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         OUR LADY BLESSES AMERICA

 WITH HOLY WATER IN 2001 AND 2020













 

 

 

 

 

 

                               Our Lady of America at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, LA in October, 2019
  St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church at Nicholls State University Campus in Thibodaux, LA from March 1, 2020
 

  BEFORE WE MATERIALLY BEGIN, CONSIDER THIS PREMISE:
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Catechism of the Catholic Church pertaining to Signs and Symbols
 
•1146 Signs of the human world. In human life, signs and symbols occupy an important place. As a being at once body and spirit, man expresses and perceives spiritual realities through physical signs and symbols. As a social being, man needs signs and symbols to communicate with others, through language, gestures, and actions. the same holds true for his relationship with God.
 
•1147 God speaks to man through the visible creation. The material cosmos is so presented to man's intelligence that he can read there traces of its Creator. Light and darkness, wind and fire, water and earth, the tree and its fruit speak of God and symbolize both his greatness and his nearness.
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​AND WE BEGIN:

   Each "Random Act of Faith" builds upon all previous ones and there have been many (known and unknown) that brought these two blessings of America into being.  For all practical purposes, in this narrative, we shall begin in New Orleans, LA on Saturday, July 13, 1996 (Feast of Our Lady of Rosa Mystica).  

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   On that hot and humid summer day in its French Quarter, many Catholics and other Christians, from across South Louisiana, gathered at St. Louis Cathedral.  The goal...to publicly walk a rosary procession through the streets around the Cathedral to claim New Orleans and Louisiana under the Kingship of Jesus Christ!  Jesus Christ is the King!  This rosary procession was just one of the numerous "land claimings or "land assignments" carried out by Louisiana Catholics over many years in the name of Our Lady and/or Her Son, Jesus all across Louisiana!  This one led to so much more beginning five years later.

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   On that morning, some participants had to actually jockey for space with the daily tarot card readers in front of the Cathedral.  They were the regular inhabitants of the limited areas.  "The readers" were quite kind to the unexpected "intruders" who were filling their tables with statues, rosaries and medals, etc. 

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​The growing numbers really caught their attention and there were many questions that were asked that morning by individuals who had no idea about what was getting ready to happen.  Actually, the areas being shared that day were in fact the same areas used by the "readers" each day to earn their income - and the weekend was typically their best two business-days of the week.  In spite of that, we were welcomed. 

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   As it turned out, actually, it was a good opportunity to evangelize some who had little idea of who this lady named "Mary" or Her Son "Jesus" was!  Even if they had heard, what they knew was in error.  By the end of the day, they knew, and all parted better-informed of the other's beliefs!

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   Note:  It is interesting to briefly ponder how that procession in 1996, and the many other Random Acts of Faith over time, continuing until this day, have together synergistically played some part in causing this recent and powerful Louisiana PROCLAMATION in 2025 that came forth from Baton Rouge.  

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   It is one thing to write a "proclamation" like this but another thing altogether to live out this proclamation each and every day.  Some may not agree with all the decisions Governor Landry may be making each day as governor as he attempts to run the State of Louisiana in a political world.  This particular decision was a good one!  

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   Also, it is interesting to consider that now the Church has a Pope whose maternal generations came from just a few miles from this rosary procession route.  An amazing grace is supportive to the theory about the "Eucharistic Anointing" that is upon this land, and its generations of "little ones", who have lived upon this land over the years!  Our Lady of America, Our Lady of Prompt Succor, lead Pope Leo XIV!  Let him be open to receive the "Louisiana Anointing" that is in his blood and act in accordance with it.

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   Thhat Proclamation was then read/prayed live on the air on Radio Maria, US on Monday, July 14, 2025 (Feast of St. Kateri Tekawitha)  with the request that all the listeners that day, as it was read, please place the name of their resident State in place of Louisiana!  A reading or prayer of national spiritual unity on the feast day of the one cannonized saint from this land, that we now call America.  (But, she actually pre-dated America by approximately 100 years.)

           St. Kateri Tekawitha, pray for what we now call America!

   Now more about the procession in 1996:

   It was led by Monsignor Robert Guste and the Prayer Warriors of St. Joan of Arc, located in New Orleans.  Please click here to see the route taken.  If one takes the time to closely look at the route, one can see why it is no wonder the large procession (of Catholics and non-Catholics) was called "Walk the Way of the Cross"!  It surrounded the Cathedral.  Outside, and in the rear facing northerly, was/is a beautiful statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  

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   Praying about the walk beforehand, it had been noticed that in the early years of New Orleans, many streets around the Cathedral were named after saints...and they have remained so.  It was then that the organizers decided to design the route using those named streets. 

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   Those streets intersected with the secularly-named streets to make a cross.  The intersecting of those streets clearly symbolized the battles in the spiritual world alongside the battles in the secular world that we all live each day.  Then, in the middle of those streets was St. Louis Cathedral.  That symbolized where one turns in order to better be equipped to fight those daily battles.  The Church is location to be "centered".  

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   That cross-route was indeed walked through the French Quarter that day in 1996, while praying the rosary, in the Divine Will.  Prayer was focused on to "Reverse the Curse(s)" that had been long-placed upon the State, the City and the Church by many ungodly men and women during the first years of the State beginning in or before 1812.  More on that on this page and this page.  

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   There were no incidents along the walk.  In fact, many on the streets appeared in awe of the procession moving through the streets about 3:00 pm that day.  At least one person actually pulled a rosary out of his pocket on Bourbon Street.  When processing on Rampart Street, it was uplifting to look down Orleans Avenue toward the river and see that large statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the rear of the Cathedral.  The power of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and His Cross was clearly perceived as Jesus was being lifted up by the procession.

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   Note:  Again, more about the curses being prayed against is discussed in the chapter titled, "Louisiana and the Holy Eucharist".    The "dragon image" revealed and discussed there is a good example that much is concealed in history, that once revealed through prayer and in time, can be used today to inspire and to act upon with child-like faith!  Being a religous scholar is nice but is not required!  If required, it would leave to many out!  Jesus and His Mother leave no one out!

   For more about Monsignor Guste and New Orleans and the spiritual warfare that is addressed so often in this website, please click on this 2008 narrative by Spirit Daily.  Monsignor Guste died on August 3, 2010.  He was a priest with strong faith and courage!  He was not afraid to openly talk about (and/or actively do something about) the clear and present spiritual danger to our eternal lives that satan and his demons pose in rage, by day and night.  (Very often in the early morning hours between 2 am and 4 am.)

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   Note and update before reading below:  At the USCCB General Assembly in November of 2025, in Baltimore, the United States Bishops voted to approve the consecration of America to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus beginning on June 11, 2026.  Friday, June 12, 2026 was the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  Please note: The two Holy Water blessings of America (one in 2001 and the second in 2020), discussed futher down this page, were all made on the same liturgical day. 

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   We thank Our Lady, under the title of Our Lady of America, for leading Louisiana Catholics (and others) to carry out those Random Acts of Faith ahead of this 2026 USCCB consecration. 

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NOW ON WITH THE BLESSINGS!

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   Extremely important to what will follow, after the procession that July day in 1996, that was inspired by the Holy Spirit, one of the prayer warrior participants made a general comment.  She said that the Mississippi River needed to be blessed with Holy Water.  In itself, that was a great idea. 

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   But the question then became: How best to do that in accordance with God's plan?  It was sensed that day that it was more than to just simply go out to the water's edge in New Orleans (at the Moon Walk) and bless the river.  That perception ended up being a correct one.  Our Lady had something much bigger in mind for Her Children to do but it had to play out over time - the way She and Her Son wanted it done.

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   It took five years and many new relationships to develop before the Holy Spirit brought that spontaneous comment in 1996 to a material Random Act of Faith in 2001 (and then a repeat performance of that act in 2020).  It would also take a material connection between Louisiana and Minnesota to develop. 

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   The Mississippi River (the "Great River") was the connection and Her "Louisianawim", acting child-like, to get it done.  Simply following orders!  Again, for more on that Great River and its symbolic importance, go to the page titled: "Louisiana and the Holy Eucharist".

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   The "Holy Water" that was ultimately used for the first blessing was transported there in 2001 by Fr. Duane Stenzel, OFM, the-then director of Lumen Christi Retreat Center, in Houma, LA.  Around 2002 he bacame the Spiritual Director of Radio Maria US.  Fr. Duane is now deaceased and buried in Alexandria, LA. 

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  The Holy Water used had been gathered from 64 locations around the world over the prior years by the parishioners of Holy Guardian Angels Parish in Bridge City, LA.  The pastor of that parish had been long- before inspired to ask his parishioners to gather water from shrines across the world.  He was Monsignior Joseph Luminais.  He called it "Easter Water".   (Monsignior Luminais is now deceased.  Read about his life here.)

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   After its delivery to Minnesota, that "Easter Water" was poured on Friday, June 22, 2001 (Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) at the exact point in Lake Itasca, MN where the Mississippi River begins.  To see an image of the water being poured, at that spot, please click here. 

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   Note:  Upon viewing that image, one can easily see the enlightened white profile of a woman shown along the right edge of the image.  It showed up on that one image only.  It was taken at the exact time the water was poured.  ​​​​The signficance of the presence of that woman's profile will be more fully understood 19 years later when South Louisiana-connected Catholics again poured Holy Water into the Great River at the same exact location, and time, and on the same exact liturgical feast day - the second time on Friday, June 19, 2020.  By that second "pouring" in 2020, much will have already occurred in South Louisiana and America that connected all this to Our Lady of America.  

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   To repeat, the Holy Water was poured at 3:33 pm for each pouring, on the respective Fridays of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 19 years apart.  (That feast day is always 19 days after Pentecost - a Friday.) 

 

   The prayer that was prayed at the first pouring in 2001 was this one. 

The prayer that was prayed at the second pouring in 2020 was this one.  (After reading the prayer of 2020, and seeing at least one request pertaining to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, consider that just recently the U.S. Bishops have decided to consecrate America to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  Additionally, as to another request, in 2024, Jesus crossed America from East to West and from North to South.  Two prayer requests answered!  Thank you Holy Spirit!  To read a bit more about that go to Chapter V.  

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   Note:  Why at 3:33 pm?  Please click here.  To see just one website's comments on the scriptural meaning of the number 19, please click here.  

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   Comforting!  Our Lady, knew on Friday, June 22, 2001, that America would later in the year face a severe crisis on September 11, 2001.  Although not known by Her Children in 2001, She also knew Her Louisiana Catholic Children would return to this same location in 2020, for a repeat performance, with America face another crisis.  She would then allow them to understand the connections between the two. 

Very comforting!  

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   Note:  Let the reader recall, Our Lady confirmed the act of the 2001 blessing by leaving Her profile in one image.  In 2020, She chose to do more than that.  After the Holy Water was poured that day, She immediately moved one of Her "Priest Sons" in Minnesota to arrive at that rural location in the deep forests of Minnesota.  He was asked for, and he ended up praying, a prayer blessing over that second pouring in 2020.  Thank you for that blessing Our Lady!  All under your title of Our Lady of America!  You have confirmed the efficacy of it all and the authority of that title.

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   Importantly, no one in the pouring group in 2001 knew, but Our Lady knew, that on that same liturgical Friday in 2001, an extremely secular exercise commenced in America.  It was an "drill" directly connected to a dark reality that was going to be encountered 19 years later (at the time of the second pouring).  The topic of that Washington D.C.-connected "drill" in 2001 - was a plan on how to respond to a future national pandemic!  That 2001 "drill" was called "Dark Winter".  Prayerfully consider all that for awhile!  

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   In 2020, even before understanding in how bad it would ultimately become in America, Louisiana-connected Catholics were moved, on January 6, 2020 (the birth date of St. Joan of Arc), to gather Holy Water and return to that same Lake Itasca location to repeat the Random Act of Faith in 2020 that had been carried out in 2001. 

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  Prayerfully consider this:  Our Lady knew in 2001 that the Church would be actually experiencing that "Dark Winter" in 2020 in the middle of a Church-led "sacramental exile"!  That the Church would be led impotent by fear!  She knew Her Children would need to know in 2020, and thereafter, that no matter how bad it may appear to get, no matter what men may do, She and Her Son would always be there.  That is why Our Lady of America left Her profile in the picture in 2001.  She knew we would make the connection during 2020 while in crisis.  

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   By April, May and June of 2020 the Church was certainly in deep trouble.  It was so bad in Louisiana that newly blessed holy water, in some dioceses, could not be found at all.  In fear, churches were locked tight!  Fortunately, some priests had what was called "back door holy water" available.  It was called that because one literally had to secreatly pick it up at the "back door" of the church.  Rumor had it that in one diocese priests were even restricted from blessing more holy water.  The Church in Louisiana had entered a time of great "fear" unique in its history.  A period of true "Sacramental Exile"!  In the face of all that, the "Louisianawim" were on a "mission" to gather more holy water and bless America with it in the midst of the same crisis!  

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   To very simply review: 

   In 2001, the Holy Water was perceived to be poured generally under Our Lady's guidance.  That was confirmed by the profile in the picture taken while the Holy Water was poured. 

   In 2020 the Holy Water was poured intentionally under Our Lady's title of "Our Lady of America"!  Why under that title?  By that time, the connection had been made between the profile of the woman in the 2001 picture and the profile of the original statue of Our Lady of America, that was residing at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, LA.  It was placed there on May 1, 2020 (the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker).  To compare the two profiles (in the 2001 picture and the statue in Thibodaux, please click here.)  

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   Thank you Fr. Mitch for listening to, and acting on, your inspirations and allowing that 1993 World Youth Day statue of Our Lady of America to be placed in that church - where it remains today.  While there, please consider visiting Two Heart Perpetual Adoration Chapel located alongside the church.

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   For easy reference to some of the key information pertaining to the Holy Water poured at Lake Itasca, MN at 3:33 pm on June 19, 2020, please see:

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      The image of the pouring of the Holy Water in 2020, click here.​​​​​​​

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    The locations where the Holy Water came from in 2020, click here.

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   After pouring, many of the faithful had asked Our Lady of America to please confirm the day the Holy Water would actually reach the gulf - and She did exactly that in an eastern sunrise on September 11, 2020!  Thank you Blessed Mother for anwering those requests.

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    The Holy Water's journey down the "Great River" into the gulf ended on that day. To view the confirmational evidence, please view an image of the sunrise in Thibodaux, Louiaiana.  That was the date when the Holy Water had been calculated to reach (and, in fact, apparently it did reach the [now-named] Gulf of America). 

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   On that morning the image above was captured at sunrise by one of the prayer warriors (Paula) who was involved with the gathering and pouring of the Holy Water earlier in 2020.  That sunrise was confirmed by images taken in Houma, LA that same morning.

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   And, if you wonder how that particular sunrise was connected back to the Our Lady of America, please consider the crown on the statue of the Our Lady of America.  At the time of that sunrise, that statue was residing roughly two miles away from the where the image of the sunrise in Thibodaux was taken. To see the image of the sunrise and the image of the crown on the head of the Our Lady of America statue alongside each other, please click here. 

 

   Many of the faithful had asked Our Lady of America to please confirm the day the Holy Water would reach the gulf and She did exactly that!  Thank you Blessed Mother for anwering those requests.

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   As examples of what hundreds of Catholics (and some non-Catholics) did and/or that is still being done along the "Great River" and the many rivers that feed into it, beginning on June 19, 2020, please click here and here.  Yes, this continues even today along multiple American waterways.  You can do it today as well where you are!   It must always be done with a sincere faith in the power of the sacramentals.

(For more on sacramentals, go to the CCC beginning on Paragraph 1667). 

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   At this point, please take a break, and a few minutes to listen to the LA Family Forum's (from Baton Rouge) powerful rendition of The Louisiana Blessing.    This video was being developed at the same time as (but was unknown by) participating Catholics from across Louisiana as they collected the Holy Water in 2020.  Thank you Our Lady of America, for allowing all to see these connections - after the fact.

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   Note:  Interestingly, later in the summer of 2020 a separate "land assignment" was carried out by other Catholics across America, using sacramentals, that ultimately began "Operation True Cross".  To read all about that, please click here.  The Holy Spirit works in many wonderful ways!   It is God's Plan - not ours!

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   If you want to try and understand the power of Sacramentals (such as Holy Water), when used with faith, please check out these informational sites. (There are so many more sites that are available, if you want to know more):

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                              National Eucharistic Revival Blog 

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                                       What is Holy Water?

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                                          Why Holy Water?

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                                           CHURCH POP

 

    Then, as another blessing, four years later, Our Lady gave a very serious "Announcement" or "Warning" to America on the Solemnity of the Assumption on April 8, 2024.   (This is narrated in Chapter IV.)  This was a much harder blessing to receive - with dire consequences for disobedience.  

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   Still, by allowing Her Children to recognize the connections between the pourings in 2001 and 2020 and Jesus' Sacred Heart, Our Lady wants us to know that, no matter what title is used to name Her, She and Her Son will not leave America on its own, if we turn to them with faith.  They will be with America throughout it all.  But, at the same time, Her Children in America must, as She earlier requested, at the famous wedding in Cana, described in John 2, when She said:

                                     "Do whatever He tells you"! 

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 A key question:  Is America now doing what Her Son is telling it to do?

​​​An in part answer to that:  The Consecration of America to the Sacred Heart of Jesus will help America to do what Her Son is telling it to do!

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​PRAY!          PRAY!          PRAY!     

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