Garabandal cannot be reduced to simple "events of the past"; it remains mysteriously contemporary as we await the fulfillment of the "Warning", "Miracle", & "Great Sign."
"Therefore, judge not before the time: until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts. And then shall every man have praise from God." (I Cor. 4:5)
Notes about the happenings in San Sebastián de Garabandal on January 27, 1962
Notes taken directly by the Marquis of Santa María for Fr. Ramón’s information
Various Notes:
Sentence: While she was in the normal state, we spoke with Mari Loli: “When I speak with Fr. Luís (who is dead) I laugh as though he were in the house—and when I ask him where he saw the Virgin—in the pine with the branch in the middle.”
Conchita
I am not able to say what it consists of but I am able to say what it
will be like, more or less. It is a phenomenon which will be seen and
felt in all the world and everywhere; I have always given as an example
that of two stars that collide. This phenomenon will not cause physical
damage, but it will horrify us because at that very moment we will see
our souls and the harm we have done. It will be as though we were in
agony but we will not die by its effects but perhaps we will die of
fright or shock to see ourselves. And it is a sort of a catastrophe. It
will make us think of the dead, that is, we would prefer to be dead than
to experience the Warning. The Warning is something supernatural and
will not be explained by science. It will be seen and felt. The most
important thing about that day is that everyone in the whole world will
see a sign, a grace, or a punishment within themselves and at the same
time. it will be very impressive and terrible. No one will have doubts
of it being from God, and of its not being human. I, who know what it
is, am very much afraid of that day. the event of the Warning begins
with the letter “A. “, like two stars… that crash and make a lot of
noise and a lot of light but they don’t fall. My Comment : A Phenomenon seen and felt in all the
world at the same time, like 2 stars that collide, it’s a sort of
Catastrophe and will make us think of the Death, we would even prefer to
be dead, something supernatural and not explained by science, the World
will see a sign, no one will have doubts of it being from God, it will
horrify us and it will be as though we were in agony but we will not
die, the event begins with the Letter “A” (in Spanish).
The Warning Time
Loli
You have said that you know the year of the Warning that the Warning
and the Miracle are within the same year. Everything will stand still,
even planes in the sky. It would look like the communists would have
taken over the whole world and it would be very hard to practice the
religion, for priests to say Mass or for people to open the doors of the
churches. it would seem as though the Church had disappeared, Whoever
practices his religion will have to go into hiding. what it looked like
to me was that the Pope couldn’t be in Rome either, you know what I
mean, out in the open. He was being persecuted, too, and had to hide
just like everybody else. Jacinta
It was an invasion, well, something that was a great evil in which
communism played a great part, but I no longer remember which countries
or what region was stricken. These difficult events will take place
before the Warning because the Warning itself will take place when the
situation will be at its worst. My comment : Loli Knew the Year of the Warning as
within the same year of the Miracle, it would be very hard to practice
his religion, for priests to say Mass and for people to open the doors
of the Churches, it would seem as Church had disappeared, we will have
to go into hiding, the Pope couldn’t be in Rome either, he will be
persecuted too and will hide like everybody else due to an invasion in
which communism played a great part and will take place before the
warning when the situation will be at its worst.
Conclusion
What the Seers said to us and clearly, the time close to the Warning
will be difficult if not terrible, no fear to have here if we are living
the Garabandal messages but fortunately very close to the Great Miracle
then in my opinion it should be even more difficult after the warning
and until the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of our Lady announced in
Fatima, from that time only, the time of Mercy from God should begin,
the travel to Garabandal could be difficult and it could be also one of
the reasons why only few people will be able to see the Great Miracle,
mainly due to a war or invasion in which communism played a great part (China and Russia surely), it
will not be possible to open the doors of any churches safely, for
priests to say any Mass and for the Holy Father to be out in the open as
confirmed by the seers, he will have to hide himself and to go out of
Rome because of this situation, that’s the clear picture of the world
close to the Warning, there is no place in this description of a
possible day of Mercy that day but the Warning could change History.
To my Knowledge and regarding our Church, during the pontificate of the 5th Pope and after a schism,
in fact the Church will be in the same situation as the World, up and
down, that will be the picture of the Church before the warning, the Prophecy of the Popes then the end of times has also a meaning,
a kind of timetable if you prefer, the main prophecy regarding
Garabandal but why? Well, our Lady would never gave a number of Popes
without reason, when Heaven talk to us, we should listen more often and
read between the lines, in fact our Lady has said everything already,
it’s also why the seers keep telling us all is in the Books. So to be clear, the events to follow before the warning:
1. The 1st Pope of the end of times, in my opinion the current one
2. Communist invasion, surely lead by Russia and China
3. Schism in the Catholic Church
4. A Travel for the first time in the history of the Catholic Church of a Pope to Moscow for 3 Possible reasons : Invitation: quite impossible In emergency for Geopolitical reasons: Possible By force and imprisoned: Possible
If I had to choose, I’ll choose the last one but it was not always my opinion.
Anyway, there is a high probability today to live the Garabandal
Prophecies within 3 years as I said it already on this blog, so nothing
really new here for you my dear readers about a possible time. To finish
this article the more important, a Reminder of the Garabandal Messages :
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
Reprinted with permission from GARABANDAL JOURNAL September-October 2003
Excerpted from She Went in Haste to the Mountain, St. Joseph Publications.
Two days after the feast of Our Lady of the Pillar, there appeared in Garabandal for the first time a German engineer who was residing in Spain at Madrid, Maximo Foerschler Entenmann. Although Protestant, he was a close friend of the Andreu family; because of this he went to Garabandal accompanied by Father Ramón Maria.
The journey was not easy. It was the fourteenth, the second Saturday of October, the octave of that special feast day of the rosary that had taken place in Garabandal. Let us listen to what he says:
Some 20 kilometers before Cosio we had a tremendous collision with another car on amountain pass. The accident could have had fatal consequences. Only later did I come to understand that it was without doubt the Blessed Virgin who had saved us from certain death. Because of what had happened we arrived at San Sebastian de Garabandal very late, after eleven at night. We had barely arrived when we had the good fortune of being able to witness two ecstasies. I admit that at the time they didn't impress me in the least. We retired to the house where we had lodging (all the village houses were open to Father Ramon Maria Andreu). Following this, at twelve o'clock, Father began to feel very bad. He was nauseous and broke out into a cold sweat, with a terribly painful left ankle which appeared quite swollen.
I notified two doctors who were in the village: one from Santander and the other a bone specialist from Burgos. After an examination they made a diagnosis: besides the obvious swelling, there was probably a fracture of the ankle, at least a hairline crack. They applied a thorough dressing and an ice pack that they were able to get from theindiano, who had a refrigerator, and with several others carried him to the bed; he was in great pain. As an old friend of the Father, I stayed in a second bed they had set up in his room so I could look after him at night.
After a long time — it had to be 3:30 in the morning — we heard a noise in the street and people shouting that the owner of the house should open the door since Jacinta was there in ecstasy wanting to come in. Shortly afterwards she appeared in the room, went toward Father and gave him the crucifix to kiss. Following this she said something to him that I couldn't hear. The girl was starting to make expressions and gestures of farewell to the Vision when suddenly she stopped. She leaned backwards toward where I was and held out the crucifix for me to kiss — two times.
It seems that took away Maximo's indifference.
When the girl left, we naturally began to discuss all the details, and Father told me that he had actually made a mental request that the girl, before leaving, would also give me the crucifix to kiss. I thought about this for the rest of the night.
Father Ramon gives a more detailed and vivid description of this. A short time after having kissed the crucifix that Jacinta had offered him, he saw that she was beginning to make the sign of the cross and to hold out her cheeks for the invisible kisses, the unmistakable sign that the ecstasy was about to end. Then he quickly made a mental request of the Virgin: that the girl would also give the crucifix to Maximo. (Hours before, the good man had followed the visionaries in their trances without receiving the least bit of attention from them, but rather the opposite, since several times they had given the crucifix to the other onlookers while they had always passed him by.)
Father Ramon had hardly made the secret request when Jacinta stopped and exclaimed, "What?" She remained in an attitude of listening and added, "Oh!" She began to lean farther and farther backwards, until she was able to place the crucifix to the lips of Mr. Foerschler, whom she could not see, since he was behind her. Seconds later, the girl returned to normal. It was four o'clock Sunday morning, October 15, time to get some sleep!
Light was beginning to dawn on the morning of that day when several French people, followed by one of the two doctors, stopped by to see how Father Ramón was doing. It was about eight o'clock. Father told the doctor that all the pain was gone and that he was able to move his foot without difficulty. The doctor was surprised; but as a precaution, he counseled him not to put any weight on the foot, and to wait for the coming of the ambulance that they had been able to summon from CasaValdecilla in Santander. The injury had been serious and normally would take from fifteen to twenty days to heal.
We have the following information about this from Father Andreu. The doctor found him sitting on the edge of the bed.
"What are you doing, Father?"
"As you can see, I'm trying to get up." "Don't do that! That's foolish. Let's see your ankle."
The doctor got down on one knee to examine the ankle. Then raising his head toward Father Ramón, he looked at him in a peculiar way and said:
"You're quite a joker! Show me the bad ankle."
The priest showed him the other ankle, which was the good one. The doctor examined it very carefully. He compared it with the other and ended up raising his head again toward Father Ramón while saying with an expression hard to describe, "What strange things happen in this village!"
Continuing now with Mr. Foerschler's description:
When the doctors left, Father began to I put his shoes on, since he felt no pain. He went to stand on his foot and did it without difficulty. Then he decided to celebrate Mass in the village, declining to advise Father Valentin to come up to the village [from Cosio] as we had first agreed. He ordered the bells to be rung for Mass, and we set off to search for a cane. I accompanied him myself to the church. As I did not understand anything about the Mass, when he was beginning the celebration, I found a place near the last pew to carefully observe from there how he managed on his foot. During the entire ceremony he moved and knelt down and got up without difficulty.
After the Mass, I gave him my observations, and he made various movements with his foot in front of me without the least trouble. Finally he confided to me what had happened. Jacinta had told him in ecstasy at 3:30 in the morning: "Father, the Virgin told me that you were ill, but she told me to tell you that you are cured." At the same time the pain disappeared.
Reprinted with kind permission fromGARABANDAL JOURNAL November-December 2005 Excerpted from Los MILAGROS o FAVORES DE NUESTRA MADRE DE GARABANDAL by Maria Josefa Villa de Gallego
Translated from Spanish by Dr. Edward Serrano
Conversation
Mother Teresa: Jacinta, how happy you must feel for all the graces that the Virgin has granted you.
Jacinta: You are right, but I don't know if I'll be able to correspond to all the favors received.
Mother Teresa: You are a chosen soul. Before I make an important decision, I always invoke the Sacred Heart of Jesus."
Commentary: This reference to the Sacred Heart of Jesus was made by Mother Teresa because she knew about Jacinta's impressive vision of the Sacred Heart.
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We'd been in the village several lovely days, and Jacinta, who spends the most time there [of all the visionaries], told us that when Mother Teresa of Calcutta was so deathly ill, she called Conchita Gonzalez at her home in [New York] asking her to call Jacinta [who lives in California] and ask her to come to the clinic where Mother was [in Mexico].
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Jacinta arranged the trip and entered the room where Mother Teresa was. Mother extended her arms to her and, holding Jacinta's hands, clasped them to her heart while she spoke to her, all the time looking her straight in the eyes. Several times she asked how could a person travel to Garabandal from Madrid and how long did it take.
They were there a long time, then Mother suddenly said, "I'm better now," and then she told Jacinta that when she was so ill she saw a light out of which came an angel who pointed to her with his finger and said, "Teresa, get up and continue your mission." The doctor said she was delirious because she was so sick, but she returned to work with the same energy as before.
Copy of the happenings in San Sebastián de Garabandal
on January 28, 1962 by Fr. Valentín
“At seven in the evening Mari Loli left her house in ecstasy, went to the Church, and when she was there she gave the vision medals and rosaries to kiss. From there she went to Conchita’s house and then went back toward the Church. After a little while, Conchita left her house in a state of ecstasy and met Mari Loli in the entrance of the Church; they talked a little among themselves. Conchita went toward the door of the Church and stayed there for a minute. Then Conchita returned and took Mari Loli by the arm and the two girls left together and sang the rosary throughout the village.
They went to Antonio and Matilda’s house. The two were eating, and Jacinta, who was in the natural state, said: “try,” and Conchita, who was in ecstasy, said: “What do you mean try? Are they eating in my house?” “No, they are eating in their house,” Jacinta, who was still in the natural state, responded.
Copy of the happenings in San Sebastián de Garabandal
on January 27, 1962—reported by Fr. Valentín
“At 6:05 in the evening, Mari Cruz and Loli were at the place called the cuadro. After praying a few Our Fathers they fell into ecstasy, went toward the Church and stayed there for a minute, giving medals to be kissed that had been given to them. Afterwards, they went toward Mari Cruz’s house and took a crucifix and gave it to those who were in the house to kiss.
Then they went to Conchita’s house and the gave the crucifix to all who were there except one woman. They left the house and returned immediately to give it to the woman they had missed. It ended at 8:30 P.M.
Conchita entered into ecstasy in her house at 6:30 in the evening, and she went toward the Church where she gave the vision medals and rosaries to be kissed that had been given to her. She then returned the items to their owners without making any mistakes. It ended at 8:30P.M.
Mari Loli’s second apparition, according to what they inform me (I was in bed) began at 2 in the morning and ended at 2:30 A.M. Before, while in the natural state, they had told the girl that there was a painter there named Señor Calderón, who wanted to paint the Virgin. During the vision the girl said: “There is a painter here who wants to paint you, but you are so beautiful that no matter what he paints, it will be ugly in comparison.”
The Pines
