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Message was sent by email the week of June 18. If you are registered
to JUNE
18, 1965-JUNE 18, 2005 Forty
years ago I was a witness for the Second Message of Garabandal on
June 18, l965. I had previously visited the village and was trying
to spread the Message and the story of Padre Pio in New York with
my book of photographs and Braille captions when I received a letter
at home from Conchita telling me to come to the village for the
Second Message. Conchita alone received the Message, it was read
to the crowd, and this is what I heard: I left Garabandal determined to do even more to spread Our Lady’s Message. I met priests with courage and devotion who assisted me through the first tough years and remained life-long friends. I believe, as they did, that the Message of Garabandal was for the whole world. Spreading the Message has, for all these many years, been a joy and a suffering. The words were too hard for many to hear, especially among the clergy. But the thousands worldwide who accepted and who spread the Message as Our Lady requested, saw real conversions and a deepening of their faith. Like the Story of the Pearl (www.garabandal.us/gara_pearl.htm), once they had received the grace they couldn’t stop. Many who worked with me have since gone on to their eternal reward. Others have taken their place and continue the work. From that time, in America in the l960’s, we have seen the return of devotion to the Blessed Mother and the rosary and more recently the return of devotion to the Eucharist and Eucharistic adoration. John Paul II in his final years gave us the Luminous Mysteries, declared the Year of the Rosary and the Year of the Eucharist, stating in his great encyclical that the Eucharist is the “Source and Summit” of Christian life. His words seem to strongly echo the theme of the importance of the Eucharist in the Message of Garabandal. With the death of Pope John Paul II and the “change of the era”, we now look to Pope Benedict XVI to continue the work of his predecessor in fostering Eucharistic adoration, Marian devotion, working for the unity of the churches and strengthening the priesthood. We pledge him our loyalty and obedience and ask everyone to join us in union of prayer for him each day. + THE MESSAGE CONTINUES TO SPREAD Instant internet communication at the time of the death of Pope John Paul II showed the value of our website for future Garabandal Events. In response to the need for clarification of the prophecy of the three popes, over 1.3 million hits registered on the Prophecies page in the first weeks of April. Fr. Turner’s article on that page “John Paul II- Is He the Last Pope?” taken from the l979 back issue of GARABANDAL Magazine, helped to alleviate the confusion. The video, After the Visions, was downloaded continuously. The New York Center was flooded with emails. The classic books, Our Lady Comes to Garabandal by Father Pelletier and She Went in Haste to the Mountain by Eusebio Garcia de Pesquera, O.F.M., CAP, were accessed for research purposes daily. For this reason, attempts to update or edit these books are misguided. These classics have passed the test of time. Written by priest-scholars, aided by the young visionaries themselves and witnesses present for the apparitions, their work cannot be posthumously revised or rewritten. Our website assures instantaneous access to these original books, articles and photographs for personal use without a fee or subscription. We will continue to issue information by email as the need arises. New centers are opening. We heard by email from a diocese of 1,000 Catholics in Izkuk, Turkey with requests for medals, rosaries, Message videos, holy cards and books. Mission rosaries, generously donated to the New York Center, went to Pakistan and Brazil. Message videos and holy cards in Ukrainian were shipped to two major cities and a seminary in the Ukraine. Leaflets and holy cards in Tagalog went to the Philippine Islands. Message videos in Cantonese continue to enter China by courier each month. Garabandal books were mailed to U.S. prisons. Polish Message videos and holy cards were distributed to immigrant communities on Long Island, New York. Project Africa: Certainly Christian Africans know the meaning of sacrifice and penance. Once again this summer we will be shipping Garabandal packages into many parts of Africa. Over two hundred priests and laypeople wait for these supplies. Religious materials are scarce and in some areas the only religious materials received gratis are from the Workers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in New York. Priests who receive these packages express their gratitude in Masses offered on the 18th of the month for Workers and benefactors. Last summer, we asked the priests to write back and tell us the particular month they could offer a Mass. This year, Masses will be said on the 18th of every month by African priests. Our Lady’s Kiss: The use of the Kissed Objects has increased and graces and conversions continue to be reported by email. It was the request of the Blessed Mother to have her Kiss distributed. Medals received from the New York Center today contain a small piece of Conchita’s missal kissed by Our Lady during the apparitions. The Promises made by Our Blessed Mother and the Message of Garabandal are printed on the folder holding the medal. Requests by post or email for Kissed Objects will be honored until the supply is exhausted. Please remember to include your address and zip code with your request. Forty years have passed since that day in 1965 in the village of Garabandal. Padre Pio is now Saint Pio. Conchita is a grandmother and I will be 75 years old in October. From time to time, I receive emails from people anxious about the date of the the Miracle. I want to assure you that I understand, and remain confident that on the day of the Miracle I will get my new eyes and as Our Lady said, “They will be for the Glory of God”. Until then we wait and pray and look forward to the coming Events of Garabandal. In union with your prayers and support, we hope to continue to spread Our Lady’s Message throughout the world.
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