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"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.”

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Explanation of the Image

“This image is the interpretation and the illustration of the new dogma. This is why I myself have given this image to the peoples.” (December 8, 1952)

This image is one of the things that makes the apparitions of Amsterdam unique in the history of Marian apparitions. Our Lady herself came in six different apparitions to describe her image in detail to the visionary. She insisted again and again that the visionary look carefully and notice all the details. On several occasions Our Lady even corrected the way in which the image had been painted.

Our Lady then explained the significance of the entire image to the visionary:

Our Lady showed herself in Amsterdam as the co-redeeming mother standing firmly on the globe before the cross of her Son and surrounded by the flock of Christ made up of white and black sheep representing all nations. She appears as the Apocalyptic Woman; clothed with the light of the resurrection, in that light which comes the Cross of the Redeemer. She stands on the globe because she is the Lady and Mother of All Nations. Her face, hands, and feet are human, the rest of her is ‘as of the Spirit’ who has overshadowed her. As she once stood beneath the cross of Christ, so now in these times, in union with him, she appeared standing before His Cross.

Regarding the cloth around her waist, she said, “This is as the loin-cloth of the Son. For I stand as the Lady before the Cross of the Son.” This again shows the union she has with the sufferings of her Son.

In the hands of Our Lady, the visionary saw mystical wounds. Through these, Mary illustrates the physical and spiritual suffering that she bore in union with her divine Son for the redemption of humanity. From the wounds in each hand come forth three rays and shine upon the sheep below. “These are three rays, the rays of Grace, Redemption, and Peace.” (May 31, 1951) Grace from the Father, Redemption from the Son, and Peace from the Holy Spirit.

Regarding the sheep at the bottom of the globe, Our Lady said, “This image of the flock of sheep represents the nations of the whole world, who will not find rest until they lie down and in tranquillity look up at the Cross, the centre of this world.”(May 31, 1951)

“Abandon all of your egoism and vanity, and try to bring to the centre, the Cross, all children and those who are still wandering around grazing.” (May 31, 1951)

“I have firmly placed my feet upon the globe, for in this time the Father and the Son want to bring me into this world as Coredemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate.”
(May 31, 1951)

“Take the Cross and plant it in the centre! Only then will there be peace.” (Oct 1, 1949)

It is also interesting to note that while the serpent was still visible on the Miraculous Medal, it is no longer visible in the image of the Coredemptrix, Mediatrix, and Advocate. This has a deep meaning: when Mary triumphs through the threefold dogma, and when all people understand the deep value and meaning of their suffering when it is offered up, Satan will finally be conquered.

The Prayer

In order to preserve us from disaster and threatening war, Our Lady gave a powerful prayer in Amsterdam which she called “her prayer” (May 31, 1955). Our Lady tells us something very important in relation to this, “From degeneration comes disaster. From degeneration comes war. Through my prayer you shall ask that this be staved off from the world.” (May 31, 1955)

During the first message, given on March 25, 1945, Our Lady already referred to her prayer, but it was not for another six years that Our Lady actually dictated the prayer to the visionary on February 11, 1951. During that vision Our Lady joined her hands, directed her gaze upward, and solemnly began to pray:

“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.”

Alone the fact that Mary dictated her prayer during the vision of the Second Vatican Council is a clear allusion to the significance of the prayer for the Church and the world.

The prayer is directed to Jesus Christ, the Lord, and implores the sending of the Holy Spirit into the hearts of all mankind. Our Lady herself said, “Let the people pray this short, simple prayer every day. This prayer is short and simple, so that everyone in this quick and modern world can pray it. It is given in order to call down the True Spirit upon the world.” (Sept. 20, 1951)

The Lady of All Nations came to give us this prayer as an aid for all mankind.

“This prayer has been given for the redemption of the world. This prayer has been given for the conversion of the world. Pray this prayer in all that you do. This prayer shall be spread in churches and by modern means. The people of this world shall learn to invoke the Lady of All Nations, who once was Mary, as their Advocate, that the world may be delivered from degeneration, disaster and war.” (Dec. 31, 1951)

“You cannot estimate the great value this will have. You do not know what the future has in store.” (April 15, 1951)

“Through this prayer the Lady shall save the world. I repeat this promise once more.” (May 10, 1953)

In one message, she addressed the Holy Father saying that “she has been sent by her Lord and Creator so that, under this title and through this prayer, she may deliver the world from a great world catastrophe.” (May 10, 1953)

“You do not know how great and how important this prayer is before God. He will hear His Mother, as she wants to be your Advocate.” (May 31, 1955)

Who once was Mary

Almost all who have come to know this prayer have difficulty with the formula “who once was Mary”. This should not be surprising since the first person to have problems understanding the sense of these words was the visionary herself, then her spiritual director, and finally her bishop who was supposed to give the imprimatur to the prayer. Therefore when the prayer was first printed, the bishop, despite liking the prayer, left out the formula in question so that the prayer simply said “May the Lady of All Nations be our advocate.”

Our Lady, however, stressed in the following message that she did not agree with the change in the prayer saying, “Tell the theologians that I am not satisfied with the alteration of the prayer. ‘May the Lady of All Nations, who once was Mary, be our Advocate’--that is to remain as it is.” (April 6, 1952)

After having this express wish of Our Lady presented to him, the bishop again allowed the phrase to be included.

Our Lady herself explained what this phrase means: “‘Who once was Mary’ means: many people have known Mary as Mary. Now, however, in this new era which is about to begin, I wish to be the Lady of All Nations.” (July 2, 1951)

Simply put, Mary’s vocation changed throughout her life. In the beginning, she was the Immaculate One, then she became the Mother of God. Now, because of the sufferings she shared with her Son for all humanity, she comes in these times as the Coredemptrix, Mediatrix, and Advocate of all humanity under the title of Lady and Mother of All Nations.

So, “who once was Mary” does not in any way mean that Our Lady can no longer be called Mary; after all, when we pray the Rosary, we do so often. Rather this means that our relationship to her she become more that of a child to its mother.

The Title

“They will call me ‘The Lady’, ‘Mother’.” (March 25, 1945)

When Our Lady appeared in Amsterdam, she came under the new title ‘The Lady and Mother of All Nations’. On May 31, 1996, the two bishops of Haarem-Amsterdam, Bishop Henrik Bomers and his Auxiliary bishop, Joseph Maria Punt, published a decree in which they officially allowed public veneration of Mary under the biblical title ‘The Lady of All Nations’.

By attentively reading the messages, one can see that this new title is actually the summation of a new threefold dogma that Our Lady asked for: the Coredemptrix, Mediatrix, and Advocate. To see this, one need only open the Holy Scriptures.

In the Bible, Mary is spoken of as “woman” four times, each time in a context which concerns her universal vocation of motherhood.

(Please note that in the original Dutch, the word Vrouwe means both woman and lady. In translating the messages, the word lady was chosen, however woman appears in the Bible texts.)

The first biblical reference is in the book Genesis, when Mary is described as the woman (or Lady) who, united with her Son, will crush the head of the serpent. God said to Satan, who had led Adam and Eve into pride and disobedience, “I will put enmity between you and the woman, between your offspring and hers.” (Gn 3:15)

Then, at the wedding in Cana, Jesus addressed His Mother for the first time as woman, in order to remind her universal motherly vocation. As Mediatrix and Advocate she implores and obtains the miracle.

Next, on Calvary, our dying Redeemer turned to His Mother with His last strength, and as a personal testament said only four decisive words to her, “woman, behold, your son!” With these divine words, Mary as Coredemptrix was made the Lady of All Nations. Our Lady said on April 6, 1952, “At the sacrifice of the Cross, she became the ‘Lady (‘Woman’), the Coredemptrix and Mediatrix. This was announced by the Son while He was returning to the Father.”

The last of the four Scripture passages is found in the Book of Revelation. There the woman again appeared, clothed with the sun. She lay in pain, in the birth pangs of humanity’s new birth. (cf. Rv 12:1 ff.) A huge red dragon appears and pursues the woman, who has borne a son.

This woman is the Lady of All Nations (again remembering that the words lady and woman are the same in Dutch) who, united with the Redeemer, suffered as Coredemptrix for all nations.  As Mediatrix, she mediates the life of grace to all nations, and as Advocate, she intercedes for all nations before God and defends us from Satan.

Our Lady said the following about this title:

“The Lady of All Nations will be allowed to bring peace to the world. Yet she must be asked for it under this title.” (Oct. 11,1953)

“Under this title she will save the world.” (March 20, 1953)

Under this title she may deliver the world from a great world catastrophe.” (May 10, 1953)

“The Lady of All Nations wishes to be brought among everyone, no matter who or what they are. This is why she received this title from her Lord and Master.” (Dec. 31, 1951)

“The Lady of All Nations stands in the middle of the world before the cross. She comes under this name as the Coredemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate, in this time. She will be taken up into Marian history under this title.” (Dec. 31, 1951)

“… the Lady of All Nations is here, everywhere, to help you. For she is the Coredemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate. This will be the final dogma. Work on it promptly and quickly. The Lady of All Nations promises to help the world if it acknowledges this title, if it invokes her under this title.” (Dec. 8, 1952)

The title ‘Lady and Mother of All Nations’ expresses then in a unique way the world-encompassing vocation of Mary for all nations, for all continents, for all races and religious faiths-for she is truly the Mother of All Nations. She loves all her children, whether they want her to or not. She loves all her children, whether they know it or not.

First read an introduction, explanations and importance of the messages then read them as given to Ide Peerdman from the individual pages below. Included also are notes in the 6 Appendices, the Church's Position, The Prayer and addresses to Contact