Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Lent with Mary - Some Brief Thoughts

 

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Beginning Lent, our gaze should once again turn to Mary who wishes to accompany us during this time of desert. The Church invites us to plunge onto the path of prayer, penance, and almsgiving to prepare our hearts for the central celebration of our Faith: the Pasch, Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Our Lord, Jesus Christ. Mary is never far from us; She always walks by our side and watches over us, like a mother watches over her children.

Let us make the words of St. Louis de Montfort our own, "I am all yours, oh, Mary, and all that I have is yours." Belonging to Mary means belonging to Jesus. She is "the surest, shortest, and most perfect way to reach Jesus." This Lent, let us make the resolution to draw closer to Jesus through Mary. Drawing near to Jesus makes us discover our own poverty, sins, and defects, because the closer we are to the light, the more we can see. If we take Mary by the hand as we do this, we will not become discouraged. Rather, looking towards Her, we implore Her help in order to be more faithful to Jesus.

We meditate His Sorrowful Passion to nourish our fidelity and love. If He has done so much for you, what will you not do for Him?

Lent is an intense time for conversion and for listening to the Second Message with more faith and perseverance, "If you ask for His forgiveness with sincere hearts, He will forgive you." If we take a look at the Gospels, we see stories of how Jesus calls sinners and the sick to draw near to Him constantly. He forgives them and He cures their sicknesses. He does not reject a humble and contrite heart.

This Lent let us draw close to Jesus with faith and confidence to ask forgiveness, not only for our sins, but for those of the whole world. Let us ask Him to have mercy; He will hear us. May this time of Lent not be centered upon ourselves, but let us open our hearts to the entire world, to so many souls who are in need of knowing the Lord and returning to Him.

 

https://www.garabandal.it/en/live-garabandal/spirituality/996-lent-with-mary-some-brief-thoughts 

Second Formal Message – 18 June, 1965

Toward the end of the apparitions, Our Lady told the visionaries that she was displeased because her first message went unheeded. She, therefore, announced that she would give a second and final message, through the intercession of St. Michael, on June 18, 1965.

As the day arrived, thousands of visitors from Spain and many foreign countries swelled the little mountain village to witness the apparition and hear this further communication from the Blessed Virgin.

 “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 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."

 

Sunday, March 3, 2024

THE 'WARNING'

 Mt 24:30 – The “warning” / “illumination of conscience”. You’ll be “cut to shreds.” How to prepare.

Here’s Matthew 24:30a… Now, that Sign of the Son of Man might well be the Cross, enormously, gloriously shining forth from heaven for all to witness, not able to be erased, destroyed, covered over. Alternatively: Mind you, that woman, that … Continue readingMt 24:30 – The “warning” / “illumination of conscience”. You’ll be “cut to shreds.” How to prepare.


Thursday, February 8, 2024

"RETREAT IN SAN SEBASTIAN DE GARABANDAL!"

 

 

  Dear Divine Will Family,
I pray all are at peace with the happenings of Luisa and her writings.  If we are not at peace, then you know that God cannot continue His Life in your soul!  And His Life in your soul is so extremely precious to Him, let's never deny Him the gift of our little will to Him and the peace He needs to reign there!!   

We are having retreats and conferences!!  Yea!  The knowledge of the doctrine of Luisa continues to live and it always will!   

Our wonderful retreats in San Sebastian de Garabandal, May 14 - 21, 2024 are continuing and the May retreat we have some extraordinary speakers and teachers!!  Please get in touch with Totally Yours Pilgrimages who flyers are below to arrange to come.  You are welcome to stay at the Mary's House, this is the most beautiful retreat House that Guy Murphy built in honor of Our Heavenly Mother, or at the Divine Will Institute and Retreat Center (formally known as the House of Sanctification), as long as there are rooms available.  The speakers are phenomenal.  They are:

Mother Gabrielle Marie of the Benedictine Daughters of the Divine Will will be our keynote speaker.  We are so excited to have her!  What a gift from God and a true benefit for all the souls who will be there to learn from her! 

We will also have Fr. Robert Hurd, S. J. who will teach us about the St. Ignatius mediations.  These meditations are so important to our life in the Divine Will, so don't discount them.  We had a lady last year who was so disappointed that the entire retreat was not solely on Divine Will, but by the time the retreat had ended she came to me and thanked me over and over again for the teachings on St. Ignatius mediations.  She couldn't get over how much it helped her now when reading and mediating on Luisa's writings.  It made a "world of difference!"  Guy Murphy will be joining in on these lessons as well.  Guy is a fantastic teacher and will enhance any talks or teachings you are in.
  
And Michael O'Brian will be back!  What a joy he is!!  Michael will certainly keep the place clapping and jumping with such awesome spiritual songs of Our Lady and Our Lord!  He was so much fun last year, and you can feel the love he has for Our Lady in his songs!! 
 
I will be giving a talk or two, as God Wills it.  But mostly, I hope to be with everyone else learning more and more from the fabulous teachers and guides that we will enjoy at the retreat in San Sebastian de Garabandal, Spain....the village of Our Lady!!
 

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Friday, February 2, 2024

Rare Video: Mari Loli, The Only Person to Know the Date of 'The Warning' Said This Will Happen First

 

When A Garabandal Seer Was Interviewed On The ‘Warning’


 

Sunday, January 28, 2024

Our Lady Prophesied ‘The Double Threat’

 

By Fr Joseph Pelletier. A.A.



 

The Priesthood and the Eucharist are the heart and life-blood of the Church. For some time now, both have been – and still are – the object of one of the most furious onslaughts of the evil one ever witnessed in Church history. The Church is presently experiencing a terrible crisis; some say it is the worst of all time, because it is being seriously threatened from both without and within.

Our Lady saw this ‘double threat’ long before it was apparent to most of us. She began to warn us as early as 1917 at Fatima. Her warning became even clearer and insistent from 1961 to 1965 at Garabandal. There she spoke openly of the crisis in both the priesthood and the Eucharist. And she continued to speak almost daily over a period of a year and a half, from the middle of 1961 to the end of 1962. With the exception of the rosary, she talked most about this crisis to the four visionaries during the 2,000 apparitions which took place in the tiny village of Garabandal high in the beautiful Cantabrian mountains of north western Spain. That she talked so often of both the priesthood and the Eucharist is not surprising since they are so intimately connected.

Continue reading here: https://www.garabandal.com.au/our-lady-prophesied-the-double-threat/

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

What was the Blessed Virgin like?

 

What was the Blessed Virgin like?

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The first time that we saw the Blessed Virgin, she appeared suddenly.
She came with two angels and with the Child Jesus, and there was an eye above them, with a lot of light.

Read more here:

https://www.garabandal.it/en/live-garabandal/what-was-the-blessed-virgin-like 


Monday, December 18, 2023

Advent with Mary

 

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A while back, we reflected on the idea that we should not live this Christmas just like any other. We can say the same thing about Advent. The time of Advent reminds us not only of the past, celebrating and contemplating Jesus’ birth at Bethlehem, but also of His constant presence among us. It also reminds us that we must always be vigilant and that He will come again in glory.

Continue reading here: https://www.garabandal.it/en/live-garabandal/spirituality/963-advent-with-mary