WHAT IS GARABANDAL?

Garabandal Padre Pio Rome -

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One of the Officials of the Sacred Congregation for the Defense of the Faith, Msgr. Philippi, who was consulted in Rome by the Very Rev. P. Elias, Superior of the Carmel of the City of Puebla, on the subject of the apparitions of the Most Blessed Virgin at Garabandal, stated that the fact that Padre Pio -- well known for his virtue, his knowledge and his faithfulness to the Holy See -- acknowledged these apparitions, and encouraged the 4 Visionaries to spread the Message of the Most Blessed Virgin, was great proof of the authenticity of these apparitions.

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Fatima Garabandal Akita -

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Fatima Garabandal Akita - garabandalnews.overblog.com

Fatima :
"In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, and she will be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world. In Portugal, the dogma of the Faith will always be preserved; etc... Do not tell this to anybody. Francisco, yes, you may tell him." [i]

Garabandal :

As my message of October eighteenth has not been complied with and has not been made known to the world, I am advising you that this is the last one. Before, the cup was filling up. Now it is flowing over. Many cardinals, many bishops and many priests are on the road to perdition and are taking many souls with them. Less and less importance is being given to the Eucharist. You should turn the wrath of God away from yourselves by your efforts. If you ask His forgiveness with sincere hearts, He will pardon you. I, your mother, through the intercession of St. Michael the Archangel, ask you to amend your lives. You are now receiving the last warnings. I love you very much and do not want your condemnation. Pray to US with sincerity and we will grant your requests. You should make more sacrifices. Think about the passion of Jesus.

Akita :
“My dear daughter, listen well to what I have to say to you. You will inform your superior.
As I told you, if men do not repent and better themselves, the Father will inflict a terrible punishment on all humanity. It will be a punishment greater than the deluge, such as one will never have seen before. Fire will fall from the sky and will wipe out a great part of humanity, the good as well as the bad, sparing neither priests nor faithful. The survivors will find themselves so desolate that they will envy the dead. The only arms which will remain for you will be the Rosary and the Sign left by my Son. Each day recite the prayers of the Rosary. With the Rosary, pray for the Pope, the bishops and the priests.
The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that one will see cardinals opposing cardinals, bishops against other bishops. The priests who venerate me will be scorned and opposed by their confreres, churches and altars sacked, the Church will be full of those who accept compromises and the demon will press many priests and consecrated souls to leave the service of the Lord.
The demon will be especially implacable against souls consecrated to God. The thought of the loss of so many souls is the cause of my sadness. If sins increase in number and gravity, there will be no longer pardon for them.”

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Little Known stories about Garabandal 2 - Padre Pio Visited Garabandal 5 Times?

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Little Known stories about Garabandal 2 - garabandalnews.overblog.com

Check this story out about St. Pio and Garabandal.

Father Laffineur's Book

Fr. Ramon Andreu's Notes: Part Three, Post 36

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Aguilar de Campoo—October 22, 1961

In the sermon from the Bishop of Palencia, Dr. Souto Vizoso, and in various allusions to different apparitions (Lourdes, Fatima) he mentioned “these 16,000 people who in cold, mud, etc—journey to San Sebastián de Garabandal to hear the call of the Virgin.”

Signed: José González Noriega

Here's an Article from Totus Tuus, Maria:

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Did the Blessed Virgin Mary Appear in Garabandal?

by Arthur Policarpio

Garabandal is a small village of around 300 people located in a ruggedly beautiful, mountaineous region of Northern Spain. In the evening of June 18, 1961, four girls were playing in the outskirts of the town – 11-year old Maria Cruz Gonzalez, and three 12-year-old girls named Conchita Gonzalez, Maria Dolores Mazon, and Jacinta Gonzalez. Notwithstanding their similar last names, none of them were related. Suddenly, they heard a loud noise, like thunder, and they saw the Archangel Michael. On the following days, the Archangel appeared today in the same place, announcing to them that on July 2, they would see Our Lady.

First Encounter with Our Lady

At six in the evening of July 2, in the presence of a crowd of spectators, the girls entered into ecstasy and saw Our Lady, accompanied by two angels, one being St. Michael. The girls described Our Lady as follows:

She is dressed in a white robe with a blue mantle and a crown of golden stars. Her hands are slender. There is a brown scapular on her right arm, except when she carried the Child Jesus in her arms. Her hair, deep nut-brown, is parted in the center. Her face is long, with a fine nose. Her mouth is very pretty with lips a bit thin. She looks like a girl of eighteen. She is rather tall. There is no voice like hers. No woman is just like her, either in the voice or the face or anything else.

The girls spoke with the Virgin with the simplicity of children talking familiarly with their mother. “We were telling her,” they said, "about our tasks, how we were going to the meadows...” and “She smiled at the little things we told her.” After this first apparition, Our Lady appeared numerous times, sometimes several times each week, during 1961 and 1962. The four girls did not always experience the apparition together, sometimes Our Lady to just one, two or three of them.

The Children and Their Ecstasies

When the girls saw Our Lady, they immediately fell on their knees, oblivious of the pain of their knees striking sharp rocks with a loud noise (close medical examination by various doctors showed no signs of injuries of their knees). Their facial expression suddenly changes, completely absorbed in their rapture. Doctors and various witnesses subjected them to various tests while in their state of ecstasy: they did not react to pricks, burns or blows. Attempts to distract them proved futile: powerful beams of strong light were focused on their eyes, yet they did not even flicker, blink or show any signs of discomfort – powerful light which, according to doctors, under normal circumstances would have caused permanent eye damage. On the contrary, their eyes remained wide open, with a look of profound, intense joy. These ecstasies lasted from a few minutes to up to several hours, with the girls remaining completely immobile in off-balance positions, heads tilted back, eyes looking up, kneeling on rocks and rough terrain.
Many eminent doctors have studied the events and visited the girls during the apparitions. After years of observation, a child specialist has attested that the girls were always completely normal, and that the ecstasies do not fall under any known psychological or physiological phenomena. Dr. Ricard Puncernau, a renowned Barcelona neuropsychiatrist, attests: “In the presence of these facts it is difficult for the doctor to give a merely natural explanation... From a strictly scientific point of view one cannot deny, at least thus far, the possibility of a supernatural cause in all these phenomena.” Dr. Gasca Ruiz and Dr. Ortis Gonzalez, who also studied the phenomena, declared that “to keep silence would be true scientific cowardice on our part. We do not find any convincing scientific explanation capable of explaining such phenomena.”

The Miracle of the Host

As with most of the modern-day apparitions of Our Lady, there were many who did not believe in the apparitions. For this reason, the four girls continuously asked the Blessed Virgin and St. Michael to perform a miracle to convince those who still did not believe in the visions.
Their request was granted. On June 22, 1962, St. Michael told Conchita that on a date designated by the Virgin, he would give her Communion and this time, the Host would be visible on our tongue. The girls have testified that St. Michael on numerous occasions since the start of the visions brought them Communion, although these were not visible to onlookers.
A few days later, Conchita learned through Our Lady that the “little miracle” of the Host would occur on July 18, and that she was to announce it 15 days in advance. When the time came to announce the expected miracle, she wrote numerous letters inviting people to come to Garabandal to witness the miracle.
The pastor, Fr. Valentin, who doubted that the phenomenon would happen, stopped her from writing many more letters. Despite this, news of the anticipated miracle had already spread far and wide, and many people from different parts of Spain began making preparations to be in Garabandal on July 18.
On the day of the event, Conchita Gonzalez knelt in a village street amid a large crowd of pilgrims who had made their way to Garabandal to witness the promised miracle. Suddenly, a shining white Host was seen to suddenly appear on the girl’s outstretched tongue. The event was captured on film. Pepe Diez, the village mason, was a close-hand observer and was among those who gave a first-hand testimony to the miracle:

I did not take my eyes off the girl (Conchita). She started to speak, to pray, and then she smiled and while smiling she opened her mouth and put out her tongue very naturally. She extended her tongue, not just a little bit, but quite a lot, and as I saw that tongue so perfectly bare, I had a terrible feeling of disaster…I was scarcely 18 inches away from her face and the sight of her tongue, protruding and bare, gave me a terrible feeling of failure, I, who was hoping for so much! Conchita kept her tongue out like that for about a minute. And as I stood there, my eyes riveted on that tongue so hopelessly bare, something incredible happened! Without moving my eyes for a fraction of a second, suddenly a neat, precise and well-formed Host appeared miraculously on Conchita's tongue. I can attest to the fact that from the moment Conchita put out her tongue, she did not make a single move, either with her mouth or with her tongue; not a single muscle in her face moved. The tongue was well out and bare and all of a sudden the Host was there! I did not see how it came. It was instantaneous! I can't even say it arrived in a split second. It was just there!

The Formal Messages

The first formal message of Our Lady was given to the girls on July 4, 1961, and publicly announced to the people on October 18. Below is the message:

We must make many sacrifices, perform much penance, and visit the Blessed Sacrament frequently. But first, we must lead good lives. If we do not, a chastisement will befall us. The cup is already filling up, and if we do not change, a very great chastisement will come upon us.

The second formal message was given much later toward the end of the apparitions. The Blessed Virgin told Conchita on January 1, 1965, that the archangel Saint Michael would appear on June 18th, and would deliver a message in her name. The message was as follows:

As my message of October 18 has not been complied with and has not been made known to the world, I am advising you that this is the last one. Before, the cup was filling up. Now it is flowing over. Many cardinals, many bishops and many priests are on the road to perdition and are taking many souls with them. Less and less importance is being given to the Eucharist. You should turn the wrath of God away from yourselves by your efforts. If you ask His forgiveness with sincere hearts, He will pardon you. I, your mother, through the intercession of Saint Michael the Archangel, ask you to amend your lives. You are now receiving the last warnings. I love you very much and do not want your condemnation. Pray to us with sincerity and we will grant your requests. You should make more sacrifices. Think about the passion of Jesus.

Parallel Message with Akita

One cannot help but see the striking similarity of the formal messages of Garabandal with the messages of Our Lady in the Church-approved apparitions of Akita, Japan. On April 22, 1984 Bishop John Shojiro Ito, local bishop of the region of Akita, Japan, declared the Marian apparitions of Our Lady Akita to be of supernatural origin. Below is the exact text of Our Lady’s messages in Akita:

As I told you, if men do not repent and better themselves, the Heavenly Father will inflict a great punishment on all humanity. It will definitely be a punishment greater than the Deluge, such as has never been seen before. Fire will plunge from the sky and a large part of humanity will perish... The good as well as the bad will perish, sparing neither priests nor the faithful. The survivors will find themselves plunged into such terrible hardships that they will envy the dead. The only arms which will remain for you will be the Rosary and the sign left by My Son (Eucharist).
Each day recite the prayers of the Rosary. With the Rosary pray for the bishops and priests. The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church. One will see cardinals opposing other cardinals... and bishops confronting other bishops. The priests who venerate me will be scorned and condemned by their confreres; churches and altars will be sacked; the Church will be full of those who accept compromises and the demon will tempt many priests and religious to leave the service of the Lord.

In her messages in Garabandal, Our Lady foretold three great supernatural events: the Warning, the Great Miracle, and the Great Chastisement. Of the three (3), the Great Chastisement, as with Akita, is conditional.

The Warning

Conchita was advised by Our Lady at the pines on January 1, 1965 of a divine Warning that would precede the Great Miracle. The Warning will be seen and experienced by all people all over the world, and will be a direct, supernatural work of God. It will take place before the Great Miracle at a date unknown to Conchita, and its purpose is give people a chance to amend their lives. Conchita wrote:

The warning comes directly from God and will be visible to the whole world and from any place where anyone many happen to be. It will be like the revelation of our sins and it will be seen and felt by everyone, believer and unbeliever alike irrespective of whatever religion he may belong to. It will be seen and felt in all parts of the world and by every person.

In an interview in 1973, Conchita further describes the Warning:

The most important thing about the warning is that every person--everyone in the whole world--will see a sign, a grace, or a punishment within themselves. In other words, a warning. They will find themselves all alone in the world, no matter where they are at the time, alone with their conscience right before God. They will then see all their sins, and what their sins have caused.

This idea of a worldwide warning, an “illumination of consciences”, are likewise found in other private revelations, in particular, the Diary of Saint Faustina. In an except from her diary (n. 83), she reveals the following message from Jesus:

Before the day of justice arrives, there will be given to people a sign in the heavens of this sort: All light in the heavens will be extinguished, and there will be great darkness over the whole earth. Then the sign of the cross will be seen in the sky, and from the openings where the hands and the feet of the Savior were nailed will come forth great lights which will light up the earth for a period of time. This will take place shortly before the last day.

Likewise, in the “interior locutions” received by Fr. Stefano Gobbi from Our Lady, as contained in the book “Our Lady Speaks to Her Beloved Priests”, Our Lady foretold a “Second Pentecost” (message given October 2, 1992):

What will come to pass is something so very great that it will exceed anything that has taken place since the beginning of the world. It will be like a judgment in miniature, and each one will see his own life and all he has done, in the very light of God.

Furthermore, in her June 28, 1990 message to Fr. Gobbi:

The Second Pentecost will come like a river of grace and of mercy which will purify the Church and make her poor and chaste, humble and strong, without spot or wrinkle, all beautiful, in imitation of your heavenly Mother…The Second Pentecost will come like a dew upon the world and will transform the desert into a garden, in which all humanity will run, like a spouse, to meet her Lord, in a renewed covenant of love with Him.

Finally, in a message to Fr. Gobbi on May 22, 1994, Feast of Pentecost:

The triumph of my Immaculate Heart will coincide with the great prodigy of the Second Pentecost. A new fire will come down from heaven and will purify all humanity, which has again become pagan. It will be like a judgment in miniature and each one will see himself in the light of the very Truth of God. Thus sinners will come back to grace and holiness; the straying, to the road of righteousness; those far away, to the house of the Father; the sick, to complete healing; and the proud, the impure, the wicked collaborators with Satan will be defeated and condemned forever…open your hearts to hope, because there is about to come upon you the greatest prodigy of the Second Pentecost.

When will it happen? In the book “Garabandal – the Finger of God”, author Albrecht Weber narrated a conversation he had with Conchita as to when the Warning could possibly happen. Conchita told the author: “When communism comes again everything will happen.”
The author responded: “What do you mean by comes again?” “Yes, when it newly comes again,” she replied. “Does that mean that communism will go away before that?” “I don't know,” she said in reply, “the Blessed Virgin simply said ‘when communism comes again’.”

The Great Miracle

Conchita has clearly said that Our Lady has promised a Great Miracle in Garabandal – a tremendous prodigy which, in the words of Conchita, “will be the greatest Miracle Jesus has ever performed for the world.” In a location with Our Lord dated July 20, 1963, the Lord Jesus told Conchita that the Miracle is going to take place “to convert the whole world.” A concise summary and description of the miracle was narrated by Conchita to author Francisco Sanchez-Venture and published in his book Las Apariciones No Son Un Mito:

I am the only one to whom the Blessed Virgin spoke of the miracle. She forbade me to say what it will consist of. I can't announce the date either until eight days before it is due to occur. What I can reveal is that it will coincide with an event in the Church and with the feast of a saint, martyr of the Eucharist; that it will take place at eight thirty on a Thursday evening; that it will be visible to all those who are in the village and surrounding mountains; that the sick who are present will be cured and the incredulous will believe. It will be the greatest miracle that Jesus has performed for the world. There won't be the slightest doubt that it comes from God and that it is for the good of mankind. A sign of the miracle which it will be possible to film or televise, will remain forever at the pines.

The Chastisement

While the Warning and the Great Miracle are events that will definitely occur as prophesied by Our Lady in Garabandal, the third great event, the Chastisement, is conditional and can be averted by mankind’s repentance. Conchita describes it as follows:

I cannot reveal what kind of punishment it is except that it will be a result of the direct intervention of God, which makes it more terrible and fearful than anything we can imagine. It will be less painful for innocent babies to die a natural death than for those babies to die because of the punishment. All Catholics should go to confession before the punishment and the others should repent of their sins. When I saw IT (the punishment), I felt a great fear even though at the same time I was seeing Our Blessed Mother. The punishment, if it comes, will come after the miracle.

In his book The Apparitions of Garabandal, Francisco Sanchez-Venture y Pascual includes the following note written by Conchita about the Chastisement:

The Chastisement is conditional and depends on whether or not mankind heeds the messages of the Blessed Virgin and the Miracle. If it should take place, I know what it will consist of because the Blessed Virgin told me about it, but I am not permitted to say what it is. Moreover, I have seen the Chastisement. I can assure you that if it comes, it will be worse than being enveloped in fire, worse than having fire above and beneath you. I do not know how much time will elapse between the Miracle and the Chastisement.

In an interview in April 2006, Marie Cruz, referring to the Chastisement, she said that “the Virgin never was threatening, it was a warning- like a mother who advises a son, be he takes a bad road.”
Conchita said:

The Blessed Virgin Mary told me before that Jesus does not want to send the punishment in order to distress us but in order to help us and reproach us because we pay no attention to Him. And the warning will be sent in order to purify us for the miracle in which he will show us His great love, and in order that we may fulfill the message.

The Church Position on Garabandal

The Church has a very strict and precise terminology for judging alleged apparitions (very few apparitions are officially approved). According to the norms of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, alleged apparitions are classified in one of three categories:

Constat de supernaturalitate - It is certain that the events are of supernatural origin.
Constat de non supernaturalitate - It is certain that the events are not of supernatural origin.
Non-constat de supernaturalitate - It is not certain that the events are of supernatural origin.

So where does Garabandal stand? In a clarificatory letter (English translation published in the EWTN website) dated June 8, 1993 written by Jose Vilaplana, Bishop of Santander (the local Diocese to which Garabandal belongs), the Bishop wrote the following:

All the bishops of the diocese from 1961 through 1970 asserted that the supernatural character of the said apparitions, that took place around that time, could not be confirmed. [no constaba].

Based on the above, Garabandal is classified in the 3rd category – it is not certain that the events are of supernatural origin. The Bishop did not say “it is certain that the events of Garabandal are not of supernatural origin”, which constitutes a condemnation of the apparition. Rather, based on the above note from the Bishop, the Church is not certain of the supernatural nature of the events – which means that the Church is leaving the door open for a possible positive declaration in the future, pending further investigation.
In a letter written by Bishop Eugenio Beitia Aldazabal dated July 8, 1965, he clearly wrote that “we have found no grounds for ecclesiastical condemnation.” Bishop Jose Cirada Lachiondo, in a declaration published June 1970, wrote that the messages of Garabandal “do not contain anything contrary to traditional Church teaching on Faith and Morals”.
The first commission which studied the Garabandal events, while stating that they found no phenomena which would authentic the supernatural nature of the events, clearly did not condemn the apparition and the messages, declaring that “we have not found anything deserving of ecclesiastical censure or condemnation either in the doctrine or in the spiritual recommendations that have been published as having been addressed to the faithful.”
The bishop who called the second commission, Bishop del Val, upon retiring from office stated in an interview that the message of Garabandal was “important” and “theologically correct.”
In light of the above, even though the Church has not given official approval yet, a Catholic may in good standing believe in the events at Garabandal. The local ordinaries have been very clear to avoid condemnation. In fact, the Bishops allow private pilgrimages to Garabandal – a typical practice when an alleged apparition has not yet been approved or condemned.
Contrary to various negative reports on Garabandal, therefore, the fact is that the apparitions have never been officially condemned by the Church, particularly by several of the local bishops under whose jurisdiction the apparitions fall. Although the apparitions have not been officially approved, they have not been officially condemned either. This is particularly because most of the important parts of the message – the prophetic messages foretelling the Warning, the Miracle and the Chastisement – can only be validated or invalidated upon their actual occurrence. We will never know if the prophesied events are true or not – until they actually happen.

A Message of Hope and Divine Mercy

Perhaps the Church will never be able to declare, with finality, whether the Garabandal apparitions are “certainly of supernatural origin”, or “certainly not of a supernatural origin.” This because the only real way to prove or disprove the apparitions is to validate and experience the actual occurence of the spectacular, prophesied events. In the meantime, we individual Catholics simply have to read the facts, reach a decision privately, and more importantly, let the message of conversion, prayer and repentence change our lives.
In our continuing discernment of the Garabandal apparitions, it may help to know that Mother Teresa and Padre Pio, two of the greatest saints of the 20th century, actually believed in the Garabandal apparitions. If we are to believe in the apparitions, as they did, then we cannot help but marvel at the apparitions’ great message of hope, love and Divine Mercy.
It is a message of hope for a world submerged in a sea of darkness and suffering – rampant killings of millions of babies, wars and massacres, corruption, moral degeneration. The world is seemingly at the edge of a precipice; the Church, seemingly on the brink of total collapse. And yet, the message of Garabandal assures us that God is in control, and that God has a plan for rescuing poor humanity from the clutches of Satan. It is a plan that involves a dramatic, direct intervention of God to bring all men of good will back to Him. And if indeed the apparitions are true, then what a marvelous plan it is!
From http://www.all-about-the-virgin-mary.com/

Little Known stories about Garabandal 1: Our Lady of Garabandal on the Moon

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Little Known stories about Garabandal 1 - garabandalnews.overblog.com

Great story, I hope it is true!!!
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Fr. Ramon Andreu's Notes: Part Three, Post 35

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Impressions of Mr. Foerschler after his visit to San Sebastián de Garabandal—October 14, 1961.

“Very affected by the death of Fr. Luís Andreu, S.J., with whom I had a long and good friendship, as with all of my brothers, I felt truly anxious to know what happened in San Sebastián de Garabandal. I had heard such different opinions, and I had a lot of interest in seeing what happened in that village with my own eyes. I can relate it without any passion, as I will show later.

I want to say in advance that I am not Catholic. I am an Evangelical Protestant, a fervent believer from my infancy, thanks to the example of Christian Education provided by my parents.

October 14, 1961 was the day chosen for my visit; I wanted to know what was happening in the village, and I had a great interest in seeing what happened before the date of the announced “message” which was October 18, 1961.

That day, I left Aguilar de Campoo around 4 in the afternoon. I was accompanied by Fr. Ramón Andreu S.J., and Mr. Rafael Fontaneda and one of his sons. We had the misfortune of an accident with another vehicle in a very dangerous site, but fortunately, nothing happened to any of the occupants of our car.

After traveling several hours on the highway, we arrived at Cossío around 10 at night and began our ascent to San Sebastián; we arrived there around 11. After an eventful ascent, filled with panic, we traveled the last kilometer on foot, wading in mud up to our knees, lighting our way with lanterns.

We crossed with many people who were returning to the village. They were totally disillusioned because they hadn’t seen a single one of the girls’ visions. They said it “would be more worthwhile to go home.”

When we were within 50 meters of the first houses we saw many people running with lanterns and they said that Mari Cruz had just left her house in ecstasy. When we arrived we verified that it was happening and we found ourselves in front of Ceferino’s tavern; all of the people were forming a group around her. We went inside the tavern and found Jacinta and María Dolores. A few minutes after entering, Mari Loli entered into a trance and went up to the second floor, where, in front of the stairway there was a table covered with a white table cloth and many holy cards, rosaries, etc. She gave them to be kissed, one after the other. When she finished this, she fell backwards, and her body hit the floor without any noise. Her head was suspended on the first step. This was the first thing that impressed me. Then, she extended her legs without supporting her hands, in which she held a crucifix, nor her feet. She turned halfway and then descended the stairs in three jumps. She advanced three meters more, and stayed in front of the tavern counter. She had a conversation in a low voice while smiling until she stood up and gave the crucifix to all of the people around her to kiss.

Around eleven thirty, Fr. Ramón was sick: his ankle was swollen, he had bad pains, was very pale, and had cold sweats. Two doctors from Santander and Burgos examined him—one of them was a bone specialist—and they determined that he had twisted or fractured his ankle and they recommended that he get an X-ray. They bandaged the ankle and applied ice, and then carried him to bed around 12 at night.

Around one in the morning he was eating, and they brought him a beer. Jacinta found the priest, and sat in a chair next to the night table. Mari Loli sat on the edge of the bed. When he saw me enter, Fr. Ramón told me that when his brother José María had come from Venezuela Jacinta was in bed with a sore throat, and they’d visited her. Now the Virgin had told them that the priest was sick and she had come to see him. In that moment, she entered into a trance, and since the chair had a high back, I felt that the girl would have hit very hard against it since her head was up high. I was behind them, so I tried to put my hand between her neck and the chair back. My first surprise came then when I realized that the girl was so connected with the chair and so rigid that she seemed like a block of granite that weighed a ton. I looked at her eyes, which in normal circumstances had a small red circle around them, and I observed that the circles had almost disappeared. While Jacinta was having the vision, little Mari Loli didn’t stop saying: “Tell the Virgin to call me.” When she returned from the trance, Fr. Ramón asked Jacinta if she was happy, and she answered: “Yes, Father, very.” When he asked her to tell what the Virgin had said, she answered simply, “No.”

Very impressed with what had happened, I got up to reunite myself with my other friends, who were in Ceferino’s house. Then Fr. Ramón signaled that Mari Loli had two calls and before I exited the room, Mari Loli entered into the trance.

Around two in the morning all of us went to sleep and I was staying in Fr. Ramón’s room. Cuquí Verduras and I were commenting about all that had happened when, at about three in the morning, we heard voices and people in the street, who were yelling at the owner of the house where we were staying: “Open up, Pifinia, Jacinta is coming.” Two seconds didn’t even pass from the moment the owner unlocked the door of the house until Jacinta arrived at the beds on the first floor. She was looking up and there was a crucifix in her hands. She was accompanied by Mari Loli, Mari Loli’s father, and many other people. Among them were some girls from Cadiz. Jacinta went directly to Fr. Andreu and gave him the crucifix to kiss. I was in bed with my back to her, but she didn’t offer the crucifix to me or to Cuquí. From that moment, and when she was saying goodbye to the vision, her arm returned, and without taking her vision from the fixed point, she came near me and gave me the crucifix to kiss and placed it exactly where my mouth was, so I didn’t have to move. Then Mari Loli said: “One more person needs to kiss it,” and asked Jacinta, “who.” She walked forward and gave it to Cuquí to kiss. Then she returned from the trance and stayed there until about 4 in the morning.

In view of the state of Fr. Ramón’s foot, Fr. Valentín was warned that he would have to come from Cossío to say Mass on the next day. At 8 in the morning, several doctors came to see Fr. Ramón’s foot. At 9 in the morning, Fr. Ramón was able to stand up, to the great surprise of all. Next, he went to say Mass, and was able to do it normally; he could even flex his foot, to the great astonishment of all.

Signed: Máximo Foerschler

Fr. Ramon Andreu's Notes: Part Three, Post 34

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Comillas—October 28, 1961

Letter to Mr. Rafael Fontaneda

“I have received certain news about Garabandal, and if you don’t know it, I’ll tell you. It refers to the vision that they had from Thursday night to Friday morning, According to what they have told me, it was impressive, with a great quantity of detail and strange things. They descended the stairs head first—a brother-in-law of mine who witnessed this told me. He didn’t know how to tell me in more detail, but I asked him how they had done it and how their dresses had stayed on.

What has been most impressive is to see the girls fall in ecstasy on their knees, in the middle of a pond and it was later verified that they were not wet, nor were their dresses. Upon seeing this, they returned to the pond and they made a test by stepping into the pond very forcefully, and the water splashed and wet their pants. The witnesses of this are from a village next to Comillas.

NEW GARABANDAL WEBSITE

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October 18, 1961-We must make many sacrifices, perform much penance, and visit the Blessed Sacrament frequently. But first, we must lead good lives. If we do not, a chastisement will befall us. The cup is already filling up, and if we do not change, a very great chastisement will come upon us.

June 18, 1965-As my message of October 18 has not been complied with and has not been made known to the world, I am advising you that this is the last one. Before, the cup was filling up. Now it is flowing over. Many cardinals, many bishops and many priests are on the road to perdition and are taking many souls with them. Less and less importance is being given to the Eucharist. You should turn the wrath of God away from yourselves by your efforts. If you ask His forgiveness with sincere hearts, He will pardon you. I, your mother, through the intercession of Saint Michael the Archangel, ask you to amend your lives. You are now receiving the last warnings. I love you very much and do not want your condemnation. Pray to us with sincerity and we will grant your requests. You should make more sacrifices. Think about the passion of Jesus.

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Fr. Ramon Andreu's Notes: Part Three, Post 33

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Miracle

The child Juan Fontanillas Buj had an accident on October 1st. He slid down the hill and was taken in an ambulance in grave condition to the Hospital of San Pablo. The doctors believed that his condition was hopeless, and few had the hope he would be saved; in addition to wounds on the body and face, he had brain failure.

On the 9th, after 8 days without regaining consciousness, the renowned Dr. Durán operated on his head. The boy continued in the same state and his pulse weakened until it became the minimum before entering into a hopeless coma.

On the 14th, 13 days after his collapse, and still unconscious, they put a cross that had been kissed by the Virgin during the visions of the four girls at San Sebastián de Garabandal on him. On the 15th and the 16th, Conchita prayed for the Virgin to heal this child. On the 15th, he regained consciousness and from that moment an enormous change occurred. He knew everyone, and his first impulse was to get up and go to the crucifix which was on the wall to give thanks to God for his healing and then to kiss his parents.

For all that has been exposed, it could be a miracle through Divine intercession from the parish priest of San Sebastián so that we can be reunited with the promises of these visions that have been cast away; it is because of this that we pray for the parents of this child, for the nuns that helped in the hospital and for the sick, and especially for Dr. Durán, who attests to the veracity of these facts with his signature so that the Ecclesiastical Authority can express an opinion about the visions and miracles that take place in San Sebastián de Garabandal.

Fr. Ramon Andreu's Notes: Part Three, Post 32

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Some of us made the descent from San Sebastián de Garabandal to Cossío on foot and others made it in a Jeep. In deference to Fr. Luís, he was given a place in the Jeep. I observed that he was very content. My family members who descended in the Jeep during this trip with Fr. Luís told me the same thing. On several occasions, according to what I am told, he expressed his happiness with clear sentences that demonstrated his certainty in what had happened to the girls.

Once in Cossío we went in different cars and formed an expedition. Although he had a SEAT in my sister’s car, he preferred to come with me, since he had gone with me until that time.

In that car were my wife Carmen, my daughter, Mari Carmen (who was 8 years old) and me in the back. Behind us were José Salceda at the steering wheel and Fr. Luís.

During almost the entire trip we commented about what we had seen. Fr. Luís told me that he had spoked with Fr. Royo Marín and that they agreed about everything. My wife, José Salceda, and I, observed a profound and intense happiness in Fr. Luís. Also, a great sense of security. He spoke quickly and repeated these sentences many times: “I am so happy! I am full of joy. What a gift the Virgin has given me. Now I cannot have the least doubt that what is happening to the girls is true.” We came like that, talking for awhile. We stopped for a drink in Puentenansa. Fr. Luís only had one drink because of the weather.

In Torrelavega we met a Jeep that was traveling with people from Aguilar de Campoo, but was stopped. It was the Jeep that had taken us up to San Sebastián de Garabandal. We stopped to see if they needed anything and José Salceda, the mechanic, and Fr. Luís went down and talked with them a little bit.

In this second part of the trip we spoke for awhile and I said: “Father, why don’t you sleep for a while?” He did so for approximately an hour, until a little before we arrived at Reinosa. When he woke up, he said: “I have had a very deep sleep. I feel very well. I’m not the least bit tired.”

We were all tired because it was already four in the morning. At Reinosa, we stopped at a fountain to get a drink. Fr. Luís asked the mechanic, José Salceda, if he had taken a drink, and José responded that he had gotten a drink for his eyes, since they were thirsty.

We resumed the trip and after wandering a little while as we entered the city, Fr. Luís repeated the sentences that had synthesized the conversation: “I am full of joy. The Virgin has given me such a gift! We are lucky to have a Mother like that in heaven. We don’t have to fear the supernatural life. The girls have given us an example of how we should treat the Virgin. I cannot have the least doubt that this thing with the girls is true. Why has the Virgin chosen us? This is the happiest day of my life.”

After he said this sentence he stopped speaking. I asked him a question, and when I didn’t receive and answer, I asked again: “Father, has something happened to you? I thought that he was dizzy. He responded: “No, nothing. I’m sleepy.” He inclined his head and cleared his throat slightly.

José Salceda went towards him and when he observed that his eyes were rolling he said: “Father is very sick.” My wife took his wrist and when she didn’t find a pulse she said: “Stop; he doesn’t have a pulse. There is a clinic here.” I, believing that he was only dizzy, had opened the door the moment the car stopped and said: “Don’t worry, Father, it’s nothing, it will pass right away.” My wife said: “We’re going to bring him to the clinic.” I responded: “Don’t be foolish.” But she added: “He’s unconscious.”

We had stopped next to a clinic, about five or ten meters beyond it. We called and they immediately opened the door for us. The nurse who opened the door saw Father and said that he was dead. My wife said that it could not be, that they should do something for him. The nurse gave him an injection.

During this time, José Salceda went to find a priest and a doctor. The doctor arrived after 10 minutes. It was Dr. Vicente González, who could only tell us that he was dead. The parish priest arrived immediately and administered the Extreme Unction.

After the first moments of uncertainty and nervousness had passed, I called Fr. Ramón on the telephone; he was giving the Spiritual Exercises to a Religious Community in Valladolid.

After a few hours Fr. Royo Marín came, and he accompanied and consoled us. My brothers and brother-in-law came from Aguilar de Campoo, and Fr. Ramón arrived in the middle of the morning.

Every time I comment upon these scenes to my wife, which were so terribly impressive to us from our point of view, I have felt a sense of peace and at the same time, an unmistakable sense of serenity. The comment that repeatedly comes to us when we are questioned about what Fr. Luís died of has been this: “He died of happiness.”

After a fraction of a second, the most absolute normality returned to the cadaver, and he had a smile on his lips. There was no exterior sign other than when he cleared his throat slightly after saying: “No, nothing. I’m sleepy.”

I asked Fr. Ramón what preexisting ailments or heart conditions his brother had, and he said none. The only thing the priest said was that he had an allergy to hay during the spring, but it did not impede his normal activities. He took medicine that the doctors had prescribed for the treatment of this allergy.

On August 8th, when he descended to Cossío in the Jeep, no one noticed that his exhaustion was greater than that of the others who had stayed in San Sebastián de Garabandal the whole day. They had walked seven kilometers in the night when they had come from Cossío.

During the previous year, during which he gave a course in Theology in Oña, he frequently played sports in the court and then left in the company of other professors for the country on vacation. He frequently alluded to these times of rest in the conversations he had during the short time he spent with my family.

Days later, also in San Sebastián de Garabandal, the girls told me that the Virgin had told them that Fr. Luís had seen the Virgin when he’d yelled “miracle, miracle” in the pines, and that he went to talk to them. When he had witnessed the first dialogue they’d had with him on that date, all of the scenes of those painful moments of the morning of August 9, 1961, had a special meaning for me in the Providence of God and the Love of Mary; they play a most important role.

The words of Fr. Royo Marín once again, commenting about the last words that Fr. Luís pronounced in this world, came into my memory, “This is the happiest day of my life,” Fr. Luís had said. I wanted to ask him what he meant by this sentence, since I thought the happiest day for a priest would be that of his Priestly Ordination, but there was no time for me to ask since while I was awaiting his response, he went into the eternal happiness.

Fr. Royo Marín told us: “Truly, the day in which we arrive in the arms of God is the happiest day of our lives.”

This was August 9, 1961 at 4:20 in the morning, as we returned to San Sebastián de Garabandal.

As a fact that can serve to give the measure of sweetness of this transition, I will say that my daughter, who was 8 years old and was traveling in the car with us, went to bed and slept the whole night without any fear or nervousness when we arrived at Aguilar de Campoo.

I gave Fr. Ramón María my crucifix from the university which I had applied to Fr. Luís’s lips since it had also been kissed by the Vision at Garabandal; he thanked me as though it was the most precious gift.

(Signed) Rafael Fontaneda

Garabandal Slide Show: Come and be Blessed . . .

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Fr. Ramon Andreu's Notes: Part Three, Post 31

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Fr. Luís Andreu, S.J.

On August 8, 1961, we met Fr. Royo Marín O.P. in San Sebastián de Garabandal. Fr. Luís María Andreu S.J. had come with us; this was his third time going to Garabandal since July 29th.

On previous trips I observed through Fr. Luís Andreu’s conversations and comments to the girls that he was very interested in what was happening with them even though he never announced an opinion. He made us some explanations about knowing through feelings, degrees of vision that exist, the importance of psychological knowledge, etc.

On August 8th, we met Fr. Valentín Marichalar, the parish priest of San Sebastián de Garabandal, who gave Fr. Luís the key to the Church, asking him to be the priest for the day since he had to go to Torrelavega. I observed that Fr. Luís was very happy and he said to me: “Faito, today I am the pastor of Garabandal,” and he joked with me in this way.

The Mass that he celebrated in the Church in San Sebastián de Garabandal was extraordinary because of the number of people who attended, and how emotional they all became.

The girls had an ecstasy in the morning. Fr. Luís was very near them and as on other times, he took notes about what the girls did and said. During this ecstasy, there were moments in which Fr. Luís seemed amazed. Those nearest to him could observe how during a few moments silent tears fell down his face, from a feeling that he was in the presence of something extraordinary.

When I spoke of this to his brother Fr. Ramón María the following day, he was surprised, since he was not familiar with this emotional side of his brother. “I have never seen him cry,” he told me.

On the afternoon of the ecstasy the girls acquired a speed going up to the Pines and descending from them in ecstasy. During the time that they were in ecstasy in the Pines Fr. Luís was watching the girls very closely.

It seemed like he didn’t want to miss a single detail of what they were doing. Suddenly he looked at them as though a special emotion invaded him and he pronounced twice in a loud voice: “Miracle, miracle!” Then he was silent and the girls began their descent saying, in ecstasy, that they were going to the Church. They said it, as always, while in dialogue with the Virgin.

This descent to the Church was vertiginous. Fr. Royo Marín, O.P. advised those present to run to the Church, where the girls were going, saying this: “Run to the Church because the girls have wings on their feet.”

Afterward, during the descent, Fr. Royo Marín, O.P. said: “I’m not infallible, but I am a specialist and I affirm that what the girls see is true. I have four different sets of notes that leave no room for doubt, they can’t be confused.”

I went near him and said: “Father, if this is as serious as you say, why don’t you stay here a few more days?” He responded to me: “Nothing is lacking; this is clear and it cannot be anything else.”

A MESSAGE FROM JOEY LOMANGINO:

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I plan to make the website the center of our new operation. I look forward to receiving your emails via the website. I would like to encourage you to send me your prayer intentions and I will remember them in my daily rosary. Although I cannot respond personally due to volume you can be assured the ladies will read them to me. I would like to stay connected to you through the website. I will post my message here. When the Warning and Eight Day Announcement occur real time news of these happenings will be posted immediately, available world-wide, on Garabandal.us.

I want to assure you that as long as I am alive the New York Center, the “House of Charity” as the Blessed Mother called it, will remain open. Our apostolate must change to embrace the new technology provided to reach more people with the Message of Garabandal. Keep praying and promoting. Great days are coming!

In Union of Prayer,

Joey

[Film on Video] The Events of Garabandal

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This 1971 documentary by Richard Everson marked the first groundbreaking attempt to depict the events of Garabandal in color 16MM film.

Back in the early 70's, one night each week, Joey would have an open house in his basement in Lindenhurst, New York. I was there and helped out by running the movie projector to show this movie and also ran the slide machine when Joey led us in the Rosary and gave his talk on Padre Pio and Garabandal.

For many years, this film opened Joey Lomangino's conferences on Garabandal. Dick Everson was a great friend to Joey and the New York Center and we present this film respectfully as a tribute to his original work on behalf of Our Lady of Mount Carmel de Garabandal.

For more information please visit http://www.garabandal.us/

The Workers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel de Garabandal, Inc: New Official Email Address

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Dear Friends,

We want to inform you that effective Monday - April 8 - all email from the New York Center including Joey's Message and the Eight Day Announcement of the Great Miracle will be sent from a new email address - workers@garabandal.us. If necessary, please update your email preferences to insure delivery.

The new address will function as the official address for the New York Center. All email will be read in a timely manner. Due to volume, we cannot reply to individual inquiries or to emails directed to Joey Lomangino.

Sincerely,

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Fr. Ramon Andreu's Notes: Part Three, Post 30

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Interview with the Girls

This was taped on a recorder. The girls did not know—as can be seen through the dialogue—that they were being recorded.

Many times they responded at the same time and other times they took words from each other.

The certainty of their responses is very great.

The questions that are asked were supposed to confuse them, but this was not possible.

P—“Let’s see, who should we begin with, with the oldest, Conchita, what is your name?”

C—“Conchita.”

J—“María Concepción.”

C—“Conchita, because they call me Conchita.”

P—“Conchita, good, I’ll ask you a few things. For example: So you learn to respond well after; What do you like the most?”

C—“Of what?”

P—“Of everything.”

C—“To eat and that?”

P—“To eat, to see…”

C—“To see—the Virgin.”

P—“To see the Virgin. And do you see the Virgin many times?”

C—“Yes, since June 18th there have only been 14 days when I haven’t seen her.”

P—“Since June 18th only 14 days you haven’t seen her. And have you seen the Angel many times?”

C—“Not much.”

P—“And why do you go through the streets so quickly?”

C—“I don’t know.” (She laughs).

L—“Because she goes with the Virgin.”

P—“Do you like when people come or not?”

C—“Yes, sir.”

P—“Many people?”

C—“Yes, sir.”

J—“Yes, Father.” (Correcting her).

P—“And why do you like it?”

C—“Huh?”

P—“Why do you like when people come?”

C—“I know.”

P—“So they see you, right?”

C—(Laughs).

P—“So they see you, right?”

C—“So they will believe more.”

P—“What?”

C—“So they will believe more.”

P—“So they will believe more. And what do you believe? That many believe or few? (You have to accustom yourself to speaking strongly because after we won’t be able to).

L—“You have your—what? Many.”

P—“Oh, many believe. And those who don’t believe?”

L—“They will believe.”

P—“Who has told you this.”

L—“The Virgin.”

P—“Have you asked for a miracle, Jacinta?”

J—“Yes, Father.”

P—“What?”

J—“Yes, Father.”

P—“And what has she said? That she is going to do it or not?”

J—“Yes, she is going to, father, but we don’t know when.”

P—“But you know that she’s going to do it?”

J—“Yes, father.”

P—“Yes? She’s also told you that she’s going to do it? Huh, Loli?”

L—“Yes, father.”

C—“She has not told me.”

P—“She has not told Conchita. She hasn’t told you what she’s going to do?”

C—“Last night I said that the first time we went up to the Pines I said that she had to do a miracle, and she didn’t say anything to me.”

P—“She didn’t tell you anything? And now tell me, Jacinta, with whom you have spoken.”

J—“What?”

P—“With whom have you spoken?”

J—“What, with whom?”

P—“With whom have you spoken?”

J—“What, with whom?”

P—“Who has appeared to you?”

J—“Who has appeared to me?”

C—“The Virgin and the Child.”

J—L—“The Child and the Angel—and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.”

P—“And Our Lady of Mt. Carmel? What did the Virgin wear?”

C—“A white dress and a blue mantle.”

P—“What? A white mantle.”

J—“And the blue dress?”

L—“The blue mantle.”

P—“And—the veil?”

The three—“She didn’t wear one.”

P—“She didn’t wear one?”

L—“No, Father.”

P—“And what color is her hair? Loli?”

L—“Black.”

P—“Black?”

The three—“No color.”

L—“It’s dark brown, almost black.”

The three—“Dark brown.”

P—“And it’s curly, right?”

L—“Wavy.”

J—“Like Conchita’s hair was when she wore it down. That’s how the Virgin wore it.”

P—“Is the Virgin’s hair long or short?”

The three—“It’s long.”

P—“Where did it fall?”

C—“About—to her waist.”

L—“Like you wore yours, right, or a little longer.”

C—“To her waist.”

P—“And what is her crown like?”

The three—“It’s made of stars.”

P—“Of stars?”

The three—“Yes, Father.”

P—“But is it made of flowers, of thread?”

L—“It’s made of—I know! It’s not made of thread, the Virgin’s crown is like this, it’s very bright.”

P—“And it is closed around the crown of her head.”

The three—“No, Father.”

C—“She gives it to us.”

P—“And it is very round?”

The three—“Yes, Father.”

P—“It’s completely round? And how does she put it on your heads?” (Laughs).

The three—“Like this.”

P—“Well, how does she put it like this. If it is round, she could not place it like that.”

The three—“Oh, but it is open here.”

P—“Is it open? And what is the Child’s crown made of?”

J—“I don’t know.”

L—“The Child’s crown is not made of stars.”

P—“Is it made of stars?”

The three—“No, Father.”

P—“What is it made of?”

The three—“It is smooth.”

L—“Like what the angels in the Church wear.”

C—“The angel wears it—the angels wear it.”

The three—“The angels don’t, but the Child wears the same crown as St. Joseph, it’s like that.”

P—“Speak a little louder, girls.” (Laughs).

P—“We have to do this proof well, because if I don’t see how you speak, then we can’t record it well later.”

L—“You’re recording us now, aren’t you?”

P—“No. We’re doing a test now.”

L—“Then why are you recording this?”

P—“No, we just have the recorder in its place before we begin so that we don’t lose any time. Well—listen—are the Virgin’s feet beautiful?”

L—“We have not seen them. We have not seen them. Have you seen them?

C—“No, Father.”

P—“What color are the Virgin’s eyebrows?”

The three—“Black.”

P—“Black?”

L—“Like her hair.”

P—“Well. And what did you say to the Bishop yesterday?”

The three—“We only laughed.”

J—“He told us that she was Jewish.”

C—“I think—Jacinta, I think it was to say something bad about a Jewish woman.”

P—“And what, was it bad?”

The three—“No, Father.”

L—“Because she was born in Judah, as we were born in San Sebastián.”

P—“Oh, good. And you, Loli, would you like people to come or not?”

L—“Yes, Father.”

P—“And why?”

L—“So they will believe.”

P—“So they will believe?”

L—“That way they will believe more.”

P—“And you, Jacinta, who do you want to come the most?”

The three—“The priests—the priests.”

C—“The priests and nuns.”

P—“The priests and the nuns. And what do you feel in the days before you have an apparition?”

C—“It is like an interior voice.”

The three—“An interior voice—a happiness.”

P—“Like that.” (Laughs) “And how many times?”

The three—“Three.”

P—“Three?”

L—“Yes, Father.”

P—“How much time is there between the first and the third?”

L—“There is little time between the first and the second; the most time is between the second and the third. There is a lot of time between the second and the third.”

P—“And when you see the vision, what is the first thing you see?”

The three—“The Virgin.”

P—“The Virgin? Is she glowing?”

The three—“Yes, Father.”

L—“Yes, when the Angel and the Child come, they are not resplendent.”

C—“But when She comes alone, She is.”

P—“Jacinta, what advice has the Virgin given you?”

J—“She has advised us to be good and to pray the Rosary here.”

L—“And—prudence. Well, not prudence. She wants us to be modest.”

P—“Modest?”

Las tres—“Yes, Father.”

P—“And how much time is there between the first and the third.”

L—“There is only a little time between the first and the second, from the second the the third is the most, a lot. There is a lot between the second and the third.”

P—“And when you see the vision, what is the first thing you see?”

The three—“The Virgin.”

P—“The Virgin? Is she resplendent?”

The three—“Yes, Father.”

L—“Yes, when the Angel and the Child come they have almost no resplendence.”

C—“But when she comes alone, she does.”

“P—“Jacinta, what advice has the Virgin given you.”

J—“To be good and to pray the Rosary here.”

L—“And—prudence. Well, not prudence. She wants us to be modest.”

P—“Modest?”

The three—“Yes, Father.”

L—“We didn’t know that we were modest.”

C—“This man told us what is was to be modest.” (Laughs).

L—“And we do our best to do this.”

P—“And what else.”

C—“That we do this.”

The three—“Sacrifices.”

P—“Sacrifices? And how do you make sacrifices, if you don’t know what it is?”

L—“We know now.”

P—“And who explained it to you?”

The three—“You, you—you told me.”

P—“Good. And did she say anything about obedience?”

The three—“Yes, sir. That we should obey our parents and the priests.”

P—“Your parents and the priests?”

J—“Oh! Tell Conchita that—tell Conchita that one has to be good in Church.”

L—“She also told us that.”

C—“Tell me.”

P—“That you have to be good in Church, that you can’t talk or laugh.”

J—“Have you seen us talk?”

C—“He saw us talk? When?”

L—“In the Church?”

P—“On several occasions.”

L—“How long did this happen.”

P—“Well, with one another. Oh. We have to wait.”

L—“We are going to sing now. Now you have to come here so it will be clear. We have to wait until he arrives so he can take the rest.”

L—“Oh—make it go faster.”

P—“Oh, no. It has a normal speed, because we have to record it then.”

L—“Well until then make it go faster.”

P—“Oh. No, because it’s going in another direction. What did you do yesterday in Cossío?”

L—“I talked on the phone.”

The three—“We talked on the phone.”

P—“With whom?”

L—“We spoke with Señora Carmen, Marcelina, and other woman.”

P—“And what was the name of the man who brought this apparatus?”

The three—“Oh—I don’t remember—Matutano.”

P—“Matutano. Good.”

L—(Laughs). “Matutano.”

C—“What a name!”

P—“Listen. Who else appeared to you first.”

The three—“The Angel.”

P—“Did he have wings?”

The three—“He had pink wings, a blue mantle, a blue robe, and wings.”

L—“His hair was to here, and flipped up. Very beautiful, remember? It was more beautiful than the Virgin’s.”

P—“The Virgin didn’t look like that?”

The three—“No, the Virgin was different.”

P—“And who told you to do more?”

The three—“The Virgin.”

P—“Does the Virgin sometimes appear with other people?”

C—“Yes, with Sr. Lucía and the others.”

P—“But have you seen this? Have you seen this with the Virgin?”

J—“With the Child and the Angel.”

P—“Good. And when did you know that she appeared to Sr. Lucía?”

C—“After she told me, after she appeared to me.”

The three—“But we already know that she had appeared to her.”

P—“You already knew that she had appeared to her. But—did you know the Angel had appeared to her?”

The three—“No, sir—to whom?”

P—“To Sr. Lucía.”

The three—“The Angel appeared to her also?”

L—“The Angel also?”

P—“Now tell me, how did you find my brother’s Rosary?”

L—“The Virgin told me where it was and I went another day and found this place.”

P—“In this place?”

C—“Between two stones the Virgin had told me about.”

L—“And it was there, hidden between two stones. One was like this and the other like this. She told me to lift the stones and truthfully it was as though until then no one had lifted the stones, but we lifted them.

C—“Between two little stones. I saw it.”

J—“We brought it to Father.”

L—“Oh—go faster, it’s very slow.”

From Mark Mallett: Conchita said: “When Communism comes again everything will happen.”

2013-03-27T17:45:00.000-04:00

Involuntary Dispossession

THE Gospel calls us to share our possessions with one another, particularly the poor—a voluntary dispossession of our goods and our time. However, the anti-gospel calls for a sharing of goods that flows, not from the heart, but from a political system that controls and distributes wealth according to the whims of the State. This is known by many forms, particularly that of Communism, which was birthed in 1917 in the Moscow revolution led by Vladimir Lenin.

Seven years ago when this writing apostolate began, I saw a strong image in my heart that I wrote about in The Great Meshing:

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Fr. Ramon Andreu's Notes: Part Three, Post 29

2013-03-26T17:30:00.000-04:00

Questions asked by the Canon of Tarragona

Which sins offend the Virgin most?

R—The mortal sins.

What does the Virgin command the Spanish people to do to amend their lives?

R—To confess and receive the sacrament.

What sacrifices does she ask of Spain?

R—No response.

What sins of the young people offend the Virgin the most?

R—You already know this.

Which sins of the young people?

R—No response.

Which sins of parents of the families?

R—When parents argue.

Of all of the nations in the world, which pleases the Sacred Heart the most?

R—Spain.

Note: This conversation was about the marches and on the other side of the letter the Canon wrote this as a summary.

[Video] Pope Francis at center of apocalyptic prophecies

2013-03-25T15:26:00.000-04:00

Ah, but does Pope Francis fit into the prophecies of Garabandal? What happened to the three (four) Popes to precede the Warning? Did Conchita mean or even understand what she said and predicted? My belief is not shaken by these events because as Our Lady said many times, events, even chastisements, can be shortened or avoided by our and Her prayers to Almighty God, who is in total control.!!!

Deacon John

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Fr. Ramon Andreu's Notes: Part Three, Post 28

2013-03-20T13:53:00.001-04:00

1st—From 9P.M. to 8 A.M. last night they went in and out of ecstasy.

2nd—They called the Virgin "Mother."

3rd—"The miracle is so beautiful!" "When are you going to do it?" Do it soon for those who believe. It's all the same for those who don't believe."

4th—"A priest from the country? Oh, he isn't a priest and he comes as a country man?" (It was a Marist brother).

5th—"Mother, what do I have that's bad? Oh!" (And she went to her house to take off a bracelet).

6th—The report, 60 topics, etc.

7th—A man who wants to give a gift of a statue of St. Michael from Bilbao.

8th—General Director of Security. 4 watches.

9th—A Dominican was there.

Fr. Ramon Andreu's Notes: Part Three, Post 27

2013-03-16T16:11:00.000-04:00

To Fr. Arama, by telephone—on a day in September 1961

1st — Small crucifix on a rosary, lost on August 15th and found on September 5th.

2nd—María Cruz is not called until Monday.

3rd—There will be a miracle, but we don't know what or when.

4th—Fr. Luís spoke. The rosary was sung through the houses.

5th—The seers act as mediators for others.

6th—There was a vision in the pines at 2:30.

7th —The girls' security.

8th—They play hide and go seek with the Virgin.

9th—The people present are persecuted. The Virgin told them: "You already see the laugh, they persecute the priests, making them fall."

10th —During the whole vision there was something religious.

11th —The Virgin has told them when they go to speak with Her that they should not wear rings or necklaces. As a result, Conchita took off her necklaces. If they have a ring in their hands or on their fingers that was given to them by another person, they throw it when they have the call.

12th—The Virgin does not want them to ask about certain things in the visions; they can only ask about things that have to do with spirituality.

13th—She asked if the American who lived in Madrid believed in God and she responded that yes, and in the Virgin? And she said "very little, but he will believe." (He was Protestant).

14th—A little known man who gave a crucifix through a third person had it returned directly to him with the girl's back to him.

15th—Luís told the girls that her niece was there and that Ramón had her seated on his knees and they had laughed a lot.

16th—In one of the visions they asked if she wanted to see their dolls and the vision said that "it wasn't the time for dolls."

17th—About twenty people were there when the seer began to make the sign of the cross in front of everyone and made it to the Andreu family, including Fr. Ramón; when this happened, we were surprised.

18th—An older man (Mayagray) knelt and asked for the conversion of his son-in-law. The girl came near him and said: "Yes."

19th—They told José Mari that he came from Caracas. (These things took place on September 4^th and 5^th).

20th—They bless everyone except for one who was the only one who had blessed himself in the morning. They asked and it was true.

21st—They visit the sick to give them the crucifix to kiss.

22nd—They pray the "Oh, My Jesus" and to the young children they pray the Salve.

From Mark Mallett: Two Pillars and The New Helmsman

2013-03-14T16:52:00.003-04:00

Two Pillars & The New Helmsman

Photo by Gregorio Borgia, AP

I say to you, you are Peter, and
upon
this
rock
I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld
shall not prevail against it.
(Matt 16:18)

WE were driving over the frozen ice road on Lake Winnipeg yesterday when I glanced at my cellphone. The last message I received before our signal faded was “Habemus Papam!”

This morning, I have been able to find a local here on this remote Indian reserve who has a satellite connection—and with that, our first images of The New Helmsman. A faithful, humble, solid Argentinian.

A rock.

A few days ago, I was inspired to reflect on the dream of St. John Bosco in Living the Dream? sensing the anticipation that Heaven would grant the Church a helmsman who would continue to steer the Barque of Peter between the Two Pillars of Bosco’s dream.

The new Pope, putting the enemy to rout and overcoming every obstacle, guides the ship right up to the two columns and comes to rest between them; he makes it fast with a light chain that hangs from the bow to an anchor of the column on which stands the Host; and with another light chain which hangs from the stern, he fastens it at the opposite end to another anchor hanging from the column on which stands the Immaculate Virgin.—http://www.markmallett.com/blog/2009/01/pope-benedict-and-the-two-columns/

Indeed, Pope Francis is a man, like his predecessors, wholly dedicated to the Holy Eucharist and Mary. During the Synod of Bishops in 2005, he gave a reflection on the Blessed Sacrament and the Blessed Virgin Mary. In fact, he even quotes from the documents mentioned in Living the Dream? that John Paul II used to rudder the Church toward the Two Pillars.

Our faithful people believe in the Eucharist as a priestly people… Our faithful people believes
as a Eucharistic people in Mary. They tie together their affection for the Eucharist and their affection for the Virgin, our Lady and Mother. In the “school of Mary” (Rosarium Virginis Mariae, n. 1) Eucharistic woman, we can reread contemplatively the passages in which John Paul II sees our Lady as a Eucharistic woman, and see her not alone but “in the company of” (Acts 1:14) the People of God.

We follow here that rule of tradition by which, with different nuances, “what is said of Mary is said of the soul of every Christian and of the whole Church.”(Ecclesia de Eucharistia, 57). Our faithful people have the true “Eucharistic attitude” of giving thanks and of praise.

Remembering Mary, they are grateful for being remembered by her, and this memorial of love is truly Eucharistic. In this respect I repeat what John Paul II affirmed in Ecclesia de Eucharistia number 58: “TheEucharist has been given to us so that our life, like that of Mary, can become completely a Magnificat.” —Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio (POPE FRANCIS),www.catholiculture.org

THE NEW FACE OF CATHOLICISM

Furthermore, I read that our new pontiff is not just a Helmsman, but by his life, a true beacon and lighthouse in our materialist culture. His life of simplicity and poverty is a “sign of contradiction” piercing the fog of apostasy that threatens the very existence of the world.¹

This century thirsts for authenticity… The world expects from us simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, obedience, humility, detachment and self-sacrifice…People listen more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and when people do listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses.—POPE PAUL VI, Evangelization in the Modern World, 22, 76, 41

Indeed, this is not only a sign of contradiction for the present, but for the future, as we call to mind the prescient words of Benedict XVI quoted here almost a year ago:²

The Church will become small and will have to start afresh more or less from the beginning. She will no longer be able to inhabit many of the edifices she built in prosperity. As the number of her adherents diminishes… She will lose many of her social privileges… As a small society, [the Church] will make much bigger demands on the initiative of her individual members.

It will be hard-going for the Church, for the process of crystallization and clarification will cost her much valuable energy. It will make her poor and cause her to become the Church of the meek… The process will be long and wearisome as was the road from the false progressivism on the eve of the French Revolution — when a bishop might be thought smart if he made fun of dogmas and even insinuated that the existence of God was by no means certain… But when the trial of this sifting is past, a great power will flow from a more spiritualized and simplified Church. Men in a totally planned world will find themselves unspeakably lonely. If they have completely lost sight of God, they will feel the whole horror of their poverty. Then they will discover the little flock of believers as something wholly new. They will discover it as a hope that is meant for them, an answer for which they have always been searching in secret.

And so it seems certain to me that the Church is facing very hard times. The real crisis has scarcely begun. We will have to count on terrific upheavals. But I am equally certain about what will remain at the end: not the Church of the political cult, which is dead already with Gobel, but the Church of faith. She may well no longer be the dominant social power to the extent that she was until recently; but she will enjoy a fresh blossoming and be seen as man’s home, where he will find life and hope beyond death. —Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (POPE BENEDICT XVI), Faith and Future, Ignatius Press, 2009

MARY AND JOSEPH: LOVING CONFIRMATIONS

Last night, we were able to learn, at the very least, that the new pope was an Argentinian. After my mission here to the natives, I went into the small side chapel and knelt in prayer and thanksgiving before the Blessed Sacrament. Sitting in the kneeler in front of me was a copy of Fr. Stefano Gobbi’s book The Marian Movement of Priests. I picked it up and prayed, “Well, dear Mother, do you have anything to say about this new pope?”

The number 567 popped into my head, and so I turned to it. It was a message given to Fr. Stefano in Argentina on the Feast of St. Joseph — the patron saint of the Church. Mary allegedly goes on to speak of St. Joseph as the Protector and Defender of theChurch in the tribulations and Storm that are here and coming.

With that, I sat back in my chair and marveled at the communion of saints, the Latin American Pope, the universality of the Church, the omnipotence of God, and the promise of Jesus: “I will build My Church.” Yes, it is Christ Himself who has hand-picked the 266th stone to be laid upon the foundation He himself has built. “Peter you are rock.”

May the harmful speculations and errant prophesies³ that have caused so much division among some of the faithful at last be set aside, and faith placed firmly again in Jesus and His Word—Christ, the wise builder, who never builds on sand.⁴

In a letter to his Carmelite Nuns regarding the attack on marriage in Argentina, Pope Francis’ words are a clear battle-cry and beacon in our times. God has given us a true shepherd, brothers and sisters… Be not afraid!

A clear rejection of the law of God, engraved in our hearts, is in jeopardy… Here, the envy of the Devil, through which sin entered the world, is also present, and deceitfully intends to destroy the image of God: man and woman, who receive the mandate to grow, multiply, and conquer the earth. Let us not be naive: it is not a simple political struggle; it is an intention [which is] destructive of the plan of God. It is not a mere legislative project (this is a mere instrument), but rather a “move” of the father of lies who wishes to confuse and deceive the children of God.

Jesus tells us that, in order to defend us from this lying accuser, he will send us the Spirit of Truth… the Holy Ghost that may place the light of Truth amid the shadows of error; [we need] this Advocate who may defend us from the enchantment of so many sophisms… which confuse and deceive even people of good will.

That is why I turn to you and ask from you prayer and sacrifice, the two invincible weapons which Saint Thérèse confessed to have. Cry out to the Lord that he may send his Spirit to the Senators who are to place their votes. That they may not do it moved by error or by circumstantial matters, but rather according to what the natural law and the law of God tell them. Pray for them, for their families; that the Lord may visit, strengthen, and console them. Pray that they may do great good…

…Let us look towards Saint Joseph, to Mary, the Child, and let us ask with fervor that they will defend [us]. Let us recall what God himself told his people in a time of great anguish: “this war is not yours, but God’s”… May Jesus bless you, and may the Blessed Virgin protect you. —Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, (POPE FRANCIS), June 22, 2010

Fr. Ramon Andreu's Notes: Part Three, Post 26

2013-03-12T13:28:00.002-04:00

From 2 to 3:15 yesterday two girls had apparitions in their house. They opened the doors of the room and went out to the dining room. Within the house were the girls’ parents, two priests and a grandmother.

One hundred people witnessed in the street.

One of them was not allowed to leave her house and did not have a vision.

Conchita did not have a vision at this time, and the two girls in ecstasy neared the vision.