GARABANDAL, SPAIN (1960's)

        Four young girls in Spain, Conchitta Gonzalez, age 12; Jacinta Gonzalez age 12; Mary Cruz Gonzalez, age 11; Mari-Loli Mazon, age 12; were visited by a vision who called himself Michael the archangel eight times in twelve days. Believers see this set of apparitions as a link between Fatima and Medjugorje.

        When the apparition gave the farewell to Sister Lucy in 1917, it used these words:  'Goodbye till San Sebastian of Spain.'   Since that time, over 300 apparitions have been reported to the Vatican.

        One of the most significant of these apparitions took place at San Sebastian de Garabandal,   Spain, from 1961 to 1965.   The messages of Garabandal contains prophecies of supernatural events that will affect the entire world.

        On June 18, 1965, a message was received that said: "...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."   The article went on to say that "one does not have to look too far to see that these prophetic words of Our Lady are now being fulfilled, and this was 30 years ago."   The prophecies of Garabandal told that four of the greatest supernatural events in the history of mankind are about to take place:

1)  A   WORLD-WIDE WARNING:

       It will come from God and it will be experienced by everyone in the world. It would be given to the entire world before the miracle in order that the world might amend itself. It will come directly from God,   says the apparition and be visible throughout the entire world. (Scripture calls it the "loud cry" and describes it in Rev 14:6-12, but this is not the warning message the vision is talking about.)

        On June 2, 1965, Conchita wrote: "The warning, like the chastisement, is a fearful thing for the good as well as the wicked. It will draw the good closer to God and warn the wicked that the end of time is coming.   These are the last warnings," she was told.   She believes that after these warnings occur, we will be near the end of time.

        Each person on earth will have an interior experience of how they stand in the light of God's justice. Mari-Loli, who knows the year of the warning said, "We will see it and feel it within ourselves and it will be most clear that it comes from God."

        Jacinta commenting about this event said: "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 upon us. It will be for the good of our souls, in order to see in ourselves our conscience...The warning is for us to draw closer to Him and increase our faith...."

2) A GREAT MIRACLE:

       God will perform the greatest miracle of all time. This miracle is supposed to occur above the grove of the pine trees at Garabandal on a Thursday evening at 8:30 PM between the 8th and 16th of April.   The miracle is supposed to coincide with an important event in the church and on the feast day of a martyr of the Eucharist [a Catholic martyr]. Everyone in the village and on the surrounding mountains will see it. The sick who are present will be cured.   Sinners and nonbelievers will be converted. It will be possible to photograph and televise this event.

        Russia is supposed to be converted after the miracle. This is the event that Conchita must announce eight days in advance.   Her diary states that the pope will see this miracle from wherever he is in the world at that time.   According to Mari-Loli, the miracle will take place within one year after the warning mentioned above.   The apparition told her a time would come when it would look like the church was finished, when priests would have difficulty saying mass and talking about holy things.

        When she asked how this would happen, she was told it would be Communism. As discussed above, miracles are not a test of truth,   for the evil ones can work miracles very well.   (See Ex 7:11,12,22; 8:7,18,19 for contest of miracles between Moses and of the court magicians of Egypt.)

A PERMANENT SIGN:

        After the great miracle, a sign, something that has never been seen before upon the earth will remain forever in the 'pines'  of Garabandal where the apparition first appeared. It will be able to be photographed and televised, but no one will be able to touch it. This is without Scriptural precedent.

THE CHASTISEMENT:

        A punishment that is conditional upon the response of mankind to these messages. If people do not change after the warning and miracle, God will send the chastisement. In describing what she saw, Mari-Loli said, "It would be worse than having fire on top of us - fire underneath us and fire all around us." She saw people throwing themselves into the sea, but instead of putting the fire out, it seemed to make them burn more.   This sounds like the Fatima vision of hell fire. It is similar to the lake of fire in Rev 20:10 which comes 1,000 years AFTER Jesus comes in glory.

        Asked when these events will occur, Mari-Loli responded that she knows the year of the warning. She said that the warning will occur within one year before the miracle. Conchita, the oldest visionary, knows when the miracle will occur.   The apparition told her that she must announce the date eight days before the miracle is to occur. Conchita is approximately 43 years old as of this writing and the warning and miracle must take place in her lifetime.
In order to avoid this punishing disaster the apparition said "Peace in the world is in a state of crisis," and that reconciliation and conversion was necessary. The lying spirit went on to say that a visible sign would be left for all to see in Medjugorje,   and that the time preceding the visible sign is a period of grace, conversion, and a deepening of faith (in the messages of the apparition and the Catholic faith).

        She said the way to do this is to recite the Creed, which is the formula of faith.  All should pray more and better, and devote more time to their prayers, saying them more meaningfully and devoutly; or as the apparition put it, to 'pray with the heart.'   It stressed the value of Scripture reading, and group prayer, especially that which centers on the Mass and Eucharist devotions.

       Everyone is encouraged to say the rosary. (These spiritual exercises are without Bible backing, and that is why we say with certainty that these messages too are from a lying spirit. We could not agree more with the statement that men must draw closer to God and reform their lives, but this is accomplished by prayer and the working of the Holy Spirit in the heart to bring conviction and love for God. repentance, and reformation by obedience to God's law, the ten commandments.

        Peace is to follow from doing the preceding as a gift and a reward.    This apparition wants June 25 to be dedicated to herself as 'Queen of Peace.'   Peace and reconciliation go hand in hand.   It must be with God first and foremost, leading to peace of conscience and peace with the interior world of self. Peace, the carrier and agent of reconciliation, must reach out to the world around - all the way to every level of national life and to the war threatened international order itself. (Again we agree with peace and reconciliation to God, but the vision means peace and reconciliation to the church of Rome, and Mary the Queen of Heaven.)

       Finally there comes fasting. The apparition reminded the visionaries that all penance and mortification are sanctifying and draw special favors from God. The people are invited to fast twice a week on Wednesday and Friday.   (Fast is helpful in the spiritual life, but we know of no Scripture that indicates one day superior to another.)

        Thus the enemy has laid out his plan for converting the world to worship him in his guise as God. In his plan there is some truth. He uses words familiar to God's people in order to lull them into sleepy belief. They must be very alert, both to the teachings behind the words, and to the Scripture, which alone is the validation of teachings. Any other gospel is the gospel of Satan, who would like us to think he is our Saviour.

        Again we point out that the peace these messages refer to is a political, earthly peace to escape tribulation. Jeremiah said that in the last days everyone would be saying "Peace! Peace! But there is no peace" (Jer 6:14; 8:11). Peace is one of the prophecies of a false prophet. Jesus Himself (Matt 10:14) said "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth; I come not to send peace,   but a sword."

MEDJUGORJE, (FORMER) YUGOSLOVIA, 1991

        "From War-torn eastern Europe, on August 25, 1991 the apparition sent this message: 'I call you, dear children, to grasp the importance of my coming and the seriousness of the situation.'"   The introduction to the Medjugorje appearances at first seems certainly true.   The spiritual situation for all earth is grave, extremely serious. However, the Bible gives NO importance to the coming of Mary, and all importance to the coming of Jesus. The spirit of pride and self importance has arisen in the very first sentence: "grasp the importance of my coming."   This kind of proud talk (from one who is dead) originates only in the heart of God's enemy.

        "The apparitions at Medjugorje were seen by six children, Marija Dragicevic Soldo, Ivanka Ivankovic Elex, Jacov Colo, Vicka Ivankovic, Ivan Dragicevic, and Marija Pavlovic.   They are looked upon as a direct fulfillment of the prophecy about the communists conversion first told at Fatima in 1917. Fulfillment began when Poland was freed from communism in the late 1980's.   When Pope John Paul II was thanked for helping in this, he replied, "No, not me, but by the works of the blessed virgin, according to her affirmations at Fatima and Medugorje."   One year later, just three days after a failed coup attempt to reestablish hard-line communist rule in Russia, their testimonies were confirmed by the apparition on August 25,1991.

        "Dear children!   Today also, I invite you to pray, now as never before, when my plan has begun to be realized. Satan is strong and wants to sweep away plans of peace and joy and make you think that my Son is not strong in His decisions.  Therefore, I call all of you, dear children, to pray and fast still more firmly. I invite you to renunciation for nine days so that with your help, everything I wanted to realize through the secrets I began in Fatima may be fulfilled. I call you, dear children,   to grasp the importance of my coming and the seriousness of the situation. I want to save all souls and present them to God. Therefore, let us pray that everything I have begun be fully realized. Thank you for having responded to my call."

        In the second message the spirit of pride is even more evident: "my plan."   The plan of salvation was established before the earth was created, thousands of years before Mary was born. (1 Pet 1:19.20; Rev 13:8)   "Satan is strong..." is a smokescreen to divert attention from a critical examination of Mary to agreement with her, for this statement is true,   and everyone agrees with it. Diversion and agreement are techniques of mind control.

        "I call...", "I wanted...", "I began...", "my coming...", "I want to save all souls and present them to God..." - Here we must pause in this proud litany and remind the reader that Mary cannot save; she is not ever our Saviour, and she does not present us to God. (Jude 24,25; 1Pet 1:5; Eph 3:20)   On the point of "renunciation for nine days" - what are we to renounce? Is it sin? If so, why limit it to a mere nine days when Scripture calls for a LIFE of sacrifice, prayer, holiness, and sanctification? (Ps 51:17; Lev 19:2,3)   A renunciation of sin that leads to salvation is never temporary or transient. It is permanent and abiding or it is a worthless veneer which will be peeled away in the judgment.

        "Just prior to the attempted coup in Russia the message included a warning: '...At this time, peace is threatened in a special way and I am seeking from you to renew fasting and prayer in your families. Dear children, I desire you to grasp the seriousness of the situation and that much of what will happen depends on your prayers...'

        "After the coup attempting to reestablish communism in Russia had failed on August 22nd, the Feast of the Queen ship of Mary - Mikhail Gorbachev declared 'Stalinist communism is dead and, I would add, thank God,' and Russian President Boris Yeltsin was inviting Christians in America to come and teach in the public schools of Russia, because 'Our youth need to learn about God!'

        "Four years earlier Czechoslovakian Bishop, Paolo Hnilica, S.J., ordained priest and bishop, while a prisoner in a communist concentration camp, wrote about the importance of Fatima and its fulfillment through the apparition's call from Medjugorje.

        "In October 1990 Bishop Hnilica escorted the Medjugorje visionary Marija Pavlovic to Moscow, where the apparition appeared to her several times,   and before leaving Russia, gave an October 1990 message to the world:   "'Dear children, today I call you to pray in a special way and to offer up sacrifices and good deeds for peace which comes from God.  Therefore,   dear children, pray in a special way with me for peace. I am with you and I desire to help you with my prayers and I desire to guide you on the path of peace. I bless you with my motherly blessing.  Do not forget to live the messages of peace.   Thank you for having responded to my call.'

        "On July 31, 1985 Msgr. Francesco Colasuonno, representative of the Holy See in Russia made the statement that 'Medjugorje represents the event of the century!'   This message of peace has been understood by the world to be a political peace, but Scripture clearly tells the saints to expect war. (Rev 13:4,5,7)  "And they worshipped the dragon (Satan) which gave power unto the beast (a religio-political world power that rules the world in the last days): and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast?   Who is able to make war with him?   "And   there   was given unto him a mouth speaking great things   and blasphemies" (like saying Mary has the power to save) ..."and it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them..."

        It is very clear that the saints who do not worship this dragon - powered beast will be at war and probably taken captive or worse.... "They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword,   they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented."... (Heb 12:2)

        Whoever teaches that God's children will have peace in the world is teaching a lie, for Jesus Himself said, "In the world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." Luke 16:33   Scripture does tell us to have peace, but it is the inner peace that Jesus gives, through the presence of His Holy Spirit (Jn 14:16,17), the peace that surpasses understanding - Peace when imprisoned, love when hated, joy when suffering for Christ's sake - Peace that comes from confidence that God has you and all other things in His ultimate control - Peace that comes from trusting God unto death. "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." (Jn 14:27)

        On September 25, 1991, at Medjugorje, the apparition warned:   "'Dear children,   today in a special way I invite you all to prayer and renunciation.  For now as never before Satan wants to show the world his shameful face by which he wants to seduce as many people as possible on the way of death and sin.   Therefore, dear children, help my immaculate heart to triumph...'

        "This call underscored the promise given 74 years earlier at Fatima, 'In the end my immaculate heart will triumph.' "Catholics see the conversion of Russia as a great fulfillment of the vision given at Fatima, and a victory for the apparition (which they believe is Mary but who is really a devilish impersonator), due directly to his miracle working power.   "Bishop Hnilica said: 'Today Mary is mobilizing her generation.  Her primary task is set out in the Bible, in the Old Testament: "I will set enmity between you and the woman, between your offspring and her offspring"

        "...In the year 1917 Satan challenged God as never before in history, to an open battle through the Russian Revolution. And Mary - this was her task - accepted this challenge; she took up the gauntlet. And her triumph, which she foretold at Fatima, is God's triumph, the mercy of God.... This concerns Mary's honor, her credibility, that we all intercede consciously for this triumph of Mary. This will be the greatest victory of all time.'   "Help my immaculate heart to triumph."

        Scripture teaches that all men have sinned, including Mary. Her heart is no more immaculate than any other believer's -   he or she has been cleansed by the blood of Jesus and sanctified by the indwelling Holy Spirit.

        Here again we see the proud blasphemy of one who claims victory when he/she has no right to. It is not Mary's victory but Jesus'. "But thanks be to God who giveth us the VICTORY through our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Cor 15:57)   "Without me (Jesus) ye can do nothing." (Jn 15:5) "Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in heaven and in the earth is thine: thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all." (1 Chron 29:11) "O sing unto the Lord a new song; for He hath done marvelous things:  His right hand, and His holy arm, hath gotten Him the victory." (Ps 98:1)

        The mother of God, Mary, herself a sinner saved by the blood of Jesus, would never ascribe victory and sinlessness, salvation and power to herself. Mary died long ago believing in her Son's power to restore her to eternal life in the resurrection of the just.

        This Mary of the apparitions is another Mary, a Mary governed by pride, greedy for honor and worship which belongs only to God. It is an impostor Mary, a pretender disguised by 6,000 years of tradition and lies, one who has taught men contrary to Scripture that "Ye shall not surely die." (Gen 3:4)

        This Mary is a masquerade of Satan! Those who believe this Mary (Satan) will believe black is white and white is black. They will think the "seed of women" is the seed of Satan,   the one at enmity with God, while the seed of Satan (themselves) they will think to be the people of God, such is the magnitude of this deception.

        They are totally lacking in discernment.   "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! "Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and are prudent in their own sight!

        "Woe to them that are mighty to drink wine (imbibe false doctrine), and men of strength to mingle (mix) strong drink (teachings that put you in a stupor) which justify the wicked for reward (either honor or money),   and take away the righteousness of the righteous." (Isa 5:20-23)

        "Fr.  Rene Laurentin,  world's foremost Mariologist,  had this to say: 'Medjugorje is the Fatima of our days.   The hours of the apparitions follow a progression. At Lourdes, they took place in the morning. At Fatima, at noon. At Medjugorje, in the evening. It is the end of a long day, and the announcement of the eighth day.'

        "At Medjugorje six children were chosen as visionaries.   Mirjana Dragicevic Soldo, Ivanka Ivankovic Elex, Jacov Colo, Vicka Ivankovic, Ivan Dragicevic, and Marija Pavlovic."  In a question and answer session these young people shared what was shown to them.

        "Question: Marija, you and the other five visionaries here in Medjugorje have indicated that there will be advanced signs preceding the great sign on apparition hill promised by the blessed mother in many places in the world to warn the world. Where will these advance signs begin?

        "Answer: There are signs in many places in the world now.  Many people see luminary signs. Many experience personal healings, both physical and spiritual, and also psychological. Many have private signs. People have come here from all over the world. Often they have had extraordinary signs in their lives.

       "Q: Will all people on earth believe in God, in the blessed mother, when the permanent sign occurs?
         "A:   The blessed mother has said that those who are still alive when the permanent sign comes, will witness many conversions among the people because of the sign, but she also says 'blessed are those who do not see but who believe.'
 

        "Q: Do many people live in darkness today?
        "A:  The blessed mother says a cloud of darkness has enveloped the whole planet.

        "Q: What can be done?
        "A: Heed the messages of Medjugorje: prayer, fasting, reconciliation, peace, and conversion are a call from the mother of God to all people on earth to restore God's kingdom of light and love and peace and joy to all people on earth.

        Q: Is this happening?
        call of the blessed mother. They are responding.

        Q: Why is the blessed mother so capable of helping all God's children?   A: She knows God the best of any creatures.

        Q: Even better than Jesus?
        A: Jesus is not only a man. He is also God. The Holy Trinity trusted Mary, the Virgin of Nazareth, so much that Jesus was entrusted to her as a dependent fetus, a helpless, naked, persecuted infant, a young refugee child. The education, care, and development of Jesus,   the Son of God, was entrusted to Mary, His mother. Now God our Father has sent her to our world, to our times, to our lives, that she may form and develop a faithful following who are prepared for her Son.

        Prayer, fasting, reconciliation, peace, conversion are all part of the Christian life, but one thing more is needed: obedience - obedience to the law of God (which includes worship on Sabbath, the 7th day of the week).   Not only that, Scripture never once says that Mary will be sent to prepare us for God's kingdom.

        God does send angels, prophets, and the Holy Spirit - but never a Mary.

Angels:

        "And I saw another ANGEL in the midst of heaven having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people..."  And there followed another ANGEL,   saying..."   And the third ANGEL followed them, saying with a loud voice:..." (Rev 14:6,8,9)   "And there came one of the seven ANGELS... and talked with me..."   (Rev 17:1)

Prophets:

        "Yet the Lord testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the PROPHETS, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, which I sent to you by my servants the PROPHETS." (2 Kings 17:13)   "I have even sent unto you all my servants the PROPHETS, daily rising up early and sending them." (Jer 7:25)   "We have sinned by departing from thy precepts....   Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the PROPHETS, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land." (Dan 9:5,6)

Holy Spirit:

        "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." (Jn 14:26)  "But the anointing (of the Holy Spirit) which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man (or Mary) teach you; but as the same anointing (of the Holy Spirit) teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him." (1 Jn 2:27)   "But when the Comforter is come whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:" (Jn 15:26)

IRELAND, 1985

        Starting in 1985 the apparition of Mary began appearing in several places in Ireland, such as Inchigeela, Bessbrook Grotto, Grantstown, and Mayfield, Gortnadreha, and Melleray Grotto.   The following are excepts from the messages received by several visionaries.

August 13, 1986 -- "The devil is trying to take over the world. You must pray more for sinners and for the souls in Purgatory."

        September 10, 1986 -- "Peace. I have come for the sake of my Son. I cannot restrain His hand much longer. Help me, and together you can save the world.   You must save souls of sinners who do not love Jesus.   Offer holy mass for the conversion of sinners and for the souls in Purgatory.

           My dear children, when you have faith and trust, you have everything. I am standing here and I will bring you happiness (more lies). I want you to receive the Sacrament of my Son more often.   His table is always set. Receive the Eucharist not from habit, but out of love. The mass is the greatest glory you can offer to my Son.   I thank you for the many bouquets of rosaries received on my birthday. Go in peace."

        There is very little truth in these messages. Jesus is not controlled by Mary.   That ended when He left home at 13 years of age.   "I must be about my Father's business,   woman, what have I to do with thee?"  Further separation occurred when He resumed his position as God after the resurrection.   All power and authority is in Jesus' hands.  This world will not be saved, neither most of the people in it, nor the globe itself as cited in the Fatima study. We cannot save others (although we do assist by prayer, fasting, and our testimony to them only while they are alive).

        Prayers for the dead are a throwback from a pagan custom, as is saying the rosary, and are useless because the dead have no hearts, lives, thoughts, and actions to change.

February 21, 1988 -- "Tell the people the time is running out for the world; repent and pray for the wrath of God is at hand. Repent, repent My children. I cannot stop what's coming, but I can prepare you for it. God in peace My chosen children."

        April 9,10, 1988 -- "My dear children, My heart bleeds with sorrow when I see so many of my children turning away from God and the wonders of eternal life which He gives so freely with love.   When you go to your homes do not forget about my Son and the great love he has for every sinner. Remember, my children, my Son died on the cross for you so you could all have a chance to enter the kingdom of heaven. In order to enter this wonderful and eternal life you must live the Word of God with love in your hearts.   This means you must love one another as my Son and I love you.  My children, do not forget through prayer God can communicate with each and every one of you,   and through Him you can learn to love all mankind. (One wonders why this Mary does not mention that Jesus also communicates with us through the Bible.)   My children, these are my last times here on earth. So I call on you for more prayer, so that every heart will be turned back to God and with God in your hearts,   there will be peace throughout the world. Go now with peace in your hearts for all mankind."

        April 30, 1988 -- "I call on you all dear children to pray for the people who are being misled in this world so that they too can experience God's peace by the renewal of their faith.'

        At Gortnadreha, visionary Christina Gallagher, a housewife and mother of two teenage children received numerous apparitions of Mary and Jesus, visions of hell and heaven, angels and saints.   She had very frightening encounter with Satan.   She also received a vision of the antichrist, as well as receiving messages. In an interview conducted recently Christina answered some questions.

       Q: Has our lady or our Lord spoken to you about the times that we are living in? Are these the end times?
        A: Yes.

        Q: Has our lady or our Lord said exactly what that means?
        A: The end times - the end of sin - where God is going to purify and cleanse the world. And I've been given to understand there are to be three stages - the first stage is the world or the people in the world will suffer more and more. The suffering in the world will get greater and greater.

       The purification of the world through the process of suffering. Although it may seem awful to somebody - they will be purified through it. The suffering draws them to God through the cross. In other words, it purifies them. (The Bible verifies these statements)

       Stage 2 is where our blessed mother is saying pray, pray, pray and it's where God is permitting our blessed mother to give grace to the world.... (Mary is dead, only Holy Spirit [Jesus' Spirit] can give grace)

       In the second stage everybody in the entire world will be aware of God and God's existence. (Truth is mixed with error. The error is that Mary gives grace. The rest of the paragraph agrees with Scripture and the messages of true prophets today.)

        Now that may mean from what I gather, even people that have never heard of God will automatically become aware of God.   God and our blessed mother are both going to empty out a storehouse of grace upon the world through the power of the Holy Spirit. Hearts will be totally converted.... For those who drift back the storehouse of grace will have become empty because they will have known about God and will have no excuse.

        Stage 3 is where those that will drift back into their sinful ways, God will then do as He says, as Jesus has said; His hand will come over the world more swiftly than the wind. And a short time after that, the chastisements will come upon the world.

       Q: When will the sign you speak of come about?
        A: I don't know the full details about that and even if I did, I don't say I would have the authority to say it. I feel from what Jesus has said to me, that the time of His mercy is about to be over. The time of His justice then will begin. (These statements do agree with end time Scripture scenarios.)

       Q: You have had visions of a great sign to the world.   Will the world behave after this sign? Have you been given any indication that the world will respond to this sign?
        A: Yes, on one occasion, I saw a church. The church was in total blackness. (She is talking about a church that does not accept the unscriptural Catholic  teachings of the sanctity of the Eucharist.) People and demons were together with the Host...   The people and the demons were mocking the Host and the Bible.

        (This is a lie. Do you see how those who don't worship the Host [the wafer that is eaten, believing that it is the actual body of Christ] become allied with the demons of hell because they refuse to worship the host. This doctrine of the Eucharist is totally without Scriptural support. The Remnant who follow Jesus and the Bible will be called wicked by those who follow Mary instead of Jesus.   The followers of Mary will persecute and attempt to purge the earth of those who don't agree with them or concede to the demands of their religion.)

I was very saddened by this. I felt myself very frightened. It was as if I were living in this particular area or stage where this was occurring.   Then, I could see automatically a cross of light and Jesus was upon this cross of light.   Blood was coming from His heart and from His side.

       The blood was streaming down.   I could see the world beneath where Jesus was on the cross.  The minute the blood hit the globe of the world there came a most blinding, enormous light (from the eternal Father in heaven, who was above Jesus with His   hands drawn over the world). This light came from the hands of the eternal Father and hit the globe of the world, as did the blood of Jesus from His heart and His side. The light and blood together hit the world.

        Then you could see the globe of the world illuminated as if there had been a light switched on inside the globe.   I then found myself down where the people were again.   This time there was no trace of any people in darkness or any demons.   Everything was gone. The church that was there in darkness was gone and there were now people there in great joy and happiness and peacefulness.

        (This part of the vision is contrary to Scripture, for Satan and his demons and angels will be confined to this earth after the saints are taken to heaven at the second coming.   There will be total darkness and desolation on earth with no human beings alive on the earth. Only Satan and his hosts will be here, confined for 1,000 years)

       Everybody there was going about their work in total joy. (The suggestion is clear that once the dark church [the Bible believers] is gone [destroyed], everybody will be happy.) I could see angels. These particular angels were formed in shapes of light.   They were in every color possible and they seemed to have direct communication from heaven;   from above the globe where Jesus and the eternal Father were at.  The angels seemed to just sway into the globe and they could go up or down or any way they wanted.  It was just total beauty.

PROMISE TO END ALL ABORTION

       In 1531, Juan Diego, a Mexican Indian, saw an apparition under the title of "Our Lady of Guadalupe" appear as the pregnant mother of God.   She left a miraculous image of her appearance on his cactus fiber cloak, or 'tilma,' which still exists today for all to see in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.   This apparition came to offer faith, hope, and consolation to the oppressed natives of Mexico and reconciliation with their Spanish rulers. This apparition put an end to the bloody human sacrifice of the Aztecs and converted nine million Indians in the next ten years.

        Today this same apparition has come to the United States of America in the form of a missionary image which is an exact photographic replica of the original miraculous image in Mexico. It is a gift from the Catholic people of Mexico to the Catholic people of the USA.   (This ought to arouse the Mormon interest, who believe Jesus visited South America before or after he arrived as a baby in Bethlehem.   Is it possible that the Mormons will join the Catholics in their obedience to Mary?)

       In a private revelation to an American man this apparition said: 'In my plan the journey of my image throughout all of the Americas is necessary. ...I want you to immediately place your entire Pro-Life force and efforts under my banner as your Lady of Guadalupe. ...Together, my dear children, we will end the horrible evil of abortion. I want millions to see my image, the woman clothed with the sun. I will melt their hearts to conversion. ...Give adoration and thanks to God.   Pray my rosary. Fast and do penance.   Pray for one another. Love one another. Pray for my pope, my bishops and my priests. (Here is the net to snare all the pro-life people of every religion or no religion at all. Will pro-lifers accept a pregnant Mary as their symbol and unite in obedience to her?)

        In 1990 the apparition requested that the tilma with the miraculous image in it be released from the Basilica and taken on a journey all around the United States, starting in June 1991.   This was rejected by the Mexican church out of fear it would be damaged or lost, but it was suggested that an exact photocopy be made of it instead, which was done.

        On June 14, 1991, the missionary image for the United States arrived at the International Rosary Congress at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C. From there it traveled throughout the United States and Italy where it received the blessing of Pope John Paul II.

       Many supernatural things happened wherever this photo image was taken.   It was brought into St.   Michael's Cave in Italy just before communion. At communion some women began screaming demonically.   Several fell into a catatonic state and had to be removed from the cave.   Many remaining began hissing loudly like snakes. It was as if the demons were protesting the presence of the image.   It was so bad that the priest had to stop communion and the mass and left the altar. (Satan often appears to fight other satanic supernatural phenomena. It's all part of the deception.)

       When this pro-life missionary image left Mexico City for Central America at noon on June 9, 1991, a solar phenomenon occurred which was witnessed by millions. The sun appeared as a brilliant Host visible to the naked eye. It was surrounded by a blue aureole cloud which in turn was surrounded by a round rainbow. It was in this manner that this apparition first appeared to Juan Diego on December 9, 1531,   and emerged to him from the brilliant light which was surrounded by the cloud and rainbow.

       On July 30, 1991, a Polaroid photograph was taken of the photo image in a darkened church at night in Burlington, Vermont.   The photograph revealed an apparent cloud of fire hovering over the image.   (Remember that Mary, Queen of Heaven,   has her origins in the ancient Babylonian sun and moon gods and goddesses.   Miracles of light would confirm this connection. Could this be why God will bring the fourth plague of a scorching sun [Rev. 16:8] to overwhelm the Marian lights?)

       Many have seen the image appear in the following ways: completely gold; with lifelike eyes; with fetuses in the womb; and with a winking eye. Many have seen the miracle of the sun appear in the sky over the image.   A dozen people saw a full moon travel across the sky with the speed of a satellite from low on the horizon to rest directly over the image which was being carried in the street.

        On December 12, 1991, on a feast day, a group of people were transporting the image in a van near Santa Fe, New Mexico.   One of the people looked to the sun and prayed, "Jesus, shine forth on your mother's day."   Instantly the sun enlarged and blinked like a traffic light and spun in the sky to everyone's awe.   Also in New Mexico a very sick Indian woman had a vision of a large crate being loaded at an angle in the bed of a small white pickup truck with a blue stripe on its side. The apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe arose from within the crate and instantly healed her.   The image had been packed in a crate and was loaded on arrival at the airport in New Mexico on a pickup truck exactly as it all appeared in her vision.

        In Wichita, Kansas, as the image was processed around an abortion center, people smelled a strong aroma or roses.   Then they saw rose petals miraculously flake from the image in all directions. An eyewitness to this extraordinary event experienced an overwhelming peace and said that it seemed as if heaven had come down to earth. The apparition said: 'It is good for you to be here, as I too stood at the foot of the cross silently watching and praying as my innocent Son   was crucified.'

        Likewise on another feast day December 28, 1991, the image was processed at an abortion center in Boulder, Colorado. The image wept from the right eye to the center of the right cuff.   These prayer presences at abortion killing centers have caused many mothers to change their minds and give birth to their children.   Many turnarounds of mothers have been witnessed. At least two centers closed soon after visitations of the image.

        On August 2, the image arrived in Portland, Oregon.   On a feast day a family took some photographs of the image after mass.  When the photos were developed, they noticed that one of them had a reflection of the camera flash, and unexpectedly, a shape of the Eucharist at the fingertip of the image.

        Their friends began showing enthusiasm about this picture, so they had more prints made to share with others. But, the photo shop had an accident. The film for the picture was ripped in their machine.   They panicked and thought there might not be any more prints.  But the photo shop made a new negative using one of the original prints.

        Normally, such secondary films are of lesser quality than the original. But to their surprise, it turned out to be much better than the original. The image's mantle now seems to be fully charged with energy, when compared with the first one.

        While being excited about the picture, they had not paid much attention to the tiny peach-colored objects on the shoulder of the image.   Looking closely, they look like small unborn children.  One in the middle is sitting and another underneath it is lying down.   There seem to be a few more, which are too young to have a recognizable human form.   They found even more images on the photographic prints.   Between the flash and the bottom of the picture can be seen an image of Mary kneeling and praying.   She seems to be weeping with a couple of tear drops under her chin. In her head is an image of an unborn baby's face, and right under it is another baby with arms and legs bent - the usual posture for an unborn baby.

        It has been reported that the apparition said before leaving Mexico, that by making a trip to the USA it would stop abortions. There certainly seems to be a connection.  This apparition has drawn hundreds back to the sacraments.

        At a Marian Conference she mediated the grace to melt the heart of a mother victim of abortion. This mother, a professional journalist, interviewed Dan Lynch at the conference. She asked him, 'How will Mary end abortion?' He replied that, 'She will melt hearts and the melted heart of a mother would never consider killing her innocent helpless child, she will reverence the life within her.' At this point the reporter broke down crying and told him, 'I had an abortion ten years ago.   You are the first person in the world that I have told.   I named my son Joshua and have asked him to forgive me.'   Many hardened hearts have broken into tears before the image.

COMMENTARY:

        Did you catch the emotional appeal of this Mary? It's a favorite ruse of the enemy, and one who points out the method of persuasion on abortion immediately aligns himself with the pro-death murderers. Here we must go on record with our belief that abortion is very wrong because it is against the commandments of God.   But here we have the enemy aiding and abetting both causes. He has no loyalties except to himself. His only goal is to destroy mankind and erase the image of God forever as seen in man.

        Summarizing the abortion issue, many people see abortion as a direct attack by Satan against innocence and against motherhood; therefore, it is a direct attack against Jesus and His holy mother.

       The apparition says that God wants those guilty of abortion to be reconciled to Him and those killed by abortion to be saved. This is to happen through the blood shed by the innocents and through reparatory prayer, sacrifice,  sacramental receptions, and a desire for salvation. The apparition further stated, "I will put a stop to the present bloody human sacrifice like I did among the pagans after the  miracle of my image began in 1531." "I want to continue the mission I began in 1531."

        Pope John Paul II in his encyclical dedicated to the Holy Spirit said, "I see all the church in a cenacle. In cenacles of the immaculate hearth of Mary, she will form us through our total consecration into the likeness of her Son (Here Mary takes on the job of the Holy Spirit).   Then we will have the strength to march forth under her banner in apostolic activity to end abortion and convert millions."

        Cardinal O'Connor on June 27, 1992, said, "We are in enormously grave danger of becoming a culture of death as has never been known in history.   Neither you nor I can ever be convinced that tearing a baby from his mother's womb,   or encouraging a cancer-ridden elderly woman to commit suicide,  are natural deeds. Society has developed a truly unnatural culture that fulfills the prophetic 'abomination of desolation.' If ever in the world, if ever in history, true prophets were needed, we need them desperately today."

BLESSINGS AND HONOR OF MOTHERHOOD

        Under the title 'The Apostolate of Holy Motherhood,' the apparition is seeking to bring families together. 'The more you love God, the more you will love your husband and your children.   This is a mystery of God's grace and love.'   This statement was part of a very long message given to Mariamante, March 7, 1987. The messages said that with God's coming victory near, the Lord promises a glorious RENEWAL (New Age buzz word) of the sanctity of motherhood and of the family.

        Three basic tenets of this apostolate of motherhood were stated, and most of them are true according to the Bible.   1) "...they must devote all their time, energy, and resources, including their very selves to the greater glory of God and the pursuit of the divine will in their lives."

        2)   "They must be consecrated to my most holy mother under the title of "Mother of God." (We are to be consecrated to God, not Mary)

        3) "They must seek to fulfill their daily duties, that is, as mothers and wives, in an exemplary manner of holiness by pursuing the contemplative life in their homes..."

        On February 15, 1987, the apparition appeared as if it had been crying and said: "Silence and obscurity. This is what I ask of you. Let the light of the Lord shine through you in your daily duties.   Many misunderstand this and think that they must be in the public eye to do great things for God. It is often quite the contrary. Silence and obscurity as I was in Bethlehem and Nazareth."

       February 26, 1987 -- The message that sanctification will take place in the daily duty of motherhood. This is a message that could just as easily been from the Lord, for they are practical, true, and scriptural.   "In the little ways of day-to-day living, the television has become an intrusion into the modern home.   Its influence has not always been good and is leading many astray due to a faulty value system. Turn it off when it is not appropriate and do not watch what is not befitting a Catholic home. Do not let yourselves be brainwashed in effect by the faulty values of a few who influence this media to the detriment of the whole society it affects.

        "Stand up for what is right. Do not be silent in the face of wrong. Let your Christian values permeate the society around you. If you wish to have a greater effect on those around you for the glory of God, then be holy yourselves. This is the only way this will come about. I hope my words will not fall upon deaf ears of the mothers who need them, for they have the greatest influence in their homes in regard to morality. Use this influence to further the cause of purity and holiness, and not only will your families be blessed by God, but all who are around you.  They will taste and see the goodness of the Lord and wish to follow Him. That is all.   "I wish all mothers could know and understand this,   the importance and sublimity of their vocation.

        The children which God has given them must be first in their lives, even at times coming before their husbands, but of course, never before God Himself.   The more that you love God, the more you will love your husband and your children.   This is a mystery of God's grace and love which you would be unable to understand even if it were explained to you. It is difficult for man to understand this, but if they pray, especially the rosary, they will begin to understand. Pray the rosary always; it will help you to understand many things. (Here the message departs from truth, for Scripture never tells us to pray the rosary.)

       "I am sorrowful that so many mothers neglect their duty for other things. This is often unnecessary and solely for the purpose of accumulating more wealth, when their true wealth, their children, go unattended. I pity these poor mothers on their judgment day as they will have much to account for.

        "An apostolate of motherhood will grow out of these writings, which will be an apostolate of prayer and duty in the home done in accord with the will of God and for the love of God. This also will be an aid in my triumph. I will be the model for these mothers in their daily lives, and they will imitate my virtues. This is necessary to combat the tide of evil which has swept across families and destroyed so many homes.   (Here we slip again into a standard of character based not on Jesus but on His human mother who sinned and needed redemption herself. Jesus, the sinless one, must be our only model for a perfect life.)

       "Pray for the apostolate to begin. I will let you know how later. Go now and tend to your duties after you finish your Rosary.'

UNMASKING THE DISGUISE

        No where can we see greater subtlety than in the messages about abortion and motherhood. It is hard to imagine that these beautiful messages about saving the lives of unborn infants and raising children in the highest standards of purity possible, have their origin in mind of Satan who, of course, is the instigator of this apparition of Mary.

        This is SATAN THE ANTICHRIST already working his miracles,   giving signs and lying wonders (2Thess 2:9), and telling his lies. It is almost impossible to believe,   when looking at the signs and wonders, and hearing the messages of love, unity, and peace, that this apparition comes from SATAN, the most cruel being in the universe, the father of lies, and originator of sin.

        Because of his hatred for Jesus and God the Father, his one ambition and goal is to destroy the world and deface the image of God as seen in man, who was originally made in the image of God. Toward this end he has bent all his efforts.  He wants to be the sole ruler of this world. This is in fact his world for the time being, for when Adam and Eve fell to his deception at the tree, Adam gave ownership of this world to Satan.  He controls it only until Christ comes to redeem us to Himself, destroy every root and branch of sin and evil, and re-create the earth, which events are not far in the future.

        Satan, knowing that his end is very near, is going to take this world to destruction with him, along with as many people as he can deceive. It is hard to recognize in the Marian apparition the same spirit which has taken the world down to the depths of degradation, the one behind all the horrible suffering, violent deaths, human sacrifices, the torture of millions, droughts, plagues, all the occult, spiritualistic and often sadistic, masochistic perversions practiced by demonically controlled individuals, and even the force behind abortions and degrading sexual practices of prostitutes, gays, and lesbians, the very evils Mary is decrying. Satan's endeavor to deceive would be 100% successful - except for one thing, the Word of God. The lies are apparent only when the messages are laid beside the Bible and carefully compared with Scripture.

        Such is the nature of this monster and common enemy of God and man.   He has truly come as an angel of light to deceive if possible the very elect. (Mark 13:32)   He has come as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. (1 Pet 5:8)   With all his God-given supernatural powers still intact, he is causing the whole world to wonder after him.  Many times this apparition mentions the coming of Jesus and admonishes people to prepare their hearts and minds for this event. But this is a ploy, setting people up for Satan's master delusion - his personation of the real Christ.  This personation IS NOT the second coming of the true Jesus of the Bible, but a counterfeit.  He is laying the groundwork through false messages, visions, and other devices as well, setting up the world to accept him as saviour, to bow down and worship him.  How can one be sure which Christ is which?

        This delusion is discussed in detail in the next Monograph, but in one sentence, Satan's counterfeit will come first, and the world's whole population, of billions, except for a very few, will be deceived by this master delusion, Satan's last act of deception and rebellion before he is defeated in the battle of Armageddon.

        Because the satanic counterfeit will come in power and glory never before witnessed by man, a being of dazzling light, likely accompanied by "Mary," the world will accept him as the saviour, thinking that Christ has truly come, when really it is Satan.   But today, the apparition of Mary (Satan) likens itself to John the Baptist.

       On February 22, 1991, "Mary" told Patricia Talbott, 'My Son Jesus had John the Baptist as a precursor for his first coming when he came as Redeemer.   Now, my children, he has me, his mother, as precursor for when he will come as judge. (This claim is unscriptural) Change soon, soon, little children, or I, myself will continue crying tears for all time.' (It is true we need to change, but based on holiness and sanctification,   by obedience to the 10 commandments,   not by praying to a handful of beads or fasting to gain spiritual merit.)

MIRACLES IN FAR EAST ASIA

        AKITA, JAPAN  --   A   miraculous weeping statue of Mary and important messages to the world are approved by the church.

        THE PHILIPPINES -- Perpetual adoration of the blessed sacrament is now in over 500 chapels along with reports of apparitions of Mary.

        KOREA -- An estimated 20,000 adorers in 55 perpetual adoration chapels and an incredible miracle in Naju signals the enemy's hand at work.

        NAJU, KOREA --