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Suddenly they heard a loud noise, like thunder, and saw before them the bright figure of the Archangel Michael. On the following days the Archangel appeared to them again in the same place. He announced that on July 2 they would see Our Lady. This was the beginning of the Garabandal events. Over a period of 4 years the children witnessed and spoke with Our Lady and during that time She issued many warnings and requests for a return to prayer.

One of the really significant events to occure was the Miracle of The Host. On May 2, 1962, the angel told Conchita that God would perform a miracle so that all people would believe: they would see the Sacred Host on her tongue at the moment of Communion and that she should make this known fifteen days in advance. On July 18, 1962, the town was crowded with visitors. At midnight Conchita, who had remained in her home continually surrounded by visitors, entered into ecstasy and went out into the street. At a short distance from her house she fell down on her knees in the midst of the crowd. Lanterns were focused on her. Conchita put out her tongue upon which nothing was resting, as everyone could see. In a few moments, a white host appeared on her tongue and remained there for a few minutes. A businessman from Barcelona, Don Alejandro Damians, standing less than three feet from the girl, secured some very good moving pictures. In the film there appeared 79 pictures of the extraordinary scene.

The apparitions in Garabandal were many but the main theme was the request for a return to God and at the end of Her time with the children Our Lady told of three time periods - the Warning, The Miracle at the Pines and The Punishment. The warning is to happen 1 year prior to the Miracle which will be announced to the world 8 days prior by Conchita. Our Lady told Conchita that if we do not pay attention to the message, the punishment will be visited on the whole world after The miracle.

"The cup is already filling up. Since the message of 1961 has not been heeded the cup 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." The reference to the 'cup flowing over' was made in 1965.

As always, the Church has acted with great prudence toward the apparitions. It took thirteen years for the Church to give the official approval to the Fatima apparitions even after seventy thousand people witnessed the miracle of the sun. No condemnation has come from either the local Bishop or Rome as to the reported apparitions in Garabandal.

The Garabandal events are of such an awesome nature that the seal of authenticity can only come from an act of God and that is what we eagerly await in the Warning and Miracle and in the Sign that will be left at the Pines in Garabandal until the end of time. And let's not forget that Fr. Luis Andreu and Padre Pio have already been given a preview of the Miracle. So those who believe in the events of Garabandal can take heart and be assured that the status of the events is the same as it has always been and will probably remain so until the great events take place. Then, as Our Lady has assured us, "All will believe."

See the official Garabandal website or read the Garabandal Messages