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ESTELA RUIZ, the Visionary
A wife and mother of seven who resides in Phoenix, Arizona, Estela has received apparitions and
messages since December 3, 1988. Mary appears as "Our Lady of the Americas" with messages
for all of us. These messages are read to the crowds of people that come to her home. Our Lady
appeared to Estela almost daily in 1989, and all of her seven grown children were converted to lives
of holiness.
Unlike her husband, Estela had been a skeptic of apparitions and messages until Our Lady began
appearing to her. When her husband went to Medjugorje in September of 1988, she was more
interested in beginning a career after raising seven children. While walking by their home, she heard
the beautiful voice of a woman say, "Good morning, daughter." Her first response was to think that
she was hearing things. Two days late, after forgetting about the incident, the same thing happened
again. She began to think it might be real. After his return from Medjugorje, she looked into the eyes
of her husband of thirty years, and he looked different. Something had changed him. Estela realized
that Our Lady was changing her as well.
Several months later, in December of 1988, the Blessed Mother began to appear to Estela. During
the first apparition, Our Lady told her, "I have come to ask you to be my messenger, and I want to
know if you will do it? I'm going to help you and your children make many changes. There will be a
period of time where I will prepare the family and I will send many messages to the family." Since
then, the family has all experienced conversions resulting in great changes. A son who was addicted
to drugs has been completely healed and is now a powerful witness for Our Lord.
MESSAGES (1994, 1995, 1996)
A message received by Estela on January 19, 1991, is not unlike those in many other parts of the
world. It referred to the basics of prayer, conversion, and fasting. Mary said, "For those who have
listened to my call I now ask that you commit yourselves to my work. Begin your life of prayer in
earnest and let nothing keep you away from that commitment. I am now asking the Americas for
fasting as a sacrifice of love. Begin your fasting immediately. I need your commitment of prayer and
sacrifice. There is no more time to dwell on your small self concerns. Leave self-pity and anger with
others. There is no more time for that behavior. If you have not yet learned to love those around you,
how can you expect the world to learn the love of which I have been speaking about ... I ask that you
offer two fasting days a week for peace in the world. We must not and cannot give up hope..."
On one occasion, Our Lady appeared to Estela Ruiz at the Immaculate Heart Church in Phoenix.
Estela reported, "I asked Our Lady who she was, what she was doing, and who had sent her. Our
Lady said, "I am the Immaculate Heart of Mary." She then said, "This is my reign -- this is the time of
my reign. I am here to bring my children back to my Son. The one who sent me is God, Our Father.' I
the asked her who she was and she said, 'I am the Immaculate Heart of Mary, but I am the same one
that has appeared all over the world.' She told me, 'Look around this church and see all the different
forms in which I have appeared.' "
Estela said that in this church they have statues of Our Lady of Sorrows, Our Lady of Guadalupe,
and Our Lady of Fatima. Our Lady said: "Yes, I am the Mother of God, and I have appeared in
different places. There is only one and that is I and I am all of these. But I come today, at this time, as
the Immaculate Heart of Mary as this is the reign of my Immaculate Heart. And I've come to call my
children back to God."
In another message given on March 2, 1991, Our Lady said, "I ask that you continue to pray for
peace in the world. You need to understand that peace is not brought about by victory in a battle, but
by change in men's hearts and lives ... Men need to understand that if hearts do not change, the
devastation and destruction of each other will continue throughout the world..."
THE CHURCH RESPONDS
The diocese of Phoenix established a commission of inquiry under Bishop Thomas O'Brien to
investigate the claimed apparitions. The bishop stated, after reviewing the findings of the
commission: "It is our assessment that no harm is presently done to either the Church as an
institution or to the faithful by the devotions...." As Our Lady of the Americas, Mary is inviting us to
recognize the true meaning of our lives and to strengthen and intensify devotion to Our Lord Jesus
Christ."
A wife and mother of seven who resides in Phoenix, Arizona, Estela has received apparitions and
messages since December 3, 1988. Mary appears as "Our Lady of the Americas" with messages
for all of us. These messages are read to the crowds of people that come to her home. Our Lady
appeared to Estela almost daily in 1989, and all of her seven grown children were converted to lives
of holiness.
Unlike her husband, Estela had been a skeptic of apparitions and messages until Our Lady began
appearing to her. When her husband went to Medjugorje in September of 1988, she was more
interested in beginning a career after raising seven children. While walking by their home, she heard
the beautiful voice of a woman say, "Good morning, daughter." Her first response was to think that
she was hearing things. Two days late, after forgetting about the incident, the same thing happened
again. She began to think it might be real. After his return from Medjugorje, she looked into the eyes
of her husband of thirty years, and he looked different. Something had changed him. Estela realized
that Our Lady was changing her as well.
Several months later, in December of 1988, the Blessed Mother began to appear to Estela. During
the first apparition, Our Lady told her, "I have come to ask you to be my messenger, and I want to
know if you will do it? I'm going to help you and your children make many changes. There will be a
period of time where I will prepare the family and I will send many messages to the family." Since
then, the family has all experienced conversions resulting in great changes. A son who was addicted
to drugs has been completely healed and is now a powerful witness for Our Lord.
MESSAGES (1994, 1995, 1996)
A message received by Estela on January 19, 1991, is not unlike those in many other parts of the
world. It referred to the basics of prayer, conversion, and fasting. Mary said, "For those who have
listened to my call I now ask that you commit yourselves to my work. Begin your life of prayer in
earnest and let nothing keep you away from that commitment. I am now asking the Americas for
fasting as a sacrifice of love. Begin your fasting immediately. I need your commitment of prayer and
sacrifice. There is no more time to dwell on your small self concerns. Leave self-pity and anger with
others. There is no more time for that behavior. If you have not yet learned to love those around you,
how can you expect the world to learn the love of which I have been speaking about ... I ask that you
offer two fasting days a week for peace in the world. We must not and cannot give up hope..."
On one occasion, Our Lady appeared to Estela Ruiz at the Immaculate Heart Church in Phoenix.
Estela reported, "I asked Our Lady who she was, what she was doing, and who had sent her. Our
Lady said, "I am the Immaculate Heart of Mary." She then said, "This is my reign -- this is the time of
my reign. I am here to bring my children back to my Son. The one who sent me is God, Our Father.' I
the asked her who she was and she said, 'I am the Immaculate Heart of Mary, but I am the same one
that has appeared all over the world.' She told me, 'Look around this church and see all the different
forms in which I have appeared.' "
Estela said that in this church they have statues of Our Lady of Sorrows, Our Lady of Guadalupe,
and Our Lady of Fatima. Our Lady said: "Yes, I am the Mother of God, and I have appeared in
different places. There is only one and that is I and I am all of these. But I come today, at this time, as
the Immaculate Heart of Mary as this is the reign of my Immaculate Heart. And I've come to call my
children back to God."
In another message given on March 2, 1991, Our Lady said, "I ask that you continue to pray for
peace in the world. You need to understand that peace is not brought about by victory in a battle, but
by change in men's hearts and lives ... Men need to understand that if hearts do not change, the
devastation and destruction of each other will continue throughout the world..."
THE CHURCH RESPONDS
The diocese of Phoenix established a commission of inquiry under Bishop Thomas O'Brien to
investigate the claimed apparitions. The bishop stated, after reviewing the findings of the
commission: "It is our assessment that no harm is presently done to either the Church as an
institution or to the faithful by the devotions...." As Our Lady of the Americas, Mary is inviting us to
recognize the true meaning of our lives and to strengthen and intensify devotion to Our Lord Jesus
Christ."
