
face took compassion on me and cried with me. I told Her, “Please don’t
cry. I love you.” We both stopped crying.
I didn’t want to let go of Her hand.
I wanted to be there forever with Her. I could feel so much peace, joy,
and love. But I knew I had to let go sooner or later so I did.
Just then my heart literally felt as
if it were an empty glass suddenly and rapidly being filled with, let’s
say water hypothetically, until it overflowed and burst! It was a feeling
of overwhelming love like nothing I have ever felt. My body started
shaking and convulsing for about 10 minutes and oceans of tears literally
were pouring out of me. I couldn’t control it. Something was doing this to
me and it wasn’t me. It was the most beautiful feeling I have ever felt in
my life.
The statue, I later saw, has no
eyeballs, just smooth football-shaped eyes. I have chills, wonderful
chills just thinking about it! I thank Padre Pio and Mary for bringing me
here.
God bless you, SMWA. Thank you.
Sincerely,
DeeAnn R.
Bethlehem, PA
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IT WAS ELECTRIFYING
Oct. 30, 2005
Dear Michael,
I do remember March 25, 2004 very well. In fact, in my nearly ten
years at the Shrine I have never experienced anything like this. It
was electrifying–literally.
DeeAnn came to the Shrine with her Mom and a priest. She went to the
Blessed Mother and touched Her hand. I was right next to her and
felt the strong
vibrations. DeeAnn was
radiating energy so powerfully. I knew that something special was
happening.
I believe that DeeAnn’s deep and personal encounter with the Blessed
Mother is her calling to this vital
Mission of the end-times.
Love,
Antonia Rehrl
Kings Park, NY |
INSPIRED TEEN
Aug. 17, 2005
Dear Lay Order of St. Michael,
I am 17-years old and looking into
the possibility that I may be called to live a religious life and a life
more completely separated from this world. I have been a believer in the
Bayside messages almost a year of my life, and they have inspired me
greatly as of late to search for a way to serve God in my life and to not
live a life of vanity.
It’s amazing. Before finding the
messages I wanted to be a game-engine programmer, but now that my faith
has been strengthened by the Message of Heaven, I feel God is calling me
to help the world in the troubling days ahead.
When I read about the dedication that
the Lay Order of St. Michael practices, which includes daily, reciting a
15-decade Rosary and attending Mass, and about the cleansed world that
many will be living in soon, which the Order of St. Michael would be a
part of, I was filled with joy.
When I saw your website, it just
really popped out at me as something that was outside of the norm and was
very dedicated to serving Our Lady and the Eternal Father. I am so
thankful that Our Lady has brought me to know Her, or else I would have
been misguided in this world.
Know that I will be praying for the
Lay Order of St. Michael.
Best regards,
Jerid Neely
La Habra, CA
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POPE JOHN PAUL II
SECRETARY* WRITES
Aug. 22, 2005
Dear Michael,
I’m very grateful for Your Letter and Your wishes to my Apostolic
Ministry in the Archdiocese of Cracow, for the Bulletins “Heaven
Speaks today” and “Pearls from Heaven”, and for the “Mystical Rose
Petal”.
I’m sending You my best greetings and
I ask You the prayers [sic] for the new Archbishop of Cracow.
Yours in Christ
Stanislaus Dziwisz
Archbishop of Cracow
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ROSE PETAL CONVERTS
Feb. 7, 2005
Dear Michael,
My first step in returning to the
Church was when I received my blessed rose petal. It’s been an emotional,
exciting and wonderful journey since then. There’s so many wonderful
things that have happened, and there’s no way I could make a long story
short.
Thank you, God the Father Almighty,
Jesus and Mary. And thank you, St Michael’s World Apostolate. God allowed
our paths to cross and only good and wonderful things can happen from
that.
I’m passing out the rose petals and
hoping others will find SMWA.
God bless all of you and I love you all.
Leonard Ameika
Duryea, PA
SMWA.ORG CONNECTS
Aug. 14, 2005
Thanks for an update on the latest
happenings at the Shrine. When one is surrounded by nonbelievers of Our
Lady of the Roses, Mary Help of Mothers, it is uplifting to see so many
believers gathered in one place.
Ted O’Gorman
St. John’s, Newfoundland Canada
DESTINATION BAYSIDE
Oct. 4, 2005
I feel very excited going through
those pictures on your website and thank God for the privilege of being a
Catholic. I am praying for funds to visit the U.S. early next year so that
I can be at Bayside. May our Father in Heaven continue to strengthen and
provide for you.
Tonia Mafiana
Plateau State, Nigeria
A POLITICIAN SPEAKS
June 30, 2005
Dear workers of Our Lady,
Great pictures on your website! I was
honored to play a part in Our Lady’s 35th Anniversary celebration at the
Shrine. Thank you so much for your invitation! God bless! Our prayers be
with you and the Mission.
Best regards,
Rep. Tom Langlais
Epsom, NH
FANTASTIC!
Oct. 4, 2005
The pictures on your website are
truly fantastic–all of them. It’s wonderful that Heaven, at times, visibly
show us Their supernatural presence, and therefore that the love of God is
with mankind.
It gives us courage to persevere in
the faith, the sacraments, attendance at holy Mass and spend time with
Jesus truly present in the Blessed Sacrament.
It is so important to have our
priorities in order and everything to do with God must come first. Peace
and love to you all. I really wish I could be with you at Bayside.
Thank you for the website.
Christine Langston
Birmingham, England
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