Just a question, does a person need to be enrolled or blessed with the scapular by a Priest.? Can I just wear it or do I need that too? I have never been enrolled or blessed with it but have worn one.
THE BLESSED MOTHER'S 2 MAIN MESSAGES OF GARABANDAL Our Lady's 1st Message of Garabandal :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. 2nd message: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."
It is very reassuring, Glenn, the succinct manner of Our Lady at Garabandal in providing these two core messages. My family's pilgrimage to Medjugorje in 1987 bore wonderful fruit, but the multiplicity of the messages there threatens me with a "same old-same old"mentality. With Garabandal, I can review the above two and ask, "How am I doing?"
Anyone can wear the brown scapular, including non-Catholics, but you must be enrolled in the Confraternity of the Brown Scapular to receive all the promises and graces that come with it. The enrollment ceremony, called investiture, is performed by a priest and involves sprinkling the scapular and the person being enrolled with holy water.
NIGHT OF MONDAY, AUGUST 14 TO TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1961 A WONDERFUL VIGIL IN PREPARATION FOR THE FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION. The "Vigils," so familiar to Christians during the first centuries and then fallen into disuse, emerged again, as luck would have it, at Garabandal. There was a great deal of commotion during these vigils, the girls moving from one place to another in the village and in the neighborhood. The vigil inaugurating the Feast of the Assumption on August 15, 1961, stands out among the most beautiful ones. It began at 2:45 a.m., when Conchita, Loli and Jacinta came out in ecstasy from Conchita's home. For the first time, they sang Aves, a Noel as well, and a few "Mananitas" or short musical compositions. Then the Blessed Virgin brought them in front of the house of Mari-Cruz . . . prevented by her parents to follow the other visionaries who, once there, started an improvised song or, more exactly, a sacred serenade! That night, the candid hymns of the three children traveling through the dark lanes of the village, overjoyed in their ecstasy, symbolized the humble response of the earth to the songs of praise of the heavenly Court celebrating the Queen of angels and men. At about 4:15 a.m., always in ecstasy, they went to the church. The vigil came to an end at 5:00 a.m. The sacred serenade sung for Mari-Cruz Wake up, Mari-Cruz Do you not smell lilies The Virgin Mary brings you To help you be very good? Wake up, Mari-Cruz, She is coming, the kind Virgin With a basket of flowers For a little girl. Pick up the lilies That Mary brings you To help you be good. Good and holy little girl, You are very loving But you do not get up. From "Garabandal', Book, J. Serre,pages 89-91
This is so me. I have such a hard time getting up early to go to Mass, especially in winter time! And I never get up to pray in the middle of the night like that. I am so lazy!
We must strive with determination to get to daily Mass. The general director of my Carmelite community (a brilliant scientist before becoming director) explained to us that our neurons in our brains actually change pathways when we buckle down and actually do a new activity for more than 40 days straight. So if you are trying to commit to a new habit (daily Mass or dedicated prayer time etc.) You have to keep doing it for 40 days or more for it to become habitual. The good news is once you are in the habit, if you miss a day here or there your brain nurons continue to fire the new way helping you to get right back with the program. Waking up thanking God, and immediatly bringing to mind how he labored during His passion for us also helps.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1961: Doctor Celestino Ortiz Perez, taking Conchita's pulse. FIRST CLIMB TO SAN SEBASTIAN DE GARABANDAL BY A PEDIATRICIAN FROM SANTANDER, A GREAT WITNESS OF THE "EVENTS" A major scientific witness, Dr. Ortiz was the first physician to study the Garabandal phenomena seriously. Author of a report dated October 1962, of which a part was published, the pediatrician would spend about fifty days observing the visionaries. He always affirmed that they were "normal from every point of view." Excerpted from 'Garabandal' Book, by J. Serre page 91.
Today in Garabandal History: AUGUST 16, 1961 FR. LUIS ANDREU SPEAKS FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE ! (who just passed away on August 9th) “Between 8:00 or 9:00 the Virgin appeared to us, smiling very much as usual, and said to the four of us, “ Fr. Luis will come now and speak to you” And after a while he came , and he called us one after the other. But we didn’t see him, we only heard his voice. It was exactly the same as when he spoke on Earth. And after giving us advice ,he also told us something for his brother Fr. Ramon. More importantly, he sent a consoling message through them to his elderly mother, for whom news of his early death had come as a great shock. ‘Be happy and content,’ he said, ‘for I am in Heaven and see you every day.’ He taught us words in French, and even to pray in Greek. He taught us words in German, and in English too. After a while, we didn’t hear his voice anymore. And the Virgin spoke to us and stayed for a moment and left.” From “Conchita’s Diary” page 32
Only because of who she is, I am posting this for prayers for her NOT for any prophecy comments (they will be deleted). Sister Agnus Sasagawa ( of Akita fame) passed away on Thursday in Japan. I have confirmed this through friends and religious in Japan. Please pray for her today. Thank you. https://blog.goo.ne.jp/.../271b1afb9a5be72bf71c8b960757d60d
The “Chastisement” and the 3 “Days of Darkness” Many people ask me to compare the prophecy of the term "Three Days of Darkness" attributed to the late mystic, Blessed Anna Maria Taigi, and the “CHASTISEMENT” mentioned at Garabandal. The term "3 days" was NEVER used in Garabandal. (Obviously most know it was also mentioned at Akita,but I am not detailing that today). We have one description from Conchita, and one from Mari Loli as to one aspect of the event. A quote from Blessed Anna's is “Fire will rain forth from the sky”. They do have the common theme of “ FIRE”. Here is Conchita's statement on what the Blessed Mother allowed her to say about the "Chastisement" : “The Chastisement is conditional and depends on whether or not mankind heeds the messages of the Blessed Virgin and the Miracle. If it should take place, I know what it will consist of, because the Blessed Virgin told me about it, but I am not permitted to say what it is. Moreover, I have seen the Chastisement. I can assure you that if it comes, it will be worse than being enveloped in fire, worse than having fire above and beneath you. THE APPARITIONS OF GARABANDAL”, Francisco Sanchez-Venture y Pascual . Ch. 12 pg. 179 *I do not know how much time will elapse between the Miracle and the Conditional Chastisement.“
Today in Garabandal history AUGUST 18, 1961: DEPTH OF PRAYER AT SAN SEBASTIAN DE GARABANDALT "Prayer holds an important place in Garabandal. Magnificent, varied, profound, it runs through the "events" on the whole as never in any other great Marian Apparition . . . . The girls devoted a great deal of their time to prayer. What is especially striking is the quality of their ecstatic prayer: a meditation filled with presence, moved to the extreme; a slow, poised recitation inspiring the full meaning of words as simple as "Mary," "blessed," "grace," "Jesus." " (Robert Francois Turner, 'I, Your Mother,' chapter. 18). The children spontaneously recited first the Rosary, then the Litanies, the Creed, the Our Father, the Salve Regina, in short what they knew. The Blessed Virgin had taught the visionaries all these prayers and, then, had gradually helped the girls to pronounce them clearly. So, on this August 18, the first thing Our Lady undertook was to recite the rosary with them: "I'll start the prayer and you will answer, very slowly," She suggested to the children. The visionaries postures induced the crowds to be quiet and recollected. "They would fall on their knees in the tiniest fraction of a second, sometimes adopting an overwhelming attitude of petition, their faces turned to heaven" . "To sing is to pray twice over" . . . The children improvised various hymns. From their songs there emanated a strange meekness and always a beautiful harmony. The Blessed Virgin taught the girls to make correctly the various signs of the cross used in Spain. They made them with unmatched dignity. Many films testify to this. From 'Garabandal' Book, J Serre, page 93 Mary teaches the girls how to bless themselves (in their local Spanish custom). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbE-F1xUO-Q
Today in Garabandal history, August 19,1961 The Blessed Virgin Mary kisses the girls for the first time. Individual ecstasies begin to occur. Conchita revealed : “ Up to then, in all the ecstasies, we have been the four together. Jacinta, Mary Cruz, Mary Loli, and myself. But then we started to have ecstasies separately, each one in her home. And so the Most Holy Virgin called us even though we were not together but separated. But we always saw the Most Holy Virgin in ecstasy. “ Father Jose Ramon Garcia de la Riva, “Memoirs of a Spanish Country Pastor” pg 50 --------------------------------------------------------- SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1961 The Blessed Virgin played hide-and-go-seek several times with the children, something that amused them a great deal. At the time of the ecstasy on this Saturday evening, August 19, 1961, Feast of St. John Eudes. Excerpted from 'Garabandal' Book, J.Serre, page 94.T
In 1973 Conchita said that in addition to Joey being healed on the day of the Miracle... "She also talked about a paralytic boy whose parents come from my town (Garabandal). This boy will also be cured. These are the only two people she mentioned." Do we know if this person is still alive and what his name is? Or anything else related to his life since this quote in '73?
Last I checked , ( about 2016) Daniel Fernandez, son of Augusto Fernandez , (now a man) ,was still alive and still paralized.
Today in Garabandal History, August 20, 1961 Fr. Valentin's personal Journal. August 20th. Fr. (Ramon) Andreu arrived. I said the rosary at 7:30, and they received Communion after the rosary. They went into ecstasy from 9:10-11:00. They prayed rosaries, sang songs, and they prostrated themselves at the entrance of the church for about half an hour. They talked about things that had happened during the day. They returned to the normal state at about 11, and Conchita fell back into ecstasy once again. A priest and one of the Fontenadas said that she was speaking German and French. It ended at 1, and Jacinta and Loli were in the same state. I went to bed at 2. They went to call me so that I could give them the key because Loli stayed in ecstasy until 5 o'clock in the morning. Fr. Andreu told me that Loli spoke French, German, and Latin with his deceased brother. He noted this. She saw Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, the Angel, and the Infant.
I can't find it but wasn't there a quote that when the day of the Miracle comes it will be difficult to get to garabandal for some as of yet unknown reason?
