TODAY IN GARABANDAL HISTORY JUNE 25,1961 “The Cuadro” The young men of the Village set up this rectangular enclosure made of tree trunks and stakes so that the Visionaries might be better protected from the crowd. The only ones authorized to go in were the parents of the children, their brothers, the priests and physicians, who came to examine the girls while in ecstasy. “GARABANDAL ‘’ by J. Serre, pg. 37
TODAY IN GARABANDAL HISTORY JUNE 25,1961 The crowds become larger and larger. At least 5 priests and many known medical doctors are present. Doctors from the local area are making various experiments to test the sensibility of the children during the ecstasies. For the first time the witnesses become aware of the extraordinary change in weight which the visionaries are undergoing. After the ecstasy, the young girls notice, especially on their legs, slight traces pinching, pricking, fingernail marks, and lumps due to the experiments made while they were in ecstasy. They claim that they did not feel anything. The children are taken to the church sacristy where they are questioned in the presence of priests and doctors. Their legs are examined. “ The Village Speaks” - pg. 16
JUNE 26 : FEAST DAY OF SAINT JOSE MARIA ESCRIVA. HE EXPERIENCES THE WARNING. Saint Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, testified to have experienced the grace described by Conchita in the “warning”. On the 27th of April 1954, the Founder of Opus Dei finds himself on the brink of death: he suffers anaphylactic shock. Reactions like this are almost unavoidably fatal. Blessed Alvaro del Portillo, who was with the Saint during that entire day, gives him absolution in articulo mortis. A moment later the founder of Opus Dei was dead. Fr Alvaro testifies to this. But hours later St. Josemaria recovers and says : “Alvaro my son, I now know how it will be when I’m dead”. Effectively on that day the Lord permitted St. Josemaria to see his whole life, with great rapidity, as if it were a movie. For St. Josemaria this was in anticipation of God’s judgment, like the description of the “Warning” of Garabandal. Mysteriously, after this episode, Escriva was found to be totally cured of Diabetes, never suffering any relapse or experiencing the need for insulin. It was an instantaneous and scientifically inexplicable healing, things of the saints. From : “Garabandal: Message of Hope” Fr. Luis Saavedra, pg. 186
Mary & The Brown Scapular When Mary appeared in Garabandal as Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, wearing the Brown Scapular over her arm, she instantly sent a message of its importance. It also connected the wearing of the Brown Scapular to the devotions Mary talked about (the rosary, the Morning Offering prayer ) and to the Garabandal messages. Mary has appeared in four apparitions with the Brown Scapular. Aylesford in 1251 Lourdes 1858 Fatima 1917 Garabandal 1961-65
Today in Garabandal History: June 28,1961 Seeing St. Michael again. "We were a little sad because we had not seen the Angel. We went as usual to the school. When we got out, the people in the village, seeing us so sad, wept and kissed us, saying: - Pray so that he will return! When the evening came, we went to the Calleja and did as usual. The people prayed the rosary with more faith than ever so that the Angel would appear to us. And on finishing the litany, he appeared to us and came smiling more than ever. We asked him, why have you come? He smiled and did not answer us. We began to see him around nine and it ended at ten. It seemed to us a minute or less, because we were so happy with him .” (During the ecstasy, the time seems very short because of the intense happiness they experience. ) (From “Conchita's Diary” Chapter 2)
TODAY IN GARABANDAL HISTORY JUNE 29,1961 JACINTA’S VISION OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS https://ourlady.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Sacred-Heart-of-Jesus-in-Garabandal.pdf
TODAY IN GARABANDAL HISTORY JUNE 29, 1962 The first visit of Neurologist Dr. Ricardo Puncernau to the village. As a Scientist, a first class witness, he played a fundamental role in Garabandal. He sought to understand the phenomena unfolding there, from every view point. The Blessed Virgin would reveal to Conchita that the huge amount of work of this physician “ would triumph later “ ! He would later write: “I have weighed, thought about, and consciously observed [the events], and I have made the following conclusion: In Garabandal, there has never existed nor exists any other acting causing factor in relation to what is happening there except the Most Holy Virgin.”
TODAY IN GARABANDAL HISTORY June 30, 1962 Don Luis Navas Carrillo, a lawyer from Palencia, witnessed two apparitions on Saturday night, June 30, 1962. The first one involved only Conchita and included prayer for the dead. Our Lady appeared to Conchita in the kitchen of her house during the early part of the night. Shortly after going into ecstasy, the child left her house, followed by a good number of people, both from the village and from outside the village. She walked through the streets and lanes reciting some decades of the rosary and singing others. She walked backwards in her ecstasy and this made a great impression on Don Luis. Shortly after this, Conchita went to Mari Cruz' house. Finding the door locked she knocked vigorously until it was opened. Then she mounted a steep stairway leading to the second floor where Mari Cruz and her family lived. She found her friend and placed the crucifix which she carried to her lips so that she could kiss it. Departing from Mari Cruz' house Conchita went to the cemetery, which is to the rear of the house and not too far away. She stopped for a while in front of the gate of the cemetery and then as she stood facing the tombs inside, she made a "solemn" sign of the cross. “NEEDLES” magazine Autumn 1976 Issue, pg. 9 by Fr. Joseph A. Pelletier * " Needles" magazine later became the "GARABANDAL" magazine in 1982.
TODAY IN GARABANDAL HISTORY: JULY 1961 "PRODIGIOUS PHENOMENA" During the month of July 1961, a very striking phenomenon proper to Garabandal occurred. The visionaries in ecstasy, increased in weight so much that two men could barely succeed in lifting them . . . Without any effort, ( THEY COULD LIFT ONE ANOTHER ) the girls managed to do this! Excerpted from 'Garabandal' Book,J.Serre. page 62
TODAY IN GARABANDAL HISTORY: JULY 1 , 1961 SATURDAY, 1st OF JULY, 1961: THE ANGEL SPEAKS: HE ANNOUNCES THE "VISIT" OF "THE BLESSED VIRGIN OF MOUNT CARMEL" FOR THE NEXT DAY On this Saturday, 1st of July, St. Michael, for the first time, broke the silence in which the ecstasies had been unfolding until then: "Do you know why I have come?", he asked the children. -- No, they replied. "To tell you that tomorrow, Sunday, the Virgin Mary will appear to you under the title of "Our Lady of Mount Carmel." [Excerpted from "Garabandal" Book, J. Serre, page 41.]
JULY 2, 1961 "THE CALLS" MOST PARTICULAR AND TYPICAL PHENOMENA OF GARABANDAL The "calls", "llamadas" in Spanish, began as early as July 2, 1961. They always preceded and announced the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin, but not those of the Angel. The children would then experience, in three successive yet very distinct moments "a kind of interior voice," a kind of intimate summons, or 'mystical calls.' A feeling of joy accompanies the first call. One or two hours later, the delight felt by the visionaries signaled the second call. "As if they had been guided," they would set out towards the site where the ecstasy was to take place. The third "llamada" gave them yet a more intense joy, which would increase until they would effectively fall into ecstasy a few minutes later. When the girls waited in the evening for an apparition that finally did not occur, they had to make up for lost sleep. On the other hand, they did not at all experience the need to make up for the sleep they lost during the vision. Excerpted from 'Garabandal' Book, J. Serre, pages 72, 73. [Photo] Conchita is resting while waiting for the last call . . .
JULY 2,1961- MARY FIRST APPEARS ! On the Feast day of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary [traditional calendar], about 6pm, at the “cuadro”, in front of a large crowd ( there were eleven priests and many medical doctors present ) the children fall into ecstasy. The Blessed Virgin appears to them accompanied by St. Michael, and St. Gabriel, the Angel of the Annunciation . The four girls see a fiery frame in the midst of which appears a triangle with an eye and a written sign. The unknown letters on the sign seem to be of oriental origin.. In the children's vision. the Eye, "Eye of God" is placed above Mary, effectively designates Yahweh, who dominates all creation, all times and History itself. Excerpted from "Garabandal" Book, J. Serre page 45
Sunday, July 2,1961 : Dr. Morales, tries to prevent apparition ! The Calleja is full of people praying the rosary. Everyone wants to be there when the ecstasy happens. The second in command of the Nansa Electrical Company, Mr. Rocha, was next to me. He had come up to the village with Dr. Morales and Dr. Piñal, both of whom had been sent as part of the Committee organized by Bishop Fernández. I remember that Mr. Rocha told me, “This afternoon, the visionaries won’t go up to the Cuadro to see the vision.” I responded that in supernatural affairs, the doctor doesn’t get any say in the matter. I went around the bend in the Calleja and saw that they were about halfway up the path. I stayed there waiting for them to go up to the Cuadro because Dr. Morales was going to try to impede the apparition. However, to Mr. Rocha’s surprise the visionaries went up to the Cuadro unaffected by Dr. Morales’ attempt to hypnotize them. All four of them, on their knees, began to pray the first mystery of the rosary and right away they had the vision. Dr. Morales arrived on the scene and wasn’t able to prevent the apparition. The four visionaries cried out together, “The Blessed Virgin!” At first they thought that it was Our Lady of Perpetual Help, but later they realized that it was Our Lady of Mount Carmel, because she carried the Child Jesus and had a scapular on her wrist. The Blessed Virgin was surrounded by angels, whom Conchita counted out-loud. Conchita also said “what an eye!” and after the vision we learned that it was the Most Holy Trinity, in the form of an eye. During the vision the girls started to cry, Mari Cruz more than the others. One of the doctors grabbed her by the neck to try to turn her face away but he wasn’t able to. I thought that he hurt her because I heard her neck crack, but she was unharmed. (Witness, Juan Seco, General of the Civil Guard ) * picture of Mary Cruz jaw being grabbed available on my FB page, too large to load here, sorry.
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THIS DAY IN GARABANDAL :JULY 3, 1962: CONCHITA PREDICTS THE FUTURE "MILAGRUCU" (LATER KNOWN AS THE “LITTLE MIRACLE” ) As the "voice" (St. Michael ) had asked her, from this day on Conchita began to spread the news of the "Milagrucu," first of all warning the village, then writing to the main witnesses of the events of San Sebastian de Garabandal: "People will see the Host, that the Angel will give me, appearing on my tongue" . . . From 'Garabandal' Book, J. Serre,page 138
THIS DAY IN GARABANDAL HISTORY: JULY 4, 1961 There is a 35 minute ecstasy in the evening. The Virgin Mary explains the meaning of the plaque which represents the first part of an important message which the four girls must make known publicly on October 18,1961. The Blessed Virgin gives the text of the Message to the four girls. Here is the first question the Blessed Virgin had asked the children on the previous 2nd of July: "Do you know the meaning of the notice the Angel had under his feet?" - "No, we don't." "It was a Message that I am going to tell you and that you will repeat in public on October 18" (1961): "WE MUST MAKE MANY SACRIFICES, PERFORM MUCH PENANCE, AND VISIT THE BLESSED SACRAMENT FREQUENTLY. BUT, FIRST, WE MUST BE VERY GOOD. 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." It was from this day on that Our Lady gradually initiated the young visionaries in a motherly way to the meaning and scope of this Message.] Excerpted from 'Garabandal' Book, J. Serre, page 55.
Yesterday I read an article from Vatican News in which the Pope is considering a possible trip to Moscow and Kiew in September. I translated the German original text for you with the help of Google Translator: "Ukraine/Russia trip possibly in September In the current Reuters interview, Pope Francis reiterated his desire to travel to Russia and Ukraine as soon as possible - perhaps as early as September. Francis reported that there had been contacts between Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about a possible trip to Moscow. The first signals were not good. Such a trip was first discussed a few months ago, the pope said, to which Moscow replied that it was not the right time. In the current interview, however, Francis indicated that something could have changed now. “I would like to go to Ukraine, but first I want to go to Moscow. We exchanged ideas because I thought that if the Russian President gave me a small window of time, it might serve the cause of peace.... And now it's possible that I can go to Ukraine after my return from Canada . First thing I have to do is go to Russia and try to help in some way, but I want to go to both capitals."
Don't get too excited. I have been following the Pope closely since he started asking in 2017 ! So almost 5 years of asking to come. That should tell you something, THEY DONT WANT HIM TO COME. Especially now with the war on, Putin doesn't need him trying to make peace, he has plans for eastern Europe.
Conchita’s Diary note to Jesus From “Conchita’s Diary “ Chapter 14 (1963, age 14 ) “I would like to visit you more. I want to be your little light that calls and lights up for you and grows brighter to give light to souls that want to come where you are. I also want to be the part within the door of the tabernacle so I can be more united with You. I want to be so much, but I am nothing, nothing, nothing. But since I am the daughter of Mary, the Mother of God, I am redeemed with the Blood of Christ Crucified, and because of that I am something.”
