Garabandal and the Holy Shroud Only after Father Eusebio Garcia de Pesquera had written his comprehensive book on Garabandal, SHE WENT IN HASTE TO THE MOUNTAIN, did it come to light that the Shroud was mentioned at Garabandal. It was during one of Conchita's ecstasies when the Blessed Virgin spoke to the visionary about the Sabana Santa (Spanish for Holy Shroud). Among the spectators at that ecstasy was the Marquesa de Santa Maria, an excellent witness, and it was from her that Prof. Jacques Serre learned what the Virgin said about the Shroud. The Marquesa heard Conchita repeat the words of Our Lady: "It is the divine imprint of my Son." It is not a coincidence that the blood on the Shroud is the same type AB found on the scientific examination of the first Eucharist miracle in Lanciano, Italy in the 8th century.
GLENN’S GARABANDAL VIDEO COLLECTION I have started a collection of Garabandal related videos. I will continue to update this as I find additional information. Now over 60 videos ! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaWF_fGdEsxfNenhnBkCyxOr-0qunZ3Af
MARY TEACHES CHARITY September 16, 1962 There is a man in the village who is half crazy and does stupid things that could be very wrongly interpreted by the visitors who don't know his mental condition. He had been in an insane asylum for a year and now has decided to stay here. This is causing trouble and annoyance, and he will have to be sent away. During the ecstasy on that day, Loli and Conchita went to the house where this disturbed man, Alfonso, was staying. And with a crucifix they made the sign of the cross on the pillow of his bed. And while passing by him, they gave him the crucifix to kiss several times. The disturbed man froze on his knees. That night Father commented: "What a lesson in charity the girls have given us." Everyone who had been talking about the necessity of throwing the insane man out of the village was touched — above all, the Cardinal's secretary, Father Guillermo Hausschildt, who had thought of refusing him Communion. He said: "It is clear the Virgin wanted to give us a lesson." Conchita was asked why she had gone to the place where the deranged man was and had repeatedly given him the crucifix to kiss. She answered, "The Virgin told us: '’You despise him, but I love him.'" A response like this put us down, making us see our great lack of charity.
Please join in me in saying a prayer for the success of this movie in Deer Park, Long Island today and also in the other US locations listed above which premiere the movie today. Thank you!
Glenn, Thank you again. My husband and I just got back from seeing the movie, it was beautifully done! In addition, I met one of your Facebook followers, a lady I spoke to on the weekend who volunteered to distribute some flyers for the movie. I received the materials from the producers of the film, Mater Spei, on Wednesday last week and I sent some to her and a few other people who offered to help promote the movie. She was very glad to have found your Facebook page a few years ago. Thank you for all that you do and enjoy the movie!
MARY'S VOICE IS HEARD ! August 4,1961 OUR BLESSED MOTHER'S VOICE IS HEARD ! Conchita recounts the the story in the book "Our Lady comes to Garabandal" . She said " I was returning from the fields,we met my Godmother Maximina Gonzalez, she was very excited and said this to us "Do you know the voice of the Blessed Virgin has been heard on a tape recorder ?" " What did she say I asked ? " She replied " Loli and Jacinta asked her (The Blessed Virgin) "Speak, Please Speak" and the people heard an answer : " No, I wont speak " . My Godmother told me that people began to cry because they were very moved at having heard the Blessed Virgin's voice. You can download this story from the book ,"SHE WENT IN HASTE TO THE MOUNTAIN" CHAPTER 7 on page 156. Here is the link for our downloadable books. http://stjosephpublications.com/download/PDF/Book1_Chapter_07.pdf
In the movie ,the question is asked "why would Mary appear in such a remote mountain town ? ". I found this description in a book,and thought this is why she came, simple humble, spiritual people. A description of life in Garabandal In the days when our story starts, the chief of police in the district of Rio Nansa was Juan Alvarez Seco. This is his description: "Garabandal is a little mountain town made up of about seventy families. The customs of its inhabitants are primarily religious. For example, they never forget to recite the Angelus as soon as the clock shows twelve noon. In the evening they always recite the holy rosary in the church. This is led by the parish priest if he is present; if not, the schoolteacher or another villager leads it. As night falls, Jacinta's mother, the wife of Simon, goes around the village with a lantern and bell to call the people to pray for the dead and say the last prayers of the day. On Sundays after assisting at Holy Mass in the ancient simple church, the people take a little recreation. In the evening the young people gather under the porch roofs or the open sky and sing or amuse themselves to the sound of a tambourine." (She went in Haste to the Mountain" pg3. )
Mary: Mother and Teacher «From the beginning of the visions, up until August 25th — some two months — there were various counsels and recommendations received by the children. The order in which they are placed here probably does not correspond exactly to the chronology, but it is not possible for me to name the dates precisely, and furthermore, many of the counsels were repeated frequently. 1. At first the girls avoided the public that came up to see them. We ran away. The Virgin told them that they should not run away, and that if they were asked a question, they should respond to the things that they knew and could talk about. After that, they did not hide from the people. [Since the Virgin was not coming for them alone, they knew they had to reveal these things to others, telling them what was able to be told. Although many people asked questions only out of frivolity or curiosity, there were many who needed aid, and who sought to strengthen their religion and faith.] PHOTO: "They should be modest." 2. Another counsel, often repeated, was that they should be modest.[Modosas. This word is in current use in some regions of Spain and is used precisely in the sense that the girls used it with Father Andreu. It is equivalent to have good conduct, to be a person of good manners. Naturally its meaning is not limited to external actions alone. To say that a girl or adolescent is very modosita is a compliment, not only of a person's external comportment, but of all his conduct in those things that are related to discretion, modesty, education, manners, etc..] They interpreted this in the sense that they should not be vain, that they should dress with simplicity, and that they should show attitudes of modesty and humility. 3. Probably even more often they had repeated to them the counsel to be obedient.[Fr. Valentin has this recorded in his notes of July 16th, a Sunday, and the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel: «When I went up at five in the afternoon, I met Conchita and Loli wearing two or three chains and medals, two or three rosaries, watches, bracelets, etc.. I was slightly angry with them, and I took everything away; I left them no more than a rosary and a chain with a scapular medal. And I told them that they should obey the pastor and their parents. Later they told me that they had mentioned this to the Angel, and they could bring the medals, but that they had to obey the priest and their parents, and to live always like children.» Some parts of the dialogue with the apparition were recorded on the first day that Conchita had an ecstasy at the Pines: «One day I could not see you, since they would not let me come up . . . Yes, I know that we have to obey; but you first of all. . . good, but we have to obey you too . . .» It should not be difficult to fill in the pauses with the answers from the Apparition, which the spectators naturally could not hear. At the time of these happenings no one said that this reminder to obedience was improper or unnecessary.] 4. And also that they make sacrifices. They did not understand the meaning of this word. At the request of the Virgin, they questioned priests about it. [We suppose that they did not go to ask those priests who now say that all this matter of sacrifice, mortification, self-renunciation, etc. has nothing to do with our renewed and open Christianity. To this type of priest this matter, belongs to the old and stupid asceticism of monastic times, ' which is now fortunately passé, according to the rhetoric of the new prophets.] I myself had to give them explanations. 5. The Virgin inspired in them a horror of sin.[How could the Virgin come to these mountains with this matter of sin? Don't we want a moral code without sin? Everything that's in man, doesn't it have value? Such ideas cannot exist in an adult Christianity! Aren't we all saved, regardless of what happens? How many falsehoods and absurdities like these are spoken day after day to a confused people of God!] One time while alone in ecstasy Conchita said, And that, what is it? Oh! The sight of sinners. How ugly! Take me away front it! Yes, I don't want to see it. No! (crying) Another time? The sight of sinners? Ah, yes! Sacrifices! On another occasion Loli was in an ecstatic position for about twenty-five minutes without saying anything. Finally she said, Mercy, mercy! while tears ran down her cheeks. 6. With regard to piety, the girls were requested to pray often, especially the rosary and the Station to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Each day, besides the rosary that they said in the village, they recited others with the vision.[No one can deny that this fact is very significant, taking into account the new attitude of certain clergy and laymen toward these practices of piety.] The Virgin also taught them religious songs. And she corrected them when they performed defectively any religious practice, like making the Sign of the Cross, the recitation of the new form of the Act of Contrition, etc.. 7. Formation of conscience. Frequently the girls were heard asking questions while in a state of trance. Here are some of these questions: — To sing the song 'Esperanza', [This refers to a song that was very popular at the time; a frivolous song, vulgar and imbecile like so many other songs that have been successful. For example some of its words were: What can one know about women? and the refrain is repeated: Oh what trouble you have caused me! Esperanza. Heavens! You don't know a thing except dancing! Cha. Cha. Cha. The music carried in the summer air of the villages, and more than once the young girls of our story had heard it. But undoubtedly in their homes they had heard that they should not sing it — the upbringing in those homes of Christians of old like those at Garabandal was strict — and it was for this reason that they asked the Virgin about this.] is that a sin? — To say "I don't want to eat", is that a sin? — For women to smoke, is that a sin? 8. Significant actions: One day a woman wanted to have her picture taken with one of the visionaries, but the girl walked away from her saying, The Virgin doesn't want us to take pictures with those who wear low-cut dresses. 9. Attention is called to the simple and confident way that the girls had with the Virgin; certainly they had learned this from her. It is not easy to judge the spiritual progress of a soul, unless it is judged by a spiritual director who constantly deals with it. The spiritual progress of the girls should be estimated more by the interior than by the exterior; however, it undoubtedly would be reflected in the exercise and practice of the virtues. HUMILITY—This was shown. . . by the lowly work that they continued to do in front of everyone." "The girls were imbued with a spirit of obedience." HUMILITY — This was shown by the children in various ways: by their manner of dressing, by their manner of speaking, by the small things that they did for the public that came to see them, by the lowly work that they continued to do in front of everyone, by their docility to suggestions from their parents and priests, etc.. On various occasions the Virgin has indicated that when they would come to see her, they should not wear either bracelets or earrings. The only one who had the habit of wearing earrings was Conchita. But in a trance at the door of the church, she was heard asking, What did I do bad? Oh, good! And returning to normal, she went to her home, took off the earrings and a bracelet and returned to the door of the church, where she went into ecstasy again. I myself have noticed several times that when they felt the third call, they immediately began to take off any ring or bracelet that they had on their hands and which belonged not to them, but to some other person who had given them to the girls to look at and examine. part 1
SHE WENT IN HASTE TO THE MOUNTAIN (3 BOOKS) http://stjosephpublications.com/books_page.htm BEST BOOK SERIES ON GARABANDAL !
MARCH 19,1962 Mari-Loli ,in ecstasy, addressed the following short word to Fr. Jose Silva,who had just gone up to the village for the first time: “ The Blessed Virgin wishes a happy birthday to Padre Jose “. This happened when no one had recognized the priest “dressed in lay clothes “. “Garabandal” p. 125
SACRED GROUND The Virgin Mary referred to “the Pines“ : "God loves this place very much. This place is sacred." GARABANDAL- “The Pines - Sacred ground “ . We all know about the special area of Garabandal called "The Pines" (the 9 Pine trees where the Blessed Mother appeared, and foretold of the great Miracle that will take place there),but there are some other facts that have been forgotten about over time. Mary called this place "sacred". Conchita 's Grandfather Serafin, in his younger years when he was the mayor of the village, had the idea that every child, in commemoration of his or her First Holy Communion would plant a pine tree on the heights above the village as a symbol for his or her life. Of those planted, nine survived and grew into massive trees, at the place to which the Virgin Mary referred ' saying: "God loves this place very much. This place is sacred." Today they are called "los pinos" and we await the great Miracle announced by the visionary children. Mary said "It will be the greatest miracle that my Son, Jesus, will have ever performed for mankind. It will also be the last one before the end”. Recently I have confirmed that Garabandal has a history of doing a nightly Rosary for over 500 years ! It’s no wonder why “God loves this place very much,this place is sacred !”
ST. JOSEPH IS THE GREATEST SAINT IN HEAVEN!" (sorry forgot to post yesterday on his feast day ) In response to Don Valentin Marichalar's questions, the visionaries learned from the Blessed Virgin that St. Joseph is "the greatest of all the Saints “ [Excerpted from 'Garabandal' Book, page 100]
Recollections of Benjamin Gómez A man who witnessed several miracles at Garabandal He tried to lift the girls in ecstasy and couldn’t He saw a man in Purgatory He was cured when near death He saw Mary at the foot of his death bed He taped the girls saying the rosary and heard Mary’s voice He saw the Host appear on Conchita’s tongue “the Little Miracle “ https://ourlady.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Eyewitness-Benjamin-Gomez.pdf
The following words are taken from two letters written by Conchita to youth groups from France, during their pilgrimage to Garabandal in 1970 and 1972. TOPICS: Life of Virtue Fasting The Eucharist True happiness The Rosary Jesus’s passion Examination of conscience Look at Mary ://www.garabandal.it/en/live-garabandal/youth/conchita-speaks
SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL TESTIMONIES https://maryourlady.com/our-lady-of...ientific-medical-testimonies-english-espanol/
Glenn, I think that it may be an advertisement/trailer because it is slated for only a half hour tomorrow, 3/23 at 7:30pm. https://www.shalomworldtv.org/live/sch/2019-03-23 I'll let you know when I have confirmed this. Thank you for letting us know.
