Between Heaven, "the place of refreshment, light and peace."
and Hell the abode of eternal torment,
there is, till the day of general judgement, a middle state, called Purgatory,
for those Souls that depart this life justified, but still in need of final purification.
In this place of punishment and purification, of justice and mercy,
dwell the Souls that have venial sins to expiate,
or temporal punishment to undergo, or both.
4.04.2010
The Miracle of Garabandal
A collection of articles and videos about Garabandal and The Miracle
As my Message of the 18th of October has not been complied with, and as it has not been made known to the world, I am telling you that this is the last one. Previously, the Cup was filling; now, it is brimming over. Many priests are following the road to perdition, and with them they are taking many more souls. Ever less importance is being given to the Holy Eucharist. We should turn the wrath of God away from us by our own efforts. If you ask His forgiveness with a sincere heart. He will pardon you. I, your Mother, through the intercession of St. Michael the Archangel, wish to tell you that you should make amends. You are now being given the last warnings. I love you very much, and I do not want your condemnation. Ask Us sincerely and We shall grant your plea. You must make more sacrifices. Reflect on the Passion of Jesus.- Our Lady of Mount Carmel of Garabandal
In 1995 EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network) invited Joey to appear on Mother Angelica Live. Joey was on EWTN four times.
Put together Mother Angelica and Joey Lomangino speaking about Garabandal and you come up with one of the most popular Mother Angelica Live programs ever seen on EWTN. (First telecast on August 4,1995)
“After His Holiness Paul VI, there will be only two more popes before the end of the present period (el fin de los tiempos) which is not the end of the world. The Blessed Virgin told me so, but I do not know what that means.” Such are the words of Garabandal’s principal seer, Conchita, as reported by Fr. Laffineur in Star On The Mountain, p.95.
There are three questions that many readers may have already been asking the historians of Garabandal:
What is the meaning of el fin de los tiempos?
Will there be other popes after John Paul II?
What will happen afterwards?
With due modesty I shall try to give my answer to the first two questions, but I do not feel I can answer the third with any degree of certainty. This should not surprise the reader. As a rule, prophecies are not clearly understood before their fulfillment. Besides, the Blessed Virgin did not tell us. Surmises can be made but they are hazardous and I feel it is not wise to put them into print.
I shall answer the first question this way: We must be very exact in translating correctly into English the phrase, el fin de los tiempos. Tiempos means epoch. I have established it by carefully reading a bilingual Franco-Spanish periodical published in Paris by professors of Spanish. Moreover, as three professors have told me that language avoids using the possessive adjective wherever it is not necessary. For instance, one does not say “my father told me,” but “the father told me.” So the Blessed Virgin would not be expected to say “nuestros (or vuestros) tiempos,” but “los tiempos.” In English, we should use the word “our.” The translation would then be, “the end of our epoch.” “The end of the present period” is also satisfactory.
The coming of a new epoch should not be surprising. There have been many in the history of the Church. The most striking change of epoch occurred in 66-70 at the time of the Jewish war that culminated and nearly ended with the fall of Jerusalem. Prior to this war, all indications were that the Church of Jerusalem was the Mother Church, The Christians of Jerusalem worshiped in the Temple, but they prayed elsewhere – that is, in the Synagogue. Collections were made throughout the Church of Jerusalem and there existed a Judeo-Christian theology. But after the year 70, Christians were officially banned from the Synagogue and a deep chasm opened between the Synagogue and the Church.
This was the first and most fundamental schism between what some have called, “the Old Israel” and “the New Israel.” The Roman Church then became the Mother Church. Why? Because it was there that Peter and Paul were martyred and where successive bishops have been rightly considered, both in the East and in the West, as the successors of St. Peter – the rock on which Jesus built His Church.
The beginning of the new epoch to come may not necessarily coincide exactly with the end of the present pontificate. Allowances should be made for certain flexibility-it could come several years before or after the pontificate. The change may be gradual as often happens in great historical events, but this change of epoch will have a religious character-even a theological character. It will be “one of the days of the Son of Man.” (Lk. 17, 22)
As to the second question, according to Star On The Mountain, this prophecy does not tell us whether or not there will be popes after John Paul II. It is possible that the role of the papacy will change in some of its modalities – some might be tempted to say that this is likely. But to say that the papacy will disappear does not seem to be in keeping with Paul VI who stated that the papacy is a permanent institution of the Church – a tenet that is traditional in the Catholic Church.
In summary, Conchita’s startling pronouncement made at Garabandal could signify the coming of a great epochal event around the end of John Paul II’s reign which could coincide with the close of an era.
The Warning The main visionary Conchita has declared:
The Warning is a thing that comes directly from God and will be visible throughout the entire world in whatever place anyone might be.
The Warning will be like a revelation of our sins - and it will be seen and experienced equally by believers and non-believers and people of any religion whatsoever.
The Warning is like a purification for the Miracle.
And it is a sort of a catastrophe. It will make us think of the dead, that is, we would prefer to be dead rather than to experience the Warning.
The Warning is something supernatural and will not be explained by science.
lt will be seen and felt.
The Warning will be a correction of the conscience of the world.
For those who do not know Christ, they will believe it is a Warning from God.
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, in other words, a Warning.
They will find themselves all alone in the world no matter where they are at the time, alone with their conscience right before God.
They will then see all their sins and what their sins have caused.
We will all feel it differently because it will depend on our conscience. The Warning will be very personal, therefore, we will all react differently to it.
The most important thing will be to recognize our own sins and the bad consequences of them.
Your experience of the Warning will be different from mine because your sins are different from mine.
This will be a Warning to see what you have done with your sins.
It will be like a purification before the Miracle to see if with the Warning and Miracle we will be converted.
The Virgin told me that before the Miracle, God will be sending us a Warning so as to purify us or prepare us to see the Miracle and in this way we may draw enough grace to change our lives toward God.
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.
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 Virgin told us that the Warning and Miracle will be the last warnings or public manifestations that God will give us. This is why I believe that after them we will be near the end of time.
To me it's like two stars that crash and make a lot of noise and a lot of light but they don't fall down.
It's something that's not going to hurt us but we're going to see it.
In that moment, we're going to see our conscience. You're going to see everything wrong that you're doing and the good you're not doing. More
Miracle Conchita has declared: •The Virgin told me that God was going to perform a great Miracle and that there would be no doubt about the fact that it was a miracle. •It will come directly from God with no human intervention. •A day will come and she told me the day, the month and the year so I know the exact date. It is coming soon but I can't reveal it until eight days before the date. •I am not permitted to say exactly what is going to happen. What I can reveal is that the Virgin said that everyone who would be there on that day would see it. •The sick who are there will be cured no matter what their disease or religion. However, they have to be there. •The Virgin said that everyone present would believe. They would see that this was coming directly from God. •All sinners present would be converted. •She also said that you would be able to take pictures and televise it. •Also, from that moment on there would be a permanent sign at the pines that everyone will be able to see and touch but not feel. •And this sign will remain until the end of time. •It seems so near when I think that people are not living the Message, because after the Miracle there may come the punishment. •To be complete, there must be the Warning and the Miracle. It is all one message. •The Virgin told me of it and made me understand exactly what it will be. Even if I tried to explain it I wouldn't be able to do it well. It is better that you wait and see it.
•The Virgin Mary first spoke of the future chastisement in the Secret of La Salette, revealed in 1858. •The Third Secret of Fatima, made known in 2000, showed an Angel with a flaming sword in his left hand; flashing, it gave out flames that looked as though they would set the world on fire. •The First Message at Garabandal in 1961 speaks of a “very great punishment” and said, “The cup is filling up.” The Second Message in 1965 said, “Now it is overflowing.” •Conchita described the Chastisement as something “very, very great in keeping with what we deserve.” •She stated, “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 of what it will consist because the Blessed Virgin told me about it, but I am not permitted to say what it is.” •“I have seen the Chastisement. I can assure you that it is worse than being enveloped in fire, worse than having fire above and beneath you.” •“I do not know how much time will pass between the Miracle and the Chastisement.” •The Secret of Fatima began with a vision of hell. It showed souls in a vast sea of fire with flames coming from within them. The souls had no control of their movements, being defenseless to protect themselves from demons there to torment them. •The Chastisement foretold at Garabandal should be dreaded because it has similarities to Sodom and Gomorrah on a world wide scale. •But infinitely more to be dreaded is what follows the Chastisement,for then the souls will be cast into hell, there to endure forever the fate shown in the vision of hell.
•Before the Chastisement, God will place a Sign at the Pines in Garabandal.
•It will be able to be seen, televised and photographed.
•It will be able to be touched but not felt.
•The Sign will remain in Garabandal until the end of time, a lasting supernatural monument, proclaiming peace or punishment, depending on mankind’s choice of amendment or sin.
The Date
It will be on a Thursday at 8:30 p.m. on a feast-day of a martyred Saint for the Eucharist ...( not a feast-day of Our Lady or Our Lord) ... it will happen in the month of April... between the 7th and the 17th of the month but not the 7th or the 17th... it will be seen by looking up over the area of the Pines and will be visible from all the surrounding mountainside which will serve as a "natural" amphitheater.
Question: Regarding the Garabandal major prophecies can you clarify when and what is going to happen in relation to the year 2000 that everyone is talking about?
Answer: First of all there were many prophecies foretold at Garabandal. Several have already happened. However, I suggest that you read carefully the Garabandal prophecies listed here on our web site: The Warning, The Miracle, and the Punishment. However, I want to point out two important factors:
1)The Miracle must follow the warning within 12 months, but not necessarily within the same calendar year. This prophecy was told to us by Mari-Loli who Knows the year of The World Wide Warning. She was not told by Our Blessed Mother to announce it or not to announce it. It is not known whether she will eventually tell it or not. Up to now she does not feel she should. She does not know how much time will elapse between the two, only that there could be as much as a 12-month span. She reconfirmed this once again in December 1996. Remember: The Warning first and then The Miracle. Furthermore, we also know that the miracle will happen in the month of April. (The Vigil Jan-April 1988 explains why we no longer consider March and May to be valid.) Conchita knows the exact date and will announce it eight days in advance and the means of communicating the date to the world will (according to what Conchita told me in 1969) be a miracle in itself. She also told me that: "The World Wide Warning must happen Before the announcement of the miracle." More
Dear Joey: Today at the pines in a locution the Blessed Virgin told me to tell you you will receive new eyes on the day of the Great Miracle. . . Joey Lomangino, who has dedicated his life to spreading the Message of Garabandal, is totally and incurably blind. But, through the above quote from a letter from the Garabandal visionary Conchita Gonzalez, Joey has the assurance that he will one day see. http://www.garabandal.us/joey.html
Glen Hudson:
I had several thoughts that came to my mind when Joey passed.
“My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are exalted above the earth, So are My ways exalted above your ways, And My thoughts above your thoughts.” (Is. 55: 8-9)
“Oh, the depth of the riches Of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are His judgments, And how unsearchable His ways.” (Rom. 11:33)
Joey’s Offering.
I asked Conchita very directly, " was it a Priest who told you that Joey had offered his eyes up in exchange for something, I had heard this ? She told me, " No , it was Joey himself who told her that he never prayed for himself when offering up his suffering, he offered them up to be united with Jesus's suffering, and for the Church to accept and recognize Garabandal".
To me this explains why he had so many heart attacks, falling down and being injured, bad reaction to some medication, and passing before the return of his sight.
Phone conversation with Conchita Nov 9. 2022
(see letter below)
*What did Mary say EXACTLY to Conchita to tell Joey?
She said “that you shall see on the very day of the Miracle. “ - MANY PEOPLE HAVE CHANGED THESE WORDS OVER THE YEARS,BUT ALL MARY SAID WAS “YOU WILL SEE THE VERY DAY OF THE MIRACLE” , but he will see the Miracle.
DID JOEY FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS MARY ASKED FOR?
Most people have never heard about this part of the promise !
Most people did not know that Joey suffered greatly the last two years of his life, and in addition to being blind, he became nearly deaf and was so weak from several heart attacks, he was so weak he could not attend daily mass.
So, Did Joey fulfill saying the prayers he was supposed to say each day , to fulfill the prophecy to regain his sight?
Mary said :
"Joey do you want to see again?"
"Yes."
"Then you pray. Say 17 Hail Mary’s, 7 Acts of Contrition, 5 Our Father’s
3 times a day. “
IS JOEY PART OF THIS PROPHECY ???
On December 6, 1962, Conchita had a 90 minute ecstasy around 5:30 in the afternoon after which, she provided more pieces of information regarding the Miracle:
“One day, before the Miracle, something will happen that will cause many people to stop believing in the apparitions of Garabandal. “
Jesus comments on belief of Garabandal before the Miracle
From Conchita, Dairy pg. 204, 1966:
He [Jesus] replied..."I want to tell you, Conchita, that before the miracle occurs, you will suffer much, for few people will believe you.
Your own family will believe that you have deceived them. I am the one who wants all this, as I have already told you, for your sanctification and so that the world may comply with the message.
I wish to advise you that the remainder of your life will be a continual suffering.
Do not be frightened. In your suffering you will find me and also Mary whom you love very much...
I will be with whoever suffers for me."
How many people continued to believe in Christ and his message, after he died?
How many believed Mary when she said ( as a virgin ) she conceived a baby from the Holy Spirit?
How many people mocked our Lord as he died on the cross, reminding him he said he would rebuild the Temple in 3 days, yet he was nailed to a cross now.
The truth is revealed in God’s time and manner, not our limited human ones for understanding.
For God , NOTHING is impossible!
The famous story when Mary kissed a makeup compact in one of her visits, and everyone was dumb founded as to why, when she asked to kiss only sacramentals, and she kissed this object of vanity ?
Only later did she reveal that it was in fact a PYX ,used during the Spanish War to carry communion to the soldiers!
Again , we had to wait for the Heavenly answer.
There is some “fluidity’ in prophecy also, God can alter prophecy .
Moses was promised and appointed to take his people into the promised land, but we read in Numbers (20:1-12) Moses did not enter the promised land because of his sin at the Waters of Meribah, which took place during the last year of the Israelites' wandering in the wilderness.
In Genesis 18 , The lord said :“The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous” (The Lord intends to destroy it) but Abraham “changes” God’s mind to destroy the faithless people of Sodom for the sake of only 10 righteous people.
Remember when God sent his prophet Jonah to the city of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria (one of ancient Israel's fiercest enemies), Jonah's initial message seems to be one of inevitable doom: "Forty days more, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!" (3:1-4)
Contrary to Jonah's own expectations, however, the Ninevites respond to his preaching by believing in God, proclaiming a fast, covering themselves with sackcloth and ashes as signs of repentance, and praying to God not to destroy them. (3:5-9)
As a result, God changes his mind and does not destroy the city of Nineveh . It is possible here too ,that Joey’s sufferings at the end of his life (and they were numerous and great ) that God granted him his Heavenly reward early, and also to fulfill the prophecy mentioned above, to cause disbelief, as a test of faith.
Nothing can negate the fact that Mary performed hundreds of recorded miracles, with hundreds of eyewitnesses, and photographs, and filmed footage, so his passing has no effect on the validity of Mary’s messages.
I think I know how the Apostles felt when Jesus died, after all their labors.
Unfortunately, I think I am going to have to wait more than 3 days for my "Easter Miracle", but just like then, when you think all is lost, God provides that miracle.
I spoke to Conchita and she too had no fears, stating she was happy Joey was in heaven with our Blessed Mother & Padre Pio.
I have a strong suspicion we will be amazed at the Miracle, (and our questions will be answered ). God bless. Glenn
Because of the first statement, it is male , not female.
Not being of Spanish heritage. (as per Conchita).
The Miracle is in April, so must the feast day.
Feast day must fall between the 8th-16th.
His feast day will coincide with an Ecclesiastical event in the church.
Since the " Miracle Saint" information came about in 1963, it would have to be the Traditional Latin Mass schedule. The Novus Ordo didn't start until 1965. ( It is possible that his name did not appear on the calendar in 1963,so that complicates things. Saints feast days do move)
The “Chastisement “& 3 Days of Darkness
Glenn Hudson
Many people as me to compare the prophecy of the "Three Days of Darkness"attributed to the late mystic, Blessed Anna Maria Taigi, (and some other seers) and the “CHASTISEMENT” mentioned at Garabandal. (The term "3 days" was NEVER used in Garabandal.)
We have only one descriptive statement from Conchita as to one aspect of the event, and one from Mai Loli, whereas Blessed Anna's is more detailed and descriptive. They do same one common theme of “ FIRE”. Here is Conchita's statement on what the Blessed Mother allowed her to say about the "Chastisement" :
In his book THE APPARITIONS OF GARABANDAL, Francisco Sanchez-Venture y Pascual includes the following note written by Conchita 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. I do not know how much time will elapse between the Miracle and the Chastisement.”
On the feast of the Holy Rosary, October 7, 1962, Maria Herrero de Gallardo was in Garabandal and took the occasion to question Mari Loli about the visions of June 19-20, 1962 (the Nights of the Screams), and what she and the other visionaries could possibly have seen to cause them to cry out in such a terrifying manner. Sefiora Herrero reported: "Oh!" exclaimed the girl. "That was horrible to see. We were really frightened, and I know no words that could explain it. We saw rivers change into blood.... Fire fell from the sky.... And something much worse still, which I'm not able to reveal now." From : (SHE WENT IN HASTE TO THE MOUNTAIN)
"The wind will howl and roar. Lightning and thunderbolts of an unprecedented magnitude will strike the earth. The whole earth will shake, heavenly bodies will be disturbed (this will be the beginning of the Three Days). Every Demon, every evil spirit will be released from hell and allowed to roam the earth. Terrifying apparitions will take place. Many will die from sheer fright. Fire will rain forth from the sky, all large cities will be destroyed, poisonous gases will fill the air, cries and lamentations everywhere. The unbelievers will burn in the open like withered grass. The entire earth will be afflicted; it will look like a huge graveyard.
"After the three days of darkness, St. Peter and St. Paul, having come down from Heaven, will preach in the whole world and designate a new Pope. A great light will flash from their bodies and will settle upon the cardinal who is to become Pope. Christianity, then, will spread throughout the world. He is the Holy Pontiff, chosen by God to withstand the storm. At the end, he will have the gift of miracles, and his name shall be praised over the whole earth. Whole nations will come back to the Church and the face of the earth will be renewed. Russia, England, and China will come into the Church." (Prophecy of Blessed Anna Maria Taigi [1769-1837 A.D.] who was Beatified by Bendedict XV in 1920.)
"My dear daughter, listen well to what I have to say to you. You will inform your superior."After a short silence:
"As I told you, if men do not repent and better themselves, the Father will inflict a terrible punishment on all humanity. It will be a punishment greater than the deluge, such as one will never seen before. Fire will fall from the sky and will wipe out a great part of humanity, the good as well as the bad, sparing neither priests nor faithful. The survivors will find themselves so desolate that they will envy the dead. The only arms which will remain for you will be the Rosary and the Sign left by My Son. Each day recite the prayers of the Rosary. With the Rosary, pray for the Pope, the bishops and priests."
BLESSED SR. ELENA AIELLO “Once there was the chastisement by water, but if there is not a returning to God, there will come the chastisement by fire, which will cover the streets of the world with blood.”The 3 days of darkness scriptural details in different places throughout the bible.
Biblical references Isaiah 13:[9] Behold, the day of the Lord shall come, a cruel day, and full of indignation, and of wrath, and fury, to lay the land desolate, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it. [10] For the stars of heaven, and their brightness shall not display their light: the sun shall be darkened in his rising, and the moon shall not shine with her light.
Isaiah 26: 20 Go, my people, enter into thy chambers, shut thy doors upon thee, hide thyself a little for a moment, until the indignation pass away. [21] For behold the Lord will come out of his place, to visit the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth against him: and the earth Acts 19 (quoting from the book of Joel) [9] Behold, the day of the Lord shall come, a cruel day, and full of indignation, and of wrath, and fury, to lay the land desolate, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it. [10] For the stars of heaven, and their brightness shall not display their light: the sun shall be darkened in his rising, and the moon shall not shine with her light. For the stars of heaven, and their brightness shall not display their light: the sun shall be darkened in his rising, and the moon shall not shine with her light. Mathew 24: [29] And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall be moved: [30] And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all tribes of the earth mourn: and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with much power and majesty.
Revelation 9:2 He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit.
Revelation 16:9, : "And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory." ... So they blasphemed the name of God, who has the power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory."
Jeremiah 4:28 “For this the earth shall mourn and the heavens above be dark, Because I have spoken, I have purposed, And I will not change My mind, nor will I turn from it.”
Amos 8:9 “It will come about in that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “That I will make the sun go down at noon and make the earth dark in broad daylight.”
Matthew 24:29 “But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give it’s light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.”
Acts 2:20 The sun will become dark, and the moon turn to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.
Zechariah 13:8
8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
WARNING & MIRACLE , SAME YEAR
GLENN HUDSON·SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2021·
July 27, 1975 Mari Loli “Needles” magazine Interview
Q. You have said that you know the year of the Warning. Can you tell us if it will occur in the next few years or is it still in the distant future?
A. No. I can't say anything.
Q. Did the Blessed Mother tell you not to speak about the Warning?
A. No, she didn't , but, because the Warning and the Miracle are within the same year, I feel it inside not to say anything.
Q. How do you know the Warning and the Miracle are within the same year"
A. During an apparition-I don't remember just when- the Blessed Virgin told me.
This interview has been published again in “Garabandal International” magazine October-December 2004
In the late 1980´s or early 1990´s, two Priests, whom I knew personally at that time, visited Mari Loli in Massachusetts. On their return one of the Priests told me that Mari Loli disclosed to them, when they were leaving, that the Warning would be in an even-numbered year.
Several years later I asked the same Priest if Mari Loli said even numbered year. He said, "Yes". I have also read about or heard the same from other sources, which I do not recall now.
In another situation, I was told by a man in Massachussets, who knows the Pastor of the Church that Mari Loli attended, that Mari Loli was speaking to her Pastor in Massachusetts one day, after he came to know about her relation with Garabandal, and told him that she could not remember
whether the Blessed Virgin told her that it was 3 weeks or 3 months that the Warning would precede the Miracle. That would confirm that the Warning and Miracle are in the same year, as she said in her July 27, 1975 publicized interview. I take the same year to be the same calendar year.
Fiat,
Thomas Fahy
3-20-15
CONCHITA ON THE “WARNING”
Glenn Hudson
SPRING 1974 NEEDLES MAGAZINE: Interview with Conchita
Conchita — January 1, 1965 "The Blessed Virgin told me (during a two-hour apparition at the pines January 1, 1965) that the warning would be given to the entire world before the miracle in order that the world might amend itself. It will come directly from God and be visible throughout the entire world. No one can escape it. We will feel it bodily and interiorly. "The warning is like a chastisement, a terrifying thing for the good as well as for the wicked. It will be like a revelation of our sins. We shall see the consequences of the sins we have committed. God will send the warning to purify us so that we may better appreciate the miracle by which He clearly proves His love for us and hence His desire that we fulfill the message. The warning will draw the good closer to God and it will warn the wicked that the end of time is coming. It will be like fire. It will not burn our flesh but we will feel it bodily and interiorly.”
We must allow that Conchita gropes for human words, admittedly inadequate, to convey her understanding of the nature of the warning. In fact, she said that the warning would be “like” fire; she did not say that it would be fire. To Conchita, there are two things that the warning and the fire have in common: they can be “seen” and “felt,” and they are “very terrifying.” Hence her use of the words: “like fire.” In this same context — an attempt to make identifiable comparisons — I submit that the warning is “like (our understanding of) Purgatory.” Based on the doctrine of the Church, we understand Purgatory to be a place or condition of purification, wherein we are made clean — prepared, so to speak — to behold the Beatific Vision. We accept that some sort of suffering is necessary to this purifying process, a suffering that prevails but does not destroy. All of this can be likened to the warning, which “will purify us for the miracle,” which will be “like a chastisement” in that we will suffer; and which we will endure “bodily and interiorly” but which will not destroy us. To extend this a little more, the soul in Purgatory, having stood before God in judgment, now exists in the light of truth. With perfect clarity, he understands the extent and consequences of his sins. Similarly, “the warning will be like a revelation of our sins.” We shall see the consequences of the sins we have committed. This likening of the Garabandal warning to Purgatory is my own entirely; in no way has Purgatory been mentioned in connection with the warning either by Our Lady or the visionaries. And I make the comparison only to underscore the magnitude and power of the warning: “Like” Purgatory, it will be a revelation of our sins, a severe but thoroughly just suffering, a no-turning-back, purifying confrontation with truth for each of us.
Conchita Gonzalez — January 2, 1965 "This warning, like the chastisement, is a very fearful thing for the good as well as the wicked. It will draw the good closer to God and it will warn the wicked that the end of time [not to be confused with the end of the world] is coming and that these are the last warnings. No one can stop it from happening. It is certain, although I know nothing of the day or the date. "The warning will be like a revelation of our sins, and it will be seen and experienced equally by believers and non-believers and people of any religion whatsoever. Each person on earth will have an interior experience of how they stand in the light of God's Justice. It is like a purification for the miracle. And it is like 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 will be recognized and accepted by the world. "Jesus will send the warning to purify us so that we may better appreciate the miracle by which he clearly proves his love for us and hence his desire that we see the consequences of the sins we have committed. I think that those who do not despair will experience great good from it for their sanctification. "The warning is something supernatural and will not be explained by science. It will be seen and experienced by all men all over the world and will be a direct work of God. It will be very awesome. However, if men die from it, it will be only from the emotional shock of seeing it. It will be a correction of the conscience of the world. Those who do not know Christ (non-Christians) will believe it is a warning from God."
1. She Went in Haste to the Mountain by Eusebio García de Pesquera O.F.M.
The monumental classic trilogy known as the "Bible of Garabandal".
Translated from the Spanish
Book I , Book II , Book III
2. Conchita's Diary by Father Gustavo Morelos
Translated from the Spanish
3. Memoirs of a Spanish Country Priest by Father José Ramon Garcia de la Riva
Visits to Garabandal from 1961 to 1968
Translated from the French and Spanish
4. Miracle at Garabandal by Harry Daley
“This is a beautiful book.” —Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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