WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1963:

CHRIST'S FIRST LOCUTION TO CONCHITA.
TOWARDS THE "CONVERSION OF RUSSIA
AND THE WHOLE WORLD . . ."

The first of the two very remarkable locutions of Christ to Conchita occurred in the village church. Its content is so dense and transparent and of such quality, that we need only, at least for the moment, to read it very attentively:

"As I was giving thanks to God and asking Him for certain things, He replied.
"I asked Him to give me a cross, for I experience no suffering in my life, except that of not having any crosses. As I was asking Him for that, Jesus replied:
"Yes, I will give you a Cross."
Very moved, I kept on asking for other things and I said to Him:
"Why is the Miracle coming? To convert many people?"
And He replied: "to convert the entire world -Para convertir al mundo entero" - [Our Lord was thus indicating the importance of the events of Garabandal.]
"Will Russia be converted?"
"Yes, it will be converted; thus everyone - todos - will love our Hearts."
"Will the chastisement come after that?"
He gave no reply.
"Why do You come into my poor heart without any merit on my part?"
"Because I do not come for you; I come for the whole world."
"When the Miracle takes place, people will think I am the only one to have seen the Blessed Virgin."
He replied: "I let you be the one who, by your sacrifices and patience in trials, will intercede with Me to perform the Miracle."
And I said to Him, "Is it not better that I be with the four or that You take none of us for the intercession?"
And He said, "No."
"Will I go to Heaven?" And He replied, "Will you love our Hearts a great deal and will you pray to them?"
"When will you give me the cross?"
He did not answer me.
"What will I be?"
And He did not reply. He only told me that, wherever I am and whatever I am doing, I will have much to suffer.
And I asked Him, "Will I die soon?"
And He replied, "You must stay on earth to help people."
And I said to Him, "I am of little importance, I will be unable to help You in any way."
"Through your prayers and your suffering, you will help the world."
"When we go to Heaven, are we dead when we go there?"
And He said to me, "One never dies."
I thought that we did not go to Heaven before we rose up again.
I asked Him if St. Peter was at the door to greet us and He said, "No."
When I was thus in prayer or in a conversation with God, I felt I was outside this world.
Jesus told me that "Now more people love My Heart."
On the subject of priests, he told me that I ought to pray a great deal for them, so that they may be saints and fulfill their duty well and make others better. "May they make Me known to those who do not know Me and make Me loved by those who know Me and do not love Me."
[From 'Garabandal' Book, pages 175-176]

Dante and Beatrice Gaze upon the highest Heaven. Image via Wikipedia

Another amazing event in Conchita's life, and like Jesus said, "Through your prayers and your suffering, you will help the world." So many times we ask the question, "What is my life all about? Am I doing anything worthwhile? Will I Go to Heaven?" Conchita had those same questions for Jesus and she was still a child. Most of us have lived many years. We're still looking for the answers. It is good to reflect on Our Lord's words to Conchita, because He is speaking to each one of us. He wants to let us know how happy He is with each one of us as we try to offer all our prayers and sufferings for the conversion of the world. Keep up the good work! Remember we never die, just pass into a new life, a life of joy in God!
Deacon John

Pastor receives special grace

An Encounter With Fr Marichalar

(Taken from the magazine GARABANDAL-NUEVA PENTECOSTES. September-October 1987)
Reprinted with permission from GARABANDAL JOURNAL , March-April 2004

Fr. Valentin Marichalar was the pastor of Garabandal during the time of the apparitions

  

  This gentleman deserves special mention as he was the pastor of San Sebastian of Garabandal during the apparitions.

    He told of his misgivings concerning the events that had ended the pastoral peace and routine of Garabandal. So much was happening that he didn't know about and he needed to know the truth.

    Without telling anyone, he mentally asked the Virgin: "If it's true that you are appearing here, then let the girls come tonight and wake me up" (most of the ecstasies occurred at night).

    He went to bed at the usual hour, but instead of going to the house or room where he usually stayed, he went to a barn and lay down on the hay without telling anyone about it.

    About two or three o'clock in the morning, when the girls [in ecstasy] began knocking on the barn door, he was filled with joy, but didn't open right away, waiting to see if this might have been just a mistake. As the knocking continued, he finally opened the door.

    He was always happy in telling this story, but not everything for him was joyous as he suffered much. On March 29, 1987 at age 78, he entered into eternal rest.

(signed) Jesus Miguel Hormaechea and Pedro Balda Unanua

from GARABANDAL JOURNAL •  click to order your copy 

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Garabandal Pilgrimage Video

This video allows us to have a closer look at the Village of Garabandal. It's like our own personal pilgrimage to the holy places there, especially the Pines. I really enjoyed it and I hope you do too!

Deacon John

Click on this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjjanU86CGM

MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1963:

Cardinal Wojtyla (future Pope John Paul II) paid
his homage to newly elected Pope John Paul I.

UPDATING OF THE EXTRAORDINARY
PROPHETIC REVELATION OF THE
"LAST THREE POPES YET TO COME
AFTER JOHN XXIII, AND BEFORE THE
END OF THE TIMES" - ALSO, A PROPHETIC
ANNOUNCEMENT OF "THE COUNCIL,
THAT WILL KEEP GOING ON UP TO
ITS PERFECT CONCLUSION."

Image via Wikipedia

On this Monday of Pentecost, at the moment when the bells of the village church were ringing announcing the death of Pope John XXIII, the Blessed Virgin confirmed interiorly to Conchita that "henceforth, there were only three Popes remaining before the end of the times."

The death of the Bishop of Rome was to give rise to many stirs and, apparently, it even questioned the very future of the Council. But "it will go on and reach its normal and full conclusion," Our Lady assured Conchita during that very locution.

The Blessed Virgin prophesied here (unless it was on December 20, 1962) that "one of these three last Popes would have a very short Pontificate." No doubt, this was to be John Paul I, as revealed also to Blessed Padre Pio and to Sr. Lucia (of Fatima), among others . . .

[From 'Garabandal' Book, page 174]

I don't remember much about Pope John XXIII, but I remember Paul VI. As a young motorcycle courier for a local TV station in New York, I stood next to Pope Paul VI and Cardinal Spellman on the steps of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan when the Pope visited New York in the 1960's. I even went to the Mass he celebrated in Yankee stadium and received a holy card from the Mass. Guess what? I wasn't a practicing Catholic at the time, but I must of received a special grace from being near the Holy Father, cause a few years later I converted and went back to church! What a miracle!

I remember the short reign of Pope John Paul I and also how happy we were when John Paul II was elected Pope in 1978!!! There was so much modernism running rampart through the Church at that time and we all felt sure that he would stop it!

Now we have Benedict XVI, and again we are hoping for a re-newal of the Church, especially the Liturgy! And if the prophecy is correct, all the events promised by Our Lady at Garabandal are supposed to happen during his reign. Time is getting short. It's not the end of the world, just the "End of the times!", as Our Lady said . . .
Deacon John

Taken from the amazing video “Marian Apparitions of the 20th Century”.

 

Promotion of the Message 2010

October 18, 2010 Dear Friends, As we approach the Fiftieth Anniversary of The Apparitions of Garabandal in 2011 we are extremely pleased by another incredible year in the promotion of the Message of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. We continue to receive internet traffic and email from around the world in steadily increasing numbers. Italy, China, India and the Philippines continue to heavily patronize our website with recent rising interest from Japan, France, Poland, Vietnam and Korea in 2010. Our September offer of a Saint Michael chaplet received an overwhelming response across the English speaking world from Glasgow to Brisbane and across the U.S. and Canada with the returns still arriving. We are encouraged to hear from young promoters in Central and Eastern Europe, Portugal and Latin America who are taking the Message forward to a new generation. Anyone who contributes to the spread of the Message is a true Worker of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and shares in the many graces and blessings received from accomplishing this great work. We remain united in prayer with Masses said for the Workers on the 18th of each month. For our English and Spanish speaking subscribers who are members of a family or religious prayer group or lay association and would like to distribute DVDs of the Message of Garabandal 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, country and zip code. Remember to seek the approval of the appropriate authority, if necessary, before distributing these DVDs. Para nuestros suscriptores ingleses y de habla hispana que sean miembros de una familia o de un grupo religioso del rezo o pongan la asociación y la quisieran distribuir DVDs del Mensaje de Garabandal entre el grupo, envíe un email con el DVD PACK en la línea sujeta a joey@garabandalny.org y le enviaremos un paquete de 10 DVDs para distribuir. Incluya por favor el nombre de la organización, su nombre, la dirección, el país y el código postal. Recuerde buscar la aprobación de la autoridad apropiada en caso de necesidad, antes de distribuir esta DVDs. If you have recently joined our email list or have received a DVD of the The Message of Garabandal or Garabandal: After the Visions from us in the past and have given it away and would like another gratis copy, email joey@garabandalny.org with DVD or ATV in the subject line and include your address in the text of the email. All Garabandal promoters may print hard copies of any book, leaflet, or article found on our website – www.garabandal.us. We encourage the duplication and gratis distribution of hard copy materials as well as the faithful translation and linking of website content to other sites where permitted. All DVDs from the New York Center may be faithfully duplicated if distributed gratis. Promoters outside English or Spanish speaking countries may email us for a foreign language master DVD for local promotion. This promotion may include duplication and gratis distribution, free public showings in homes, churches or local venues or broadcast on local television or locally hosted internet. Please include the language of your choice, your complete mailing address, postal code, country and a brief description of your apostolate or organization and the intended use of the materials. You can join our email list by subscribing on the Joey's Message page of our website-www.garabandal.us-or sending an email to joey@garabandalny.org with LIST in the subject line. The text of most emails is usually posted to the Joey's Message page of the website within 48 hours. We appreciate those email subscribers who forward on our email to their contact lists and those outside the English speaking world who faithfully translate and forward on or post our email messages. We are grateful to Almighty God and to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and to Saint Michael for the incredible spread of the Garabandal Message in 2010. The apparitions at Garabandal concluded in 1965, there have been no further public messages since that time. We now anticipate the occurrence of the world wide Warning, a global illumination of consciences, which the world needs with great urgency. Please remember every day; the Morning Offering of Reparation, Mass and Holy Communion, the Rosary and Scapular, and Devotion to Saint Michael. Please continue to pray for priests. In Union of Prayer, The Workers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Lindenhurst, NY USA

P.O. Box 606, Lindenhurst, NY 11757-0606 www.Garabandal.us

MAY 1963:

CONCHITA'S SIGNIFICANT FIRST . . .
PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES

Conchita's stay at Lourdes was organized by Reverend Luis Lopez Retenaga, a professor of Theology at the major seminary of San Sebastian (the great Basque city). He, too, was an important witness of the "events" of Garabandal. The pilgrimage unfolded within the framework of the annual diocesan pilgrimage of Santander.

During this pilgrimage, one of fervor and serenity for Conchita, she had a locution revealing the healing of a little handicapped girl that would occur on the day of the Miracle. She was one of the thirteen hundred Spanish pilgrims who had come to Lourdes.

Joey Lomangino, Francisco de Gallego and Daniel Fernandez, two patients paralyzed since childhood, and this little girl are the four individuals whose healing was clearly predicted and promised by the Blessed Virgin for the "D" day.

The possibility for Aniceta to make this trip was the 'sign' by which she had asked the Blessed Virgin, to confirm the authenticity of Garabandal. Thanks to a letter addressed to him by Conchita, Dr. Jean Caux went to Lourdes, where once again he was to provide us with new and precious documents (film and photos).

As to Don Retenaga himself, he took occasion also of his many stays in San Sebastian de Garabandal to gather noteworthy clarifications from Conchita and Mari-Loli, particularly about their locutions. Questioning them from the very beginning about his subject, he understood the difficulty that the two adolescent girls had in explaining this type of new "communications" they were now experiencing. On the one hand, because of their very limited vocabulary and scanty religious culture; on the other hand, because of the particular nature of their "interior locutions" that do away with words related to the senses, but directly impress the intelligence and the heart. Consequently, their literal human translation proves to be delicate. Nevertheless, it is helped by the fact that "such words are engraved almost indelibly" (Conchita).
[From 'Garabandal' Book, pages 173-174]

I have already told you that I knew and helped the blind Joey Lomangino back in the 70's. Well he's been promised by the Blessed Mother to get "new eyes" on the day of the Miracle. Well, Joey's a few years older than me and I'm 73. How long can he live and then use those eyes "for the glory of God", as Our Lady told Conchita. That's what I mean about the Warning and the Miracle coming soon! Time is running out for Joey, and for all those people who are promised a miracle of healing.

I've never been to Lourdes (actually I haven't been to too many shrines in my life time), but I would love to go there. Not for a healing, but just to be where Our Lady appeared and walk the same ground. I have a wonderful movie about Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes. It was made in France a number of years ago and is quite good. I've watched it many times. It's never boring!

Deacon John