Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Fr. Ramon Andreu's Notes: Part Three, Post 69


(Extract of a letter)

Segovia, January 30, 1964



Fr. Andreu is the one they love and long for. The Virgin tells them such things for him! It gives the impression that he can hear and see an ecstasy in which one of the girls speaks with his holy brother! These are very impressive and supernatural occurrences—words can’t describe—we know that he gave them a “little message” for you and that the Most Holy Virgin gave another—God is truly blessing us to let us live in this supernatural environment that my soul never wants to leave—it is a shame that my works cannot satisfy! To think that the Most Holy Mother of Heaven loves us so much, so much, is the best consolation.


Mary of the Virgin of Mercy

(Religious of María Reparadora)

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Fr. Ramon Andreu's Notes: Part Three, Post 68


(Extract of a letter)
Reverend Father Andreu: When I returned from the Exercises I found this community more ardent in its enthusiasm, if possible, towards Garabandal.

Superior of the Religious of María Reparadora

Segovia, January 28, 1962

(Extract of a letter)
“Yesterday, the 27th, my thoughts and my heart were in Garabandal. I received inspiration from the Most Holy Virgin. I don’t know if I can write since I have not received anything from them. This is difficult. The most important thing for us is to believe, as a result of many reactions that we have to hear, some more favorable than others, we can’t miss this. There were stupendous miracles in the Gospel that didn’t leave any room for doubt, yet people still took different positions. Raising Lazarus was the motive for the Jews to kill Jesus. Our incredulity and lack of delicacy hurts the Most Holy Virgin. It would be better if we didn’t argue, but she always finds living faith in our souls after all that happened at Garabandal. This faith depends upon what happens next. We have been given a purely free grace by being invited to believe in Her, but now we are responsible for increasing that faith. The marvels we have witnessed are very great, and we know this. We have been there and we have lived in times in which the divine mixes with the human. God in his providence has chosen us so that we will believe in these marvels that have been proven so that we know He loves us.
María del Santa Cristo de la Victoria
Segovia, 28 de enero, 1962
(Religiosa de María Reparadora)
What a shame that we don’t return this affection with unlimited faith and trust! It would be wonderful and for God nothing is impossible. Our Lady of Garabandal comes under this title to take a very active part in the next Eccumenical Council.”

María del Santo Cristo de la Victoria

Segovia, January 28, 1962
(Religious of María Reparadora)

Friday, February 14, 2014

Fr. Ramon Andreu's Notes: Part Three, Post 67


Other ecstasies on the same day: 


Mari Loli and Conchita had shorter ecstasies that night which were very beautiful and the Vision promised to return to them on the following day, Sunday the 28th, the day we had to go home.

In this ecstasy, Mari Loli spoke about Fr. Ramón, asking the Vision for at least a year in the village—and after she said—“If it cannot be a year, at least let him come.” After the trance ended, Fr. Andreu wrote a letter that I delivered. I know the contents, but naturally, I cannot comment on it.

I don’t remember any more details, and it’s possible that I have not described what happened strictly in order, but I have the security that it is absolutely true.
Many people went up that day, given the time of year. People came from Madrid, Segovia, Santander, Cabezón de la Sal, etc. All of these people were so impressed and so certain of the reality of the apparitions, that they were visibly emotional.
For example, I am going to talk about a case that I can verify:
When the mechanic who drove Señora de Pérez de Mendoza’s Jeep (she was the mother of a bullfighter with the same last name called “Josechu”) arrived at the village of Garabandal with the Jeep, he asked permission to return to Cossío saying that he was not interested in these spectacles—when he arrived at Cossío he made several comments in very bad taste about the children of Garabandal and those who went to see them.

The following day, the 27th, the mechanic went up to the village again to bring a telegram for the woman from her son “Josechu,” who had had a bull fight in America the previous afternoon. He stayed and asked one of the women who had traveled from Segovia in the Jeep, the one named Carmen Cossío, to give the girls a medal that his wife had given him—Our Lady of the Pillar. In the middle of the ecstasy, Conchita went near the mechanic and she gave the crucifix to be kissed twice, and then she placed the chain with the medal of Our Lady of the Pillar on him. I saw this man cry and afterwards I asked if he was going to give away the medal, and he said: “Not for anything in the world. My wife will have to get another, because I’m not going to take this off while I live.”

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Garabandal The Garden of God

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Garabandal The Garden of God

Garabandal The Garden of God



"Do
you know why I have come? It is to announce to you that tomorrow the
Blessed Virgin will appear to you as Our Lady of Mount Carmel."
Saint Michael The Archangel - July 1st 1961 - Garabandal.



Carmel or “Garden of God,” is a place where fruit is brought forth. Thus, Carmel prefigures the perfect Garden of God, Mary’s Immaculate Heart.
The Immaculate Heart of Mary is where Jesus, “the Life” is found. Many
saints, explain that Mary conceived Jesus in her heart before He was
conceived in her womb. God dwells in the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the
Garden of God, where He calls us also to dwell and to be nourished with
the life of Grace. Mary said “yes” to God and conceived Jesus, “the
Life” Himself. Her Immaculate Heart is the perfect environment for
supernatural life to flourish, as in her Immaculate Heart the Garden of
God is found. Every garden requires a principle of life; in the
Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Garden of God, this is God the Father. A
garden likewise requires another principle of life: the sun.

Jesus
the Son of God and Son of Mary gives the Garden warmth, love and sheds
the light of truth. Likewise, every garden needs water. The living water
of Eternal life, the Holy Spirit, nourishes and gives life to the
Garden. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit dwell in Mary’s Immaculate
Heart, so we take refuge in this “Garden of God,” Mary’s Immaculate
Heart, where God dwells. Thus Carmel shows us the way to the preeminent
Garden of God, the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It is here that her
children are to take refuge and to live in God’s Grace.



If
we go back to Lourdes we can begin to see a divine theme being
developed. The Blessed Virgin’s last appearance at Lourdes was on July
16, 1858, feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. During the final apparition
at Fatima, October 13, 1917 when the “miracle of the sun” occurred, Our
Lady first appeared as she had been appearing to the three shepherd
children with her sorrowful heart exposed. And then she appeared as Our
Lady of Mount Carmel with “something hanging from her right hand.” We
can safely assume that the “something” was the scapular.

Forty-four
years later in the little mountain hamlet of San Sebastian de
Garabandal in northern Spain, Our Lady appears with a large brown
scapular prominently draped over her right wrist as our Lady of Mount
Carmel.

Just as Mount Horeb in Sinai reminds us of Moses and “the
Law”, Mount Carmel calls to mind Elijah and “the Prophets”. It is the
Holy Mountain, the Inspired Mountain.

Our Lord and Our Lady desire
to give us all that is good. The Garden of Eden is described as a place
of great beauty and fruitfulness.

Likewise, Mount Carmel is a
place of beauty and glory. Just as Carmel is abundant and fruitful, Our
Lady of Mount Carmel brings about spiritual fruit for souls. She is the
Mediatrix of all graces, “restoring supernatural life to souls. Our Lady
of Mount Carmel calls her children to be enclosed in the garden of her
Immaculate Heart, where she will nourish her children giving them “the
Life” Jesus Christ, and the grace of supernatural life. In Carmel, “the
Garden of God,” the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the soul is planted and
cared for by Our Lady, as she brings her children to God the Father, the
Son and the Holy Spirit. She nourishes our life of grace and brings it
to full flowering in eternal life.

On Pentecost, 10 days after
Jesus ascended into Heaven, the spiritual descendants of Elias and his
followers came down from Mount Carmel. These were the first to accept
the message of Christianity and be baptized by the Apostles. When, at
last, they were presented to Our Lady, and heard the sweet words from
her lips, they were overcome with a sense of majesty and sanctity which
they never forgot. They returned to their holy mountain, and erected the
first chapel ever built in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. From that
time, devotion to God’s Mother became the treasured spiritual legacy of
the hermits on Mount Carmel.



Today, all the powers of evil
are breaking out against our Christian faith, sometimes openly, but
more often under the guise of prophets or as wolves in sheep’s clothing.
False prophets attack the most sacred of dogmatic truths, and they lure
to shipwreck the principal mystical, ascetic, moral, spiritual and
humane values of our time.

Like Elijah, but more than Elijah,
because she is the Queen of Prophets, Mary repeats to us the word of God
which spans the ages, “be converted” . At Garabandal she said, “We must
do much penance…If we do not change…a chastisement will come.” She
recalls to us the ABSOLUTE of the Eucharist and of the priesthood, “We
must…visit the Blessed Sacrament frequently… Many cardinals, bishops and
priests are on the road to perdition…” Because she is the
Co-redemptress, she puts before us the ABSOLUTE of the Cross-and the
sacrifice, “ We must make many sacrifices…Think of the passion of
Jesus.” And because she is the Immaculate One, she calls us to
perfection, “But above all we must be very good.”

Now we
can begin to see why the Blessed Virgin came to Garabandal as Our Lady
of Mount Carmel-that symbol of motherly protection, of beauty, faith,
and conversion.


If we meditate on this, we realize that
we cannot begin to imagine the full impact the total Garabandal event
will have on the world. Perhaps the real significance of the Blessed
Mother’s title at Garibandal is reserved for the future.

And here
is a point to contemplate: On one side of the scapular which Mary had on
her wrist at Garabandal was a cross, on the other side was a mountain.

Rather
than being like the small scapulars currently worn, the scapular held
by the Virgin resembled the maniple that the priest formerly carried on
his arm during the celebration of the Mass. I say formerly because
presently the maniple has been discarded in the new liturgy. The girls
saw that a mountain was painted on one side of the scapular.

At
the time they did not understand the reason, but they would learn later.
In Spain, an expression used is Virgin del Carmen which is an
abbreviation for Our Lady of Mount Carmel, one of the most ancient
titles in Catholic Marian devotion and one which ties Mary closely to
her native land, the land of Our Saviour, and to the mysterious
destinies of its people. It should be added that Mount Carmel,
historically the site of awesome works of God, has been for many
centuries at least since St. John of the Cross, the symbol in the Church
of the height of perfection to which every really Christian soul is
called. The ascent cannot be easy, being the great enterprise of life;
but what is found on the summit is worth the effort: All that rests on
that mount is the honor and the glory of God.

It appears very
significant and of tremendous meaning, that the Virgin has desired to
appear at Garabandal as Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

The fact that
the girls could not conceive of a Virgin of Carmel clothed in white and
blue corroborates the authenticity of their vision. The statue that they
saw at the church, and the various religious pictures that they had
seen presented the Virgin of Carmel robed completely different. If they
described her as they have in spite of what they were accustomed to see,
it is because that was the way they saw her. And now comes the best
thing. On July 16th, 1251, in the first apparition of the Virgin of
Mount Carmel to St. Simon Stock, General of the Carmelites, she was
dressed with a white tunic and a blue cloak, as at Garabandal.



Question
: The Virgin come to Garabandal as our Lady of Mount Carmel and had a
Scapular on her wrist during the Apparitions. Did you know what it was
when you first saw it ?

Jacinta : Yes, we
recognized it because it looks like a Scapular and we were already
familiar with it since we had always worn it in our families.

Question : Did the Virgin actually speak to you about it ? Did She explain its significance?

Jacinta : Yes, She spoke about it. She said it was VERY IMPORTANT.

Question : Can you describe the Scapular the Virgin had on her wrist?

Jacinta : It had a Mountain on one part and a Cross of the other.

Question: Do you remember what colors the Cross and Mountain were ?

Jacinta : The Scapular was dark brown and the cross was white. The mountain was a different color maybe something like cream.

Question
: Many People Believe that we are living in the age of the Apocalypse.
Did the Virgin ever speak to you about the end of times or indicate that
we were living in the “latter times” ?

Jacinta: I don’t remember her saying the “latter times” but I do remember her saying “difficult times”.

Question : Did the Virgin ever use the word Apocalypse ?

Jacinta : I don’t remember now but it’s possible that she did.

Question : Did the Virgin ever give you any secrets that you can’t reveal ?

Jacinta : Yes.



My Comment :

And here is a point to contemplate: On one side of the scapular which Mary had on her wrist at Garabandal was a (big white) cross, on the other side was a mountain ?

It reminds me of this Vision :

……And
we saw in an immense light that is God: ˜something similar to how
people appear in a mirror when they pass in front of it' a Bishop
dressed in White ˜we had the impression that it was the Holy Father'. Other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious going up a steep mountain, at the top of which there was a big Cross of
rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the bark; before reaching
there the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half
trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed
for the souls of the corpses he met on his way; having reached the top
of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he
was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him,
and in the same way there died one after another the other Bishops,
Priests, men and women Religious, and various lay people of different
ranks and positions. Beneath the two arms of the Cross there
were two Angels each with a crystal aspersorium in his hand, in which
they gathered up the blood of the Martyrs and with it sprinkled the
souls that were making their way to God........




Sources :

http://www.garabandal.us/the-best-of-garabandal/fr-pelletier/why-did-mary-appear-as-our-lady-of-mount-carmel/



http://www.motherofallpeoples.com/2009/08/our-lady-of-mount-carmel-history-the-scapular-a-marian-mediation/



http://www.fatima.org/apostolate/pdf/brown_scapular.pdf



http://www.garabandal.us/pdfs/jacinta-gonzalez-interview.pdf



http://www.garabandal.us/pdfs/she_wenthaste.pdf



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 18th 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.



Aviso


Monday, February 3, 2014

Garabandal International Magazine: Jan - Mar 2014



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Hello everyone, it has been a whirlwind of activities whizzing us through the last few months, and in Malaysia we are still in the midst of the 15-day observation of the Lunar New Year.  On this note, we take the opportunity to wish one and all a blessed New Year!
With the good Lord watching over us, we are deeply grateful for all the blessings showered on our family and friends in 2013.

This is a great magazine for us believers in the Garabandal Events!