The Miracle will take place at the grove of the nine pine trees. It will occur on a Thursday evening at 8:30 on or between the 8th and 16th of March, April or May. Conchita knows the date and will announce it 8 days in advance. It will be on the feast day of a young martyr and will coincide with a great ecclesiastical event in the Church.

All those either in the village or on the surrounding mountains will see it and the Pope will see it from wherever he is. The sick who are present will be cured, sinners will be converted and the incredulous will believe. It will be the greatest miracle that Jesus will have ever performed for the world. As a result of the Miracle, Russia will be converted. After the Miracle, a permanent, visible, supernatural sign will remain at the Pines until the end of time.

If after the Miracle the world still does not change, then God will send the chastisement. It will be far worse than anything man could bring upon himself. It will be in keeping with what he deserves for his crimes.

"Why is the Miracle coming? To convert many people?"
He answered, "To convert the whole world."
"Will Russia be converted?"
"It also will be converted; and so everyone will love Our Hearts."

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The Second Message
On January 1, 1965, Conchita saw the Blessed Virgin at the Pines. During this apparition the Virgin told the teenager that because the world has not paid any attention to her first message, she would give a second and last one to be delivered on her behalf by Saint Michael the Archangel on June 18, 1965.

When the day arrived, thousands of people filled the village to witness Conchita's ecstasy and learn of the Virgin's message. Late at night, Conchita went into ecstasy. Saint Michael then gave her the Blessed Virgin's final message . . .

"As my Message of October eighteenth [1961] has not been complied with and has not been made known to the world, I am advising you that this is the last one.

Before the cup was filling up. Now it is flowing over.

Many cardinals, many bishops and many priests are on the road to perdition and are taking many souls with them.

Less and less importance is being given to the Eucharist.

You should turn the wrath of God away from yourselves by your efforts. If you ask His forgiveness with sincere hearts He will pardon you.

I your mother, through the intercession of Saint Michael the Archangel, ask you to amend your lives.

You are now receiving the last warnings.

I love you very much and do not want your condemnation.

Pray to Us with sincerity and We will grant your requests.

You should make more sacrifices. Think about the passion of Jesus."

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The Last Apparition at Garabandal
November 13, 1965, was a day mixed with joy and sadness for Conchita. The Virgin appeared with her Child to the teenager but it was to be for the last time at Garabandal. As Mary had already indicated this was to be a special apparition for kissing religious objects and Conchita had many with her.

After kissing the articles, the Virgin said: 'Through the kiss I have bestowed on these objects, my Son will perform prodigies. Distribute them to others. Talk to me, Conchita, talk to me about my children. I hold them all beneath my mantle. This will be the last time you will see me here but I shall always be with you and with all my children.

Conchita, why don't you go and visit my Son in the tabernacle? He waits for you night and day." Conchita said to the Virgin, "I am so happy when I see both of you. Why don't you take me now to heaven with you?" She replied, "Remember what I told you on your patronal feast day? When you present yourself before God, your hands must be filled with good deeds done for your brothers and for His glory. At the present time, your hands are empty."

It was all over. The happy moments when Conchita had been with her heavenly Mother and the Child Jesus had passed although she still felt Their presence. She said, 'They have left my soul filled with peace and joy and a great desire to overcome my faults and to love with all my strength the Hearts of Jesus and Mary who love us so much."

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The View of Medical Science
And what does medical science have to say about the Garabandal events? More than 40 doctors examined the girls at different times.

Pediatrician Dr. Celestino Ortiz studied them for 22 consecutive days. Outside of ecstasy, he found them to be normal and well balanced. And of their ecstasies he said, "To keep silent would be true scientific cowardice. We do not find any convincing explanation for such phenomena."

Dr. Ricardo Puncernau was an internationally known neuropsychiatrist right at the top of his profession. He performed the most extensive series of tests on the girls over a 12 day period. His conclusions? The quantity and the quality of the phenomena ruled out any natural explanation. He said, "From a strictly scientific point of view, one cannot deny the possibility of a supernatural cause in all these phenomena."

Another prominent psychiatrist connected with the events was Dr. Luis Morales. In 1961 he had his own clinic in Santander and the Bishop appointed him chief medical examiner of a commission formed to study the reported apparitions. At the time, he did not believe the events to be of supernatural origin.

Later, this same Dr. Morales made headlines when he reversed his original position. On May 30, 1983, he gave a public lecture with the Bishop's permission in Santander's largest conference hall. To the overflow crowd he gave his reasons why he believed the Garabandal apparitions were genuine.

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The Church's View
The Church has always taken the events of Garabandal seriously. Principal visionary, Conchita Gonzalez, twice has been summoned to Rome. The first time was in January, 1966, when she was called there by Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani, prefect of the Holy Office (now called the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) where she was interrogated by members of the Holy Office. It was during this trip that she was received by His Holiness Pope Paul VI in a private audience. And it is an incontrovertible fact that he told the visionary, "I bless you and with me the whole Church blesses you."

It was also during this trip to Italy for Conchita that she went to San Giovanni Rotondo where she was warmly received by Padre Pio.

In December, 1967, Conchita was again summoned to Rome this time by Cardinal Franjo Seper, who succeeded Cardinal Ottaviani as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and she made the journey in February, 1968. Little is known of what transpired because Conchita was not permitted to speak about it, however, the fact that she was there from the fifth to the nineteenth indicates its significance.

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