"Before the Miracle, there will be few who believe and Garabandal will be difficult to reach for the Miracle (As per a locution received by Conchita from Jesus".) Lecture given by the Garabandal Spanish difusor D. Jose Luis Lopez de San Roman in the city of Huesca (Spain) where he refers to the prophecies in the apparitions of Garabandal:
MARI CRUZ GRABBED BY THE JAW A report from Brigadier Juan Alvarez Seco. “Mari Cruz whom the doctor grabbed by the lower jaw to twist her face so that she could not stare so fixedly: he was unable to do it, in spite of the force he applied, and I heard a snapping sound and he feared he had harmed the child. The girl suffered no effects”. Story and photo from: “Garabandal: Message of Hope”. Page 187 Photo also from “ She went in haste to the Mountain” 1st ED. Book 1, page 53
As a practical matter, how hard will it be to book a flight when presumably thousands of other people are trying to do the same thing? Should a person just reserve a seat with a refundable ticket every spring and then cancel if it doesn’t come to pass that year?
The warning will happen when things are at their worst. Will it be natural disasters, civil unrest, disease {another covid or worse}, wars? Will airlines be working? Will borders be open? Should we all go and live with padraig? Many things to consider.
8 days notice doesn't seem to be enough time for all people who want to be there,to be prepared to get there. I know some people though who have money in a savings account ,just for the plane fare and taxi fares, luggage already packed ,and toiletries, ready to pick up the phone an buy a ticket to any flight going near there. It will be interesting to watch it all unfold.
LEG MIRACULOUSLY CURED ! AUGUST 22,1962 We have some brief notes from Father Valentin that complement those of Luis Navas and Maximina Gonzalez, helping us to better recreate in our minds the atmosphere at Garabandal during the early part of August, 1962: August 22. The four fell into ecstasy; first Loli and Conchita; afterwards, Jacinta; and finally, Mari Cruz. The latter, on coming down from the Pines, went to the house of Daniela (who was in bed, with her leg in bad condition making it impossible for her to walk). And she gave her the crucifix to kiss. Daniela jumped from the bed and said she was cured. I think there might have been some suggestion, but she jumped up and went up the stairs as if there were nothing wrong with her. We will see what happens tomorrow. Father Valentin did not hide his disbelief that this was really a miraculous cure. However Father de la Riva added to the words of the Garabandal pastor some of his own: "I was at the village, and I heard the joyful shouts of the people who had seen what had happened, and were discussing it as if it were a miracle. I was able to see later that there was no natural explanation for what happened. Daniela went to have an x-ray taken and a complete cure was reported. She is now married and has children, which wouldn't have been possible with the disease she had in her hip." “She went in haste to the Mountain” chapter 3, page 61 This story has special meaning to me personally, as it was a miraculous cure to my own legs as a boy, from the medal that “ Mary kissed”, that brought me to know and get involved with Joey Lomangino and volunteer at the New York Garabandal Center later as an adult. Sometimes we don’t understand or appreciate how a physical handicap can actually be a blessing from God, how he uses it for his glory, until later on.
Yes, most interesting, to say the least! For myself, I have just created an account with Iberia airlines, and have started a crash course in espanol. (Fortunately I already know a little.) What will be most interesting for me is how I'm going to explain to my supervisor that I have to take off 10 days from work with no advance warning! But that's okay. They already know I'm a religious fanatic!
Testimony of Joachim Bouflet, PhD August 23, 1968, he accidently meets Padre Pio. Confirms Garabandal. On the afternoon of the 23rd of August, I went to the small church of Nossa Senhora das Graças. we passed through a side door of a cloister. A short distance away, in the shade under the arches, Padre Pio sat in an armchair. He looked tired. I was filled with emotion being so close to him. I was so close to Padre Pio! An opportunity like this would never come again. I crossed the cloister garden and fell at his feet. He was surprised. At the same time, two Capuchins ran out, shouting unintelligible words. Padre Pio made a sign to them with his gloved hand and they were silent, but stayed close by. Then he looked at me seriously, but I'm sure there was understanding and affection and it was reflected in his eyes. He placed his hand on my head (I was kneeling in front of Padre Pio) and he said a few words to me. The two monks withdrew to some distance. I heard Padre Pio, who kept his hand on my head. I understood perfectly what he said to me. I confessed my sins and he answered me, commenting on what I had said and then I was given an overwhelming experience of the charism attributed to him, and his knowledge of the heart. I felt a deep peace and a deep anguish. I don't know how long all this lasted. Finally, he said to me: "Pray to Our Lady. Consecrate yourself to the Virgin of Carmo". "Yes, Father, I pray to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. In fact, I would like to become a Carmelite." He did not comment on this, but insistently repeated: "Consecrate yourself to the Virgin of Carmel, who appeared in Garabandal" . - " So it's true?", I said. - "Right and true!" ("Yes, it's true!"), said Padre Pio.
August 24, 1970. LETTER SIGNED BY CONCHITA TO THE FRENCH YOUNG PEOPLE WHO VISITED THE PEOPLE OF GARABANDAL. Dear young French people: From you the Virgin desires help to turn the world and avoid God's wrath upon us sinners. She trusts you so that with your example and selflessness you will be models for the other young people who have not had the thanks that you have to hear the messages of the Virgin. She asks you so much spirit of penance, sacrifice and prayer. Without these weapons nothing we can do. It's not much time we have, but it's enough to avoid great punishment and content our Mother's Holy Heart. It is in the Holy Sacrament that you will find enough strength to embark on this life that the Virgin is constantly asking you to go to the Blessed, to empty your heart of worldly things that will not let you hear God. If you do this you will start living life happy, because only happiness you have never felt will be found in the surrender to God and the Virgin. Pray for one another, for yourselves, ask the Virgin. Order it with faith and trust. She will give you everything good for you. And now for me and my friends I ask you to pray to God and the Virgin to be humble and sacrificial and all together to think more about Jesu s' Passion, to forget about ourselves. In togetherness of prayers, and that one day forever we can meet in Heaven to be eternally happy. Conchita Gonzalez.
Conchita & Jesus’s comment on belief and approval of Garabandal. Conchita: “ I would also like to say about Rome that there are people there who want to put too much pressure on the Church. I believe that it is better to leave it as it is, and to do what they can. They should try to speak about the Virgin’s Message, but the rest they should leave in God’s hands.” The Lord Himself said to me: “Don’t worry about whether they believe you or not, especially in Rome. I will do everything. “ “This is what I would like to say to all those who want for Rome and the Bishop to move ahead.” Conchita’s Interview with Monsignor Francisco Garmendia, Auxiliary Bishop of New York on the date in New York on August 27, 1981. Reprinted in the GARABANDAL JOURNAL, March-April 2004
"A Call to Repentance " Reprinted with kind permission from St. Joseph Publications from the book” She Went in Haste to the Mountain” (Book 1) pg.180 Mary said : — “You should avoid the wrath of the Good God. — I want to tell you to amend your lives. — You should sacrifice yourself more. — Think of the Passion of Jesus.” We provoke the wrath of God upon ourselves by our own rebellion, our own disobedience, our own self-will. All evil consists in trying to follow our own ways, instead of seeking the ways of God.
My 15th Garabandal page Anniversary ! Today August 27 (2009 ) is the day I started my first FB Garabandal page in English. What started with a few friends on the page has , by the grace of God and our Blessed Mother , expanded into a daily postings, with questions and answers in 16 languages ! Not to mention with the help of some wonderful and tireless Moderators 24/7, Please continue to invite FB friends to our main English page and please let others know of the other languages if they do not know English. Thank you and God bless you all. ENGLISH https://www.facebook.com/groups/163674987784 SPANISH https://www.facebook.com/groups/2984253891618756 ITALIAN https://www.facebook.com/groups/876903862962241 FRENCH https://www.facebook.com/groups/842693803070708 GERMAN https://www.facebook.com/groups/602371930851198 PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL) https://www.facebook.com/groups/493384927454115 POLISH https://www.facebook.com/groups/1077053316395709 FILIPINO https://www.facebook.com/groups/595745928143742 CROATIAN https://www.facebook.com/groups/3098148077108138 INDONESIAN https://www.facebook.com/groups/1125967811556928 JAPANESE https://www.facebook.com/groups/624911648776577 CHINESE https://www.facebook.com/groups/4848304065251154 RUSSIAN https://www.facebook.com/groups/606840427316152 SWEDISH https://www.facebook.com/groups/1091774248064071 VIETNAMESE https://www.facebook.com/groups/2447749658718359 CZECH https://www.facebook.com/groups/642194998010746
Today in Garabandal history: AUGUST 28 & 29, 1961 THE "SYMBOLIC" BAPTISM OF MURIEL CATHERINE Muriel Catherine, a nineteen-year old woman from Paris, of a Jewish father and a Protestant mother, was practicing no religion when she met Ascension de Luis from Burgos. The latter taught her a few rudimentary notions of the Catholic faith. The two friends went up to Garabandal on Monday, August 28, Feast of St. Augustine, the most famous convert in the Church history, except St. Paul. At about 12:30 a.m., on August 29, they attended an ecstasy of Mari-Loli and Jacinta, who spoke about Muriel to their Vision. The visionaries then exclaimed: "She is not baptized!. . . Come, let's help her . . . Ah, because of her parents! . . ." Loli suddenly stretched out her arm, and grasped a bottle of holy water that a priest had given her to throw towards the apparition as a "test." The girl opened the bottle and threw the contents upwards, in front of her. But instead of following its normal course, the water mysteriously bent its path, and in its inexplicable trajectory, fell as a little shower on Muriel. Muriel represents the first of three cases of a typical "conversion" linked directly to Garabandal. The two other cases are those of Maximo Foerscher, an Evangelist, and of Barbara Painter, an Anglican Protestant. Excerpted from 'Garabandal' Book, J. Serre, page 98.
