How It Began - part 3
Little Mary met with her spiritual advisor for the first time on February 11, 1995, the feast of our Lady of Lourdes, exactly one month after she wrote her first message. She made her husband come with her for support. She read messages to her spiritual advisor for one hour and Father never said a word. She became frantic and found herself saying over and over, "listen to this one!"
Finally, her spiritual advisor looked up and told her she had read enough and that he believed her after the first message. Little Mary could have died. She was panic stricken at having had no reaction from her spiritual advisor and now he tells her he believed her after the first one. The Blessed Mother told Little Mary she would need to see Bishop Welsh, so her spiritual advisor arranged it for one month later on March 11th. Bishop Welsh told Little Mary that she would have to go before a commission and that one of the people on the commission was a psychiatrist who would evaluate her. Little Mary and her spiritual advisor did meet the people on this commission. Little Mary was not afraid because the Blessed Mother helped her answer the questions very simply. The commission could find nothing wrong with the messages. They were scripturally sound and did not go against the teachings of the church. Father Fox and Little Mary's spiritual advisor have read many of the messages and can attest to their scriptural soundness.
In the meantime, the Blessed Mother told Little Mary that she would bring into her life twelve people who would help her. They truly knew who the Mother was. Blessed Mother gave Little Mary their names and Little Mary gave the list to her spiritual advisor. Blessed Mother told her that they were to be her helpers and that she would have to ask them to help her and share with them what was happening. Since then, Blessed Mother has brought many wonderful people to her. They have helped her very much.
One of the first things Blessed Mother told her she would have to do
was deliver 5 messages to the priests whom the Blessed Mother chose,
for it will help their church. The five messages are:
1) They need to pray the rosary, either before or after Mass. This will
be their protection.
2) They need a crucifix in their church to remind people what Jesus
did for us and the pain Jesus endured for each one of us.
3) They must say the St. Michael prayer for protection.
4) They need Adoration so more could come to know our Lord.
5) They need a statue of Mary somewhere near the altar to remind people
that she is our mother.
Little Mary was obedient to this.
Through prayer and inspiration, Little Mary began recording these messages on cassette tapes. Because the earlier messages were short, Little Mary would fit many messages on each cassette. These tapes would then be dubbed onto blank cassettes and given to the helpers. These helpers would then form small prayer groups in their homes or churches and pray the rosary and listen to the messages. This went on for several months. In August of 1995, Little Mary along with her spiritual advisor met with Archbishop Roach. It was decided by the commission that these tapes not be allowed for public distribution. The commission found nothing wrong with the content of the messages but they could find no evidence of "Divine Intervention" or miracle attached to these messages so they felt the need to be cautious. Little Mary's spiritual advisor instructed Little Mary on the need to be obedient and that the greatest blessings come from God through obedience. All the tapes were returned. Little Mary remained obedient and fought constantly the desire to publicly read these messages that continued coming from Blessed Mother. It was also very difficult for Little Mary to keep writing the messages from Blessed Mother when she could not share them. This was a tremendous suffering for Little Mary. When she receives a message, the message stays with her throughout the day. To receive a message is a touch of Heaven. She sees them with the "eyes" of her soul and feels the joy of Heaven. Often Little Mary would say she felt as though she was walking three feet above the ground for a couple of hours, so immersed was she in the words given her by our Lady. Reality would soon hit and it would jolt her like a big thud. She was still a mother and wife and with that came responsibilities. For eight months, Little Mary endured the restrictions placed upon her. To hold in these heavenly words was difficult because each message would come with its own spiritual weight and urgency. It was at this time, through prayer, that Little Mary started a prayer group. We would gather every Monday night and have a cenacle. This is the birth of the Monday Night Rosary Group.
In September of 1995, Archbishop Roach retired. Shortly after his retirement,
Archbishop Roach asked Archbishop Flynn to meet with Little Mary. It
was in the first months of 1996 that Archbishop Flynn was able to meet
with Little Mary, her husband and her spiritual advisor. His first concern
was that the marriage of Little Mary and her husband was solid because
this was her primary vocation. Archbishop Flynn did not want the life
of a messenger to interfere with her duties as a mother and wife. After
several meetings, the Archbishop gave his consent to her spiritual advisor,
in April of 1996, allowing Little Mary to read the messages after Mass
and rosary on Monday nights at the church. It was about this same time
that Little Mary also started receiving interior locutions from Jesus.
She was afraid to tell anyone. She thought that because some people
were finding it so hard to believe that Blessed Mother was truly here,
how were they going to believe that she was now hearing Jesus. Jesus
asked Little Mary to start praying with those who were coming to the
group. Jesus told her that all power comes from Him, her God. He told
her that He was going to bless her hands so that she can touch His people
through her hands and they will feel His love and warmth. She was told
to hold their hands while she prayed with them and tell them that when
she was through praying, they would need to go to Adoration and tell
Jesus what has been done and if in God's Will, miracles would happen.
Father Fox and Little Mary's spiritual advisor have received many letters
to date from people who claim both spiritual and physical healings after
being prayed over. In 2001 her spiritual advisor retired as pastor of
the church and by Jan 2003 with a new pastor running the parish, Archbishop
Flynn asked Little Mary not to read the messages on Church property.
At that point Little Mary was still allowed to read the messages but
had to move to a new location. Little Mary is also able to distribute
the messages and has setup a website.
There are regular meetings where Little Mary goes over the messages,
usually on the first Sunday evening of the month. You can also click
on the Little Mary
Tapes button on the website to see how you can get a copy of the
messages that she has received. The Blessed Mother also asks that we
continue to come for Mass and Rosary on Monday nights.
