" . . . be very good."

These words of the Blessed Virgin Mary, spoken to our 

modern world through the visionaries of Garabandal, 

summarize the entire Garabandal event.

Unnervingly simple, they also echo the basic salvation 

message of Scripture. John the Baptist was saying

the same thing when he cried our, "Repent, repent,"

as was Jesus when He said, "You must be made

perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect," and

St. Paul in telling us to "walk in love, as Christ

loved us" and to "be imitators of God as beloved

children."

On October 18, 1961, about four months after the

start of the apparitions in the tiny mountain village

of Garabandal, Spain, many people gathered and 

waited in heavy rains outside the village church

to hear the first formal message of Our Lady.

The people were disappointed by the simplicity

of the words: "... be very good."

[From Garabandal International Magazine,

January-March 2012 Issue]