THE WARNING
The following
is a comprehensive look at one
of the great prophesied events of Garabandal
based on interviews with Conchita .
SEPTEMBER
14, 1965 (A)
Q. Will the
Warning be a visible, thing or an interior thing ar both?
A. The Warning is a thing that comes directly from God and will be visible
throughout the entire world in whatever place anyone might be.
Q. Will the
Warning reveal personal sins to every person in the world and to persons of
all jaiths, including atheists?
A. Yes, the Warning will be like a revelation of our sins --es como si revelase
nuestros pecados -- and it will be seen and experienced equally by believers
and non-believers and people of any religion whatsoever.
Q. Is it
true that the Warning will cause many people to remember the dead?
A. The Warning is like a purification for the Miracle. And it is a sort of
a catastrophe. It will make us think of the dead, that is, we would prefer
to be dead rather than to experience the Warning.
Q.
Will the Warning be recognized and accepted by the world as a direct sign
from God ?
A. Certainly -claro, and for this reason I believe it is impossible that the
world could be so hardened as not to change.
October,
1968 (B)
Q. Some say
the Warning may be a natural phenomenon but will be used by God to speok to
mankind. Is this true?
A. The Warning is something supernatural and will not be explained by science.
lt will be seen and felt.
Q. Can you
explain the statement that during the Warning we will know ourselves and the
sins we have committed?
A. The Warning will be a correction of the conscience of the world.
Q. What about
the many people who do not know Christ, how will they understand the Warning?
A. For those who do not know Christ [non-Christian] they will believe it is
a Warning from God.
Q. What will
occur on the day of the Warning?
A. The most important thing about that day is that everyone in the whole world
will see a sign, a grace, or a punishment within themselves-in other words,
a Warning. They will find themselves all alone in the world no matter where
they are at the time, alone with their conscience right before God. They will
then see all their sins and what their sins have caused.
Q. Will we
all feel it at the same time?
A. Yes, at the same time.
Q. How long
will it last, a half hour, an hour?
A. I really don't know. I think five minutes would be an
adequate time.
Q. How will
we feel it?
A. We will all feel it differently because it will depend on our conscience.
The Warning will be very personal, therefore, we will all react differently
to it. The most important thing will be to recognize our own sins and the
bad consequences of them. Your experience of the Warning will be different
from mine because your sins are different from mine.
Q. Will something
happen to me because of my sins? I mean will physical harm come upon me as
a result of them?
A. No, unless something results from the shock, for example, a heart attack.
Q. So then
it will bring no physical harm but will consist of facing God alone with my
sins. How about the good things: will I see them also?
A. No. This will be only a Warning to see what you have done with your sins.
It will be like a purification before the Miracle to see if with the Warning
and Miracle we [meaning the whole world] will be converted.
Q.
So this Warning can occur any day now?
A. Yes. but I don't know the date when it will occur.
FEBRUARY,
1977 (D)
Q. When did
you learn about the Warning and from whom?
A. The only thing that I remember well is that it was the Virgin who told
me of it.
Q. Would
you repeat for us what you know about the Warning?
A. What I remember now is that the Virgin told tne that before the Miracle,
God will be sending us a Waming so as to purify us or prepare us to see the
Miracle and in this way we may draw enough grace to change our lives toward
God. She told me what the Warning will consist of but not the date. I am not
able to say what it consists of but I am able to say what it will be like,
more or less. It is a phenomenon which will be seen and felt in all the world
and everywhere; I have always given as an example that of two stars that collide.
This phenomenon will not cause physical damage, but it will horrify us because
at that very moment we will see our souls and the harm we have done. It will
be as though we were in agony but we will not die by its effects but perhaps
we will die of fright or shock to see ourselves. May the Virgin forgive me
if I do not explain it the way it is, but I am trying to tell you after knowing
what the Warning will be like on that day.
Q. Did you
see or hear about the Warning?
A. The Virgin told me of its coming.
Q. If the
Warning only lasts a short time, will the world remember it as coming from
God or will it only appear to have been a dream or an illusion?
A. I have never said that the Warning will be a short moment. What I have
said is that even if it were a moment it will be very impressive and terrible.
No one will have doubts of it being from God, and of its not being human.
I who know what it is, am very much afraid of that day.
Q. Many years
ago you told us the event of the Warning begins with the letter "A ".
Since Our Lady never told you not to reveal it, can you now mention it?
A. She did not forbid it, but I don't know why I haven't said it and I don't
feel as though I should say it now.
Q. You once
said to Fr. Marcelino Andreu, "When you see the Warning you will know
we have opened up the end of time. " Can you explain what you meant by
this?
A. The Virgin told us that the Warning and Miracle will be the last warnings
or public manifestations that God will give us. This is why I believe that
after them we will be near the end of time.
Q. Do you
have any advice for people in order that they might better prepare for this
event?
A. We must always be prepared with our souls in peace and not tied down so
much to the things of this world. Instead, we must think very often that we
are here to go to heaven and to be saints.
August,
1980
Q. It [the
Warning] is not going to hurt you?
A. No. To me, it's like two stars that crash and make a
lot of noise and a lot of light but they don't fall down.
It's something that's not going to hurt us but we're going
to see it. In that moment, we're going to see our conscience.
You're going to see everything wrong that you're doing and
the good you're not doing.
Click here to read what Jacinta or Mari Loli had to say about the Warning.
(A) OUR LADY COMES TO GARABANDAL by Joseph A. Pelletier, A.A.,
pp. 148-149.
(B) OUR LADY COMES TO GARABANDAL, pp.149-150.
(C) GARABANDAL, January-March 1983.
(D) NEEDLES, July-September 1977 (reprinted in GARABANDAL, January-March 1980).
(E) GARABANDAL, January-March 1984.
(F) NEEDLES, Autumn 1975.
(G) THE CALL OF GARABANDAL, Apri1-June 1984.
(H) GARABANDAL, January-March and April-lune 1983.
(I) NEEDLES,Winter 1976.
(J) GARABANDAL, July-September 1982.
(K) GARABANDAL, July-September 1983.
(L) NEEDLES, Spring 1974.



