I am really Myriam, Immaculate Mother of Jesus

In Natividade, Brazil, a city in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Dr. Sebastian Fausto de Faria, an agnostic, testified that he was visited several times during the years 1967-1968 by the Virgin Mary, who left him three messages for the world. Here is an excerpt from the second message, given on July 12, 1968, concerning the Church:

"I am really Myriam, Immaculate Mother of Jesus ... My main title ... is that of ‘Divine Maternity,’ which is the reason for my own existence ... I am the messenger of faith and love for Christendom who is traumatized by discord, amid a humanity threatened in its spirituality. To the Church of my Son, guardian and first interpreter of his doctrine, whose Mother I am, I address the following exhortation:

... Let the primacy of the worship of God and of my Son be restored, and let the people invoke those whose holy life is a permanent source of virtues ... Let the people respect the churches and the hierarchy and accept the authority of the Episcopal decisions, especially those coming from the highest one: Saint Peter. Let them distrust the firebrands who speak against the faith and the discipline, from within the Church herself!"

The diocesan bishop granted the imprimatur to the messages and authorized the construction of a church.

Natividade