We approach Holy Week with this continuing series on the prophecies from Garabandal, Spain where the Blessed Mother appeared to four (not three as I erroneously wrote earlier) visionaries from 1961 to 1965, with prophecies on a warning, a miracle and a conditional chastisement.
This part focuses also on the warning, but the interviewee was yet another Garabandal visionary Jacinta Gonzalez. The interviews were done at different dates.
August 17, 1975
Q. Did Our Lady ever speak to you about the Warning?
A. Yes, she spoke to me about it but she never told me the year…
February, 1977
Q. Can you tell us what the Warning will be like?
A. The Warning is something that is first seen in the air everywhere in the world and immediately is transmitted into the interior of our souls. It will last for a very little time, but it will seem a very long time because of its effect within us.
It will be for the good of our souls, in order to see in ourselves our conscience, the good (1) and the bad that we’ve done. Then we’ll feel a great love toward our heavenly parents and ask forgiveness for all our offences.
Q. Will the Warning be felt by all people regardless of their beliefs?
A. The Warning is for everybody because God wants our salvation. The Warning is for us to draw closer to Him and to increase our faith. Therefore, one should prepare for that day, but not awaiting it with fear because God doesn’t send things for the sake of fear but rather with justice and love and He does it for the good of all His children that they might enjoy eternal happiness and not be lost.
August, 1979
Q. Do you recall anything about a great tribulation, communism…?
A. Yes, it was an invasion, well, something that was a great evil in which communism played a great part, but I no longer remember which countries or what region was stricken. The Blessed Virgin insisted in telling us to pray (that it be averted). These diffi cult events will take place before the Warning because the Warning itself will take place when the situation will be at its worst.
April 16, 1983
Q. In the 1979 interview (above), you said in describing the communist tribulation that “it was like an invasion.” Did you see scenes of this invasion?
A. Sometimes I confuse an invasion with a persecution.
Q. You have also said that when things were at their very worst then the Warning will happen. How do you know this? Did the Virgin tell you or did you see it in a vision?
A. The Virgin said that the Warning would come when conditions were at their worst. It wouldn’t be just the persecution either because many people will no longer be practising their religion.
Q. When the Warning comes it will be seen and felt by everyone on earth. Does this include little children who have not yet reached the age of reason?
A. Yes. That’s why we felt sorry for them because it was such a terrifying experience.
Q. Can you tell us anything about what the world will be like when the Warning comes?
A. Bad.
The fourth part of this series will give interviews of three visionaries on the promised miracle which the Blessed Mother said would occur within one year after the Warning.
I am now also doing some research on Joey Lomangino who continues to play an important role in the Garabandal phenomenon. On Oct. 5 last year, he marked his 83rd birthday. His age should give us a rough idea on when the Warning would occur.
