WHAT IS GARABANDAL?: An E-Mail From A Friend of Garabandal:

Monday, July 6, 2009

An E-Mail From A Friend of Garabandal:

Dear Garabandal Info Readers,

It is late Sunday night, July 5, 2009.

Below, I will share my thoughts on some news that is developing as I write.

First: For those who have copies of "Saints in the Divine Will" by Fr. Sergio Pellegrini, I urge you to study carefully item #14 on page 57, which has the title: "The Sanctification of Human Actions." It is a simple instruction from Jesus to us through Luisa Piccarreta. Yet, it is greatly necessary for our behavior in our everyday lives in the Life of the Divine Will. Read what Jesus tells us several times and let Divine Grace move you to put this instruction into practice.

Second: A while back, I had started an update to my article, "Significant Points of the Garabandal Drama." But I got involved in a practical undertaking here in Tennessee, involving a construction project on the property. I have been doing it alone, but may get some help soon. It has consumed my time, followed by exhaustion almost everyday. But I am OK.

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Now: Some omnimous news, as I see it, in the context of Our Lady's words at Garabandal.

As I write Mr. Obama is on the way to Moscow to meet with President Medvedev and very likely Prime Minister Putin.

Obama seeks to work with the Russians toward a treaty for further nuclear arms reduction. Taking into account the probability of his personal motives for this undertaking in relation to the sober assessment of his psychological personality by commentators of sound judgment and good ethics, it seems reasonable to be very concerned that the Russians will take advantage of Mr. Obama and will deceitfully agree to an arrangement that in reality significantly reduces our defenses in contrast to that of the Russians and other enemies of America and the West.

Should this happen, then the prediction of Our Lady at Garabandal (see below) will be right on course.

Even though treaties have to be ratified by the Senate, we seem to have a rubber stamp Senate; and not only that, there apparently are loopholes that would allow Mr. Obama to put any agreement he makes with the Russians into a practical stage of implemetation while the Senate debates. There seems to be a rush on the part of Mr. Obama to get a new treaty into effect before the December deadline for the termination of the 18 year-old SALT treaty.

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Our Lady of Mt. Carmel de Garabandal, showed Mari Loli and Jacinta, on June 19, 1962, the coming "Sudden and Unexpected Great Tribulation of Communism," led by Russia." The 13 year-old girls screamed with exceeding horror for 50 minutes that night... The effect on the witnesses at Garabandal that night was immense.

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Mari Loli died of lupus and its effects after years of suffering last April (2009). Her death does not change any of the predictions made by Our Lady at Garabandal.

Pope Benedict XVI will not be going to Moscow this year according to what Patriarch Kirill has indicated in some reports.

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That is all for now. Pray heartily for the human race and strive more and more diligently to grow more perfectly in the Life of the Divine Will.

In the Admirable, Adorable and Amiable Will of God,

Thomas Fahy, President

The Luisa Piccarreta Center for the Divine Will, Inc.

1 comment:

DolorosaJuly 6, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Please join the Rosary Crusade to stop communism from continuing to spread around the world. See you tube for more information:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8spsk_y_hKc
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UPDATE: THE CHURCH"S POSITION ON GARABANDAL

The magazine "Garabandal Journal" has updated some information regarding the village of Garabandal, the current Bishop and Pastor.
For many years, while never being condemned, the Garabandal events were under a dark cloud as some of the first bishops (but not all) opposed the events. But the tide started to change with Bishop Juan Antonio del Val Gallo (1971-1991). While he at first did not believe in the apparitions he took a more open position. In 1981, he became a believer and during his reign, he lifted the ban on priests going up to the village and allowed them to celebrate Mass in the village church with the permission of the village pastor. The next bishop, Jose Vilaplana Blasco, was a non-believer, but left in place the positive changes made by Bishop del Val. In 2006, he was transferred to another diocese in southern Spain and Archbishop of Oviedo, Carlos Osoro Sierra, was made Apostolic Administrator of Santander. The Archbishop, building on the positive measures taken by Bishop Del Val, allowed priests visiting Garabandal to celebrate Mass in the village church even if the pastor was not there (he ministered to a number of other villages and was not always in Garabandal). The Archbishop also gave visiting priests faculties to hear confessions.
In 2007, Ed Kelly from the United States, wrote to the Archbishop requesting the current status of Garabandal and received a letter from the prelate, under his own stationary and signed by him dated May 7, 2007, in which he said: "I respect the apparitions and have known of authentic conversions. In light of these events, how can we not always feel the need to open our heart to our mother Mary to tell her that we need her protection, help, spirit, desire, hope and love! I encourage you to continue maintaining this devotion to our Mother."
In 2011, two 50th anniversaries were celebrated in Garabandal (1) for the first appearance of St. Michael on June 18, 1961, and (2) the first vision of Our Lady on July 2, 1961. The celebrations were conducted under the auspices of the Santander Diocese represented by the village pastor Fr. Rolando Cabeza (also dean of the area). During the celebrations, another ban was lifted when Fr. Cabeza, spoke of the apparitions from the pulpit, and read the two formal Messages of Our Lady at Garabandal.
On May 6, 2012, current Bishop of Santander, Vecente Jimenez Zamora (installed in 2007) celebrated a Mass in Garabandal in commemoration of the completion of a restoration project of the village church. In a refreshments period after Mass, he was open and most cordial with all the villagers and visitors. On May1, 2013, the Bishop again celebrated Mass in the village church of Garabandal and prior to the Mass, kissed a crucifix belonging to villager David Toribio that was kissed by the Blessed Virgin at Garabandal. We don't know if the Bishop knew that but we suspect he did.
Bishop Jimenez's Masses in Garabandal were firsts, since no Bishop of Santander had ever said Mass in the village church from the time the apparitions began in 1961.
Deacon John

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