MESSAGE FROM JOEY LOMANGINO

October 18, 2008

Dear Friends of Our Lady,

Remember the Message!

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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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Please help us to make the Message known as Our Lady requested.

If you have joined our email list in the past year, we would like to offer you a complimentary DVD of the documentary The Message of Garabandal (English/Spanish). Send an email with DVD in the Subject Line to joey@garabandalny.org. Please include your name, street address, city, state, zip code and country. Requests cannot be filled without this information. The DVD is in NTSC format and plays in U.S. model DVD players.

For our U.S. subscribers who are members of a family or religious prayer group or lay association and would like to distribute DVDs among the group, send an email with DVD PACK in the Subject Line to joey@garabandalny.org and we will send you a package of 10 DVDs to distribute. Please include the name of the organization, your name, address and zip code. Remember to seek the approval of the appropriate authority, if necessary, before distributing these DVDs.

The rosary and scapular are essential in this time of crisis. If you cannot easily obtain a scapular, send an email with SCAPULAR in the Subject Line to joey@garabandalny.org with your mailing address included. Ask your parish priest about consecrating your home and business to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary if you have not done so already.

Please keep our work in your prayers. We ask the priests on our email list to join with priests around the world who have offered to say their masses on the 18th of each month, if possible, for the Workers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel past and present. Please remember to pray and promote Our Lady’s Message of Garabandal. P.O. Box 606, Lindenhurst, NY 11757-0606
www.Garabandal.us

MARK MALLETT CONTINUES WRITING ABOUT THE WARNING (ILLUMINATION) & THE ANTICHRIST

The Seven Year Trial - Part VII

The Crowning With Thorns, by Michael D. O’Brien

Blow the trumpet in Zion, sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming. (Joel 2:1)

THE Illumination will usher in a period of evangelization that will come like a flood, a Great Flood of Mercy. Yes, Jesus, come! Come in power, light, love, and mercy!

But lest we forget, the Illumination is also a warning that the path the world and many in the Church itself have chosen will bring terrible and painful consequences upon the earth. The Illumination will be followed by further merciful warnings that begin to unfold in the cosmos itself…

Continue reading this article here: http://www.markmallett.com/blog/?p=727

JUNE-08 NEWSLETTER

THE WORKERS OF OUR
LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL
de Garabandal, Inc.

P.O. Box 606, Lindenhurst, New York 11757-0606 Phone 631-226-4408 • Fax 631-226-0619 • www.Garabandal.us

June, 2008
Dear Friends of Our Lady, In 1968, Joey Lomangino and several early promoters decided to organize the promotion of the Message of Our Lady of Mount Carmel de Garabandal given in Spain in 1961 and 1965. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the incorporation of the Workers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel de Garabandal in America.

At the time of the apparitions, Our Lady said to Conchita, “The House of Charity that Joey will establish in New York will give great glory to God.” No one knew exactly what that would entail nor could they imagine the span of time required for the work to be accomplished and for things to come to fruition in the fullness of time.

The work of the New York Center has always been the worldwide promotion of the Message in the various opportunities and methods available each decade.Yet under the surface, it has been the workers who have benefited most from the grace and privilege of working for Our Lady.

All who have been associated with the Workers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Lindenhurst can attest to countless good works, conversions, vocations of all kinds as well as miracles and healings, great and small, over the past forty years. For many years, the Center also indirectly promoted the cause of Padre Pio and we are confident that having seen the Holy Capuchin made a saint in our time, we will endure by Our Lady’s assistance to the fulfillment of the Warning and Miracle.

Garabandal is for a world in crisis. But it is exactly for this reason that it is a message of hope. Standing behind the wonderful and terrible predictions are the enduring support and concern of the supernatural order for the Church and Humanity. Our Lord and Our Lady are extremely solicitous for us and will pursue a fallen world to the brink of chaos and renew it if we will only cooperate. “I love you very much and do not want your condemnation,” are the pleading words of a pierced and tender heart, the heart of a mother.

Garabandal promises such impressive events not as an empty display of spectacle but to reinforce belief and inspire faith in the existence of the Divine to a world that has reached lukewarm ambivalence. As Marian Christians and believers in the apparitions we should never lose sight of the wonderful hope Our Lady has given us at Garabandal.

It is fitting at such anniversaries to remember all those whose contributions increased the spread of the Message around the world for forty years and to express gratitude to God for the great graces we have received and the wonderful things we have witnessed in service to Our Blessed Mother.

Due to repeated requests, we have compiled a list of the most recurring questions sent to us by letter and email.We encourage all to spend time reading and learning the basic facts of the apparitions from the original sources found on our website. Thank you, our friends and benefactors, for your continued prayerful support of this apostolate. Great days are coming!

10 Questions from Our Website:
1. How is Joey?
Joey Lomangino suffered a serious heart attack in 1999 that ended his public life. Since that time, his age and his health have kept him from actively participating in the day to day work of the apostolate. He no longer speaks publicly on Garabandal and Padre Pio. He maintains an intense and active prayer life and looks forward to the Miracle as the culmination of his work on behalf of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. Your emails are read to him and your intentions are remembered in his daily rosaries.

2. When is the Warning?
Hopefully, soon. The Message of Garabandal is for a world in crisis. As the events approach their 50th Anniversary, it is clear that the Message of Garabandal has passed the test of time. The most controversial elements of the Message which were considered scandalous in the 1960s have been made plain, especially Our Lady’s warning of the turmoil and confusion arising from inside the Church. With the passing of Pope John Paul II we have entered a new era that will witness the renewal of the Church resulting from the occurrence of the Warning and Miracle. Great days are coming!

3. Where are the Visionaries?
The “girls” of Garabandal are all alive, approaching their late fifties and some are grandmothers. The apparitions ended in 1965 and the visionaries have received no further public messages since that time. They all promote Our Lady’s Message in their own way. We respect their privacy and the privacy of their families. We ask all who promote Garabandal to do the same.

4. Has the Church’s Position Changed?
There has been no official change in the Church’s position. Garabandal may be promoted as long as it is clearly stated that the events remain under investigation. Pilgrims may visit and priests administer sacraments in the village. There has been a recent and favorable change towards the apparitions in the private opinion of members of the Church Hierarchy. Ultimately, the occurrence of the prophesied events is required to definitively resolve the official position.

5. What’s going on at the Center?
This year the Workers of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel de Garabandal-Lindenhurst NY, USA will celebrate their 40th year of incorporation. The “House of Charity” remains open and supplying gratis material to promoters around the world. Print materials on the apparitions are effectively distributed via our website www.garabandal.us and will not be reprinted once the current supply is depleted due to ever increasing shipping costs.

6. What is the state of the promotion of the Message?
Although there are now many organizations, periodicals, and individuals totally or partially devoted to promoting the Garabandal events, the most recent significant advance in the promotion of the Message has come from the internet. Via the internet the Message reaches directly into families and prayer groups where it swiftly spreads. We are happy to report on the success of the global promotion of the Message. Our recent audit indicates correspondence via email with promoters in over 40 countries. Although he died before the advent of the new technology, Fr. Turner believed that the Message must be “broadcast globally” in the time before the Great Events. We believe the internet has finally made this possible.

7. Will I receive notice by email of the Eight Day Announcement?
Yes. God willing, it is our intent to relay the Eight Day Announcement via email. You must register your email address at our website, www.garabandal.us, to receive email from us.

8. Do you arrange pilgrimages- Are you planning a “Miracle Flight”?
We do not offer any travel arrangements to the village or endorse specific tours. Many religious travel companies now visit the village as part of a Marian pilgrimage. We have no plans to establish a “Miracle Flight” and strongly encourage everyone interested in going to Spain for the Miracle to research and plan their own travel route and accommodations.

9. What is the status of “Prophecy of the Three Popes”?
You are watching it unfold. The prophecy called for an “end of the era” after the death of John Paul II. Already noticeable changes have occurred in our country, the world, and the Church since April 2005. We believe these changes will continue and mark the Papacy of Benedict XVI as a turning point in the history of the Church which distinguishes it from the era of Paul VI, John Paul I and John Paul II. There is a danger in speculating on prophecy. Some had tried to stretch the text of prophecy to include the Miracle before the “end of the era” and were mistaken. As a result the promotion of the Message suffered. We ask all promoters of Garabandal to temper their speculation and focus their efforts on promoting the Message in the time that remains to us.

10. What can I do?
First, pray and live the Message. Offer to God your daily penances and be faithful to the state of life to which you have been called. Pray for priests. Incorporate the devotions which Our Lady emphasized at Garabandal in your daily life: The Morning Offering, Daily Mass and Communion and Eucharistic Adoration, the Rosary and Scapular and Devotion to St. Michael. Second, promote the Message among your family and associates. We are happy to send materials to anyone who will distribute them gratis. Please remember every penny of your donation is spent on the promotion of the Message.

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THE WARNING (ILLUMINATION) UPDATE

Apocalypse, by Michael D. O’Brien

Mark Mallett has posted another inspired essay on the Warning (Illumination) which you can read here:

http://www.markmallett.com/blog/?p=711

It's great stuff!

Roman Deacon

THE WARNING (ILLUMINIATION)

Taking a break today from posting the book series, here is an interesting article about the Warning, especially in regard to the return of Communism. I received this from "The Mother of All Peoples Newsletter: http://www.motherofallpeoples.com

By Barry Hanratty

*The first of the three great prophesied supernatural events of Garabandal
will be unprecedented in human history. It's been called different names.
The Warning is the most common in the English language although this is not
the best translation of Conchita's Spanish word for it: Aviso. Blessed Anna
Maria Taigi referred to it as the Illumination of All Consciences which
seems like a good description based on what has been revealed about it. And
there is yet another name, the one the Blessed Virgin herself gave it that
Conchita says begins with the letter "A" in Spanish but which she has never
disclosed. *

*Universal*

*Every human being on the face of the earth will experience the Aviso from
the smallest babies to the most elderly senior citizens, from the mentally
retarded to the greatest intellects, from people of faith to agnostics and
atheists. All races and all religions will experience it and people of all
conditions of life. There are very few mystics in the world, probably only a
small fraction of one percent of the total population. And yet at the moment
of the Aviso, everyone on earth, for however long it lasts, will have a
mystical experience.*

*Its Purpose*

*The Aviso will serve a number of purposes. The first although not the
primary one, will be the most expedient from a practical point of view: to
put an end to the communist aggression which will have engulfed the world.
The second is the primary, as Conchita has said: "to correct the conscience
of the world and prepare it for the great Miracle." And how the conscience
of the world needs to be corrected, much more today than at any time from
the apparitions until now!*

*The last purpose of the Aviso is "to serve notice" which, by the way, is
the principal translation of the word aviso. But serve notice of what? That
we're being given the last chance to avoid the Chastisement.*

*What Will It Be Like?*

*It's been said, and rightfully so, that one cannot imagine what one has
never experienced. What's it like to jump out of an airplane if you have
never done it? So no matter what the visionaries tell us about the Warning
we will not really know what it is until we go through it. And it may well
be an act of God's mercy that we don't know.*

*What we can say, based on the statements of the seers, is that it will be a
devastating experience—the sinner suddenly seeing his soul in the light of
the All Perfect One. St. Catherine of Genoa once said regarding the
judgments of God: "He finds fault with everything."*

*What our reaction will be remains to be seen. Conchita has said: "I think
that those who do not despair will draw great good from it for their
sanctification." (1)*

*When Dr. J. Dominguez asked Conchita how long it would last, she said five
minutes would be sufficient. Due to the intense interior suffering which the
experience will entail, it might seem like a long time, and if it lasted any
longer who could stand it? (If you O Lord laid bare our guilt who could
endure it?).*

*Reflecting on this impending event ought to be sufficient incentive to "do
much penance, make many sacrifices, visit the Blessed Sacrament frequently
and lead good lives" in preparation.*

*When Will It Happen?*

*…This excerpt is taken from the German book by Albrecht Weber, Garabandal—Der
Zeigefinger Gottes (Garabandal—The Finger of God) (2):*

*Conchita told the author in 1965 when everything would be set in motion:*

*"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'."*

*In Conclusion*

*There have been major before and after events in human history. The first
came at the very beginning when Adam and Eve sinned, irrevocably changing
the course of that history. The Deluge was another, and the greatest of all
was the Incarnation when God became man and dwelt among us.*

*There have been many others not of the same magnitude of the above but
nevertheless of great significance, and the Warning promises to be one of
them. How could the world ever be the same again afterwards?*

*In a letter dated December 11, 1965 to Fr. Jose Maria Alba, S.J., Conchita
said: "The Blessed Virgin told me that we Catholic Christians do not think
about the other world, heaven or hell. She said that we should think about
them and that if we did, our lives would be united with Christ." The Warning
will certainly cause us to think more of our final destiny. *

*
This article was republished with permission from Garabandal Journal, PO Box
1796, St. Cloud, MN 56302-1796, U.S.A.*

*Notes*

*1. Father Joseph Pelletier, Our Lady Comes to Garabandal, p. 149.*

*2. Translated by Hans Enderle.*

DATE OF WARNING & MIRACLE?

Hi Friends:

Someone sent this Web Site address to me that has some interesting
reading about Garabandal. I thought I would pass it on to all of you.
Let us know what you think about these dates. Personally, I just take
one day at a time, trusting that God will grace us with his miracles
when He wants to:

Dear Deacon John,

Thought you might be interested to read these online articles about
Garabandal:

http://www.catholicplanet.com/secrets/index.htm

the date of the Warning is April 10th, 2009
the date of the Miracle is May 13th, 2010

So it is now less than a year to the Warning, and less than two years
to the Miracle.

SAINT MICHAEL AT GARABANDAL [CONTINUED]

An Interview with Conchita by Dr. Dominquez, M.D.
[Part Three]

Q. Before you describe the last appearance to me, tell me about his face. Did he have eyes, nose, ears, lips?
A. Yes (she answered, smiling). He had beautiful eyes, brownish like the color of his hair, and a perfect nose and mouth, but I never saw his ears. I guess they were covered by his hair. I never saw them . . . no, I can't remember.

Q. Tell me now about the last apparition on June 18, 1965. What were his exact words?
A. As I already told you, this was the only time his face was not resplendent. He was smiling, but some-how with a sadness in his face and he said, "This is the Message that the Virgin told me to give you so that you can tell the world: 'As my Message of October eighteenth has not been complied with.' " and the rest of the Message you know.

Q. Was this the last time you saw St. Michael? Would you like to see him again? Did you ever pray the rosary again as at Garabandal during the first apparitions when you prayed expecting him to come?
A. Oh yes, I would like very much to see him again. But I never say the rosary with that intention anymore. But I always say the "Soul of Christ" prayer after Communion, and at that time I always remember Saint Michael.

Q. One last question. Who was the other angel? The one who came at the other side of the Virgin on her first appearance?
A. I don't know. I call him St. Gabriel, but he never told us his name, nor did the Virgin. I don't know his name, but I believe, Doctor, that you have a story to tell about this second angel.

Dr. Dominguez answers: Indeed I do. One day, Conchita was expecting her brother, Miguel, to come to see her at 8 pm. At five minutes to eight she told me that she did not want her brother to come that day at that time. I told her there was nothing to do, because her brother was a very dependable man and if he said he would come at eight, he would be here in a few minutes. "But" I suggested, "let us pray a Hail Mary to the 'other' angel . . . Maybe he can do something about it." As soon as we finished the Hail Mary, the phone rang and there was Miguel saying it was impossible for him to come that day. I believe we both agreed that it was the speediest response to a prayer in our lives. On another occasion, we were making a movie at my home. The day was cloudy and if it rained it would ruin the movie, because we were going to make it outside. So I prayed another Hail Mary to the "Speedy" angel. People came from Brooklyn soaking wet. It rained hard in Manhattan, in Westchester, in the south Bronx, but on our home in the east Bronx not a drop fell.

So this is the end of the story. St. Michael is the Archangel, the great Prince, the victor against Satan, our allay in our battle against the devil. He is the guardian of the people of God. Let us pray to him.

The other angel, "Speedy" is also a very important character. He must be, because he accompanied the Virgin. We can also pray to him. He turned out to be very fast in answering our little prayers.