In the Garabandal apparitions in Spain in the 1960’s, the Blessed Mother seemed categorical about two of three events an unrepentant world is headed to, namely, the Warning and the Miracle. Some even say the Warning might just happen in this year. The third prophesied event was the Chastisement, a punishment that will make Noah-era deluge a puny rehearsal.
It seems this has also become inevitable, but its magnitude can still be lessened, depending on the response to the Blessed Mother’s call for prayers, return to God, sacrifi ces, fasting, reception of the sacrament of Eucharist.
I, and many other people, find Garabandal credible. In his time, Pope Paul VI gave his blessings to Conchita Gonzalez, one of the Garabandal visionaries. In his earthly lifetime, Padre Pio also confirmed that the Blessed Virgin was indeed appearing in Garabandal. The Catholic Church, though, has not pronounced judgement on the apparitions.
Anyway, I am again fl oating interest in Garabandal, because I am convinced that its messages, nay, warnings have become most timely. I am anticipating the warning to happen, even as a large part of the world, as expected, is going about its businesses and leisures because “time is short” amid the fashionable gospel “love yourself.” Unlike in the time of Noah, people will be warned – the Warning as foretold in Garabandal.
Let’s read visionary Conchita in her own words: “The warning comes directly from God and will be visible to the whole world and from any place where anyone may happen to be. It will be like the revelation of our sins and it will be seen and felt by everyone, believer and unbeliever alike irrespective of whatever religion he may belong to. It will be seen and felt in all parts of the world and by every person.
Conchita also said: “It will happen in the sky, no one can prevent it from happening. We will even prefer to be dead rather than to pass through this Warning. It will not kill us. It will be a ‘correction’ of our conscience. It will cause great fear and will make us reflect within ourselves on the consequences of our own personal sins. It will be like a warning of the punishment to come. In this way the world will be offered a means of purification to prepare itself for the extraordinary grace of the Great Miracle.”
In Avola, Italy in our days, the Blessed Mother was also said to have appeared to Giuseppe Auricchia in 1990 and cited the Warning.
The following were the alleged words of the Mother of God: “There will come a day when you will see two stars clashing in the sky and the letter A at the side of them. This phenomenon will fill men with horror and will be seen and felt all over the world… Each one of you will receive a sign, a grace or a punishment, which is called a warning. At that moment, all of you will sense you are alone. Wherever you may be, you will feel alone with your conscience. God alone will be before you. Each of you will see your own sins and each of you will necessarily react in a different manner. This will depend on your conscience. What is important is that you recognize your own sins and their evil consequences. You will experience an interior sentiment of sorrow and pain for having off ended God… You will feel no physical pain and unless you have a stroke, you will not die because of the event… I tell you, at that moment everything will stop, and the human race will come back to itself and will examine itself interiorly. There will reign a great silence and emptiness. …Thus, I invite you in earnest to give yourself to prayer, to penance, to fasting and to the recitation of the Rosary.”
