A passing through Garabandal (Personal Testimony)
(Translated by: Caro Ham)
I new about Virgin Mary
appearances in Garabandal in 1979 through Augusta, my friend´s grandmother. I
was at the supermarket, near my house, when I met
I used to go frequently to
my friends´ house, the Thierry´s house, that is why I had the opportunity to
talk a lot with
I could finally make my
wish come true in Octuber 1986. I
saved enough money to travel around
With Augusta Bousquet and her sister Maria Luz - October 1986 -
I left
We arrived at 11pm. I was
really exhausted, the only thing I wanted at that moment was to lay down in my
bed and sleep. We spent the night at Maximina
González house (sighted Conchita´s aunt) who was waiting for us. I remember
that the bedroom was very simple but at the same time very special, as she told
me that there, in that room, sighted persons had been in ecstasy. I fall asleep
feeling a special peace in my heart.
I woke up the following
morning, and I saw the incredible geography of that
town, it was surrounded by mountains, I was amazed with it at first
glance!.
After breakfast, I took a
walk around the village. I walked towards “Pine Zone”. Once there, I pray
for the first time and continue walking. Every time I turned around I was
fascinated with the different views of the town.
While I was walking, I met
a shepherd who was walking down the mountains with his sheep. We both stopped
and had a short chat, he asked me where I was coming from and I answered from
With Deli and Jaime Bertrand and Juan - December 1986 -
He seemed to have some free
time so we continue talking. I told him that I wanted to know as much as
possible about the “Virgen Appearances”. He resume the story of “Virgen
Appearances” and how this affected this little town. The town was divided into
two: those who believe in the appearances and those who didn´t . The last ones,
didn´t believe due to “a great
miracle” that they were waiting for but never happened till that moment. At
the very beginning it was difficult for me to understand those who didn´t
believe because for me the “great miracle” could happen in a further future,
but nowadays, I understand what they were feeling in those days…. 20 years
passed by since I visited Garabandal for the first time and after reading a lot
and gathering together information about Garabandal, I can say that I´m looking
forward for the day of the long-awaited miracle to happen.
I stayed for 1 week at
Garabandal. During my stay, I met a lot of people who lived there and who had
passed through different “Appearence
experiences” that they would clearly transmit. Testimonies were really
extraordinary, they talk about them so sincerely, in a very simple way but
always devoutly when naming “The Virgin”. I
didn´t have the opportunity of meeting the 4 sighted people as they were
not living at the town by that moment but I had the
Grace of meeting Jaime Bertrand y his wife who immediately opened the
door of their house to me and share a lot of great moments which I will never
forget. Jaime´s house was a kind of meeting point center of many people who
lived there. There I met Pepe Diez, he was beside Conchita during the “Host
Miracle”, and retold to me this experience in a very detailed way.
Jaime, who was blind, had such a spiritual faith… a life of contemplation, he would pray for everybody, he would say the rosary for everybody. I really share a lot of self experiences with him, we became close friends.
In the pines - October 1986 -
When I finally said goodbye
to Garabandal, thinking when it might be the next time that I had the chance to
be there, we were both, Jaime and myself, crying. I
was feeling sad because, very deep in my heart, I thought that many years would
passed by before I had the opportunity to visit them again, financially it was
going to be hard.
In spite of being a long
time since we last had contact , I also want to name Rafael Jardon who I had the
chance to meet there and lived incredible experiences together with him. I
remember that we were sitting near the pines together with Rafael, Augusta,
Sister Solina and Maria Luz… and Rafael said “So??? When is the Miracle
going to Happen?? When is that day coming ???”
When I met my friends, we
had dinner together and I shared with them my experience in Garabandal. I tried
to convince them with the idea of visiting the three of us Garabandal but they
were amazed with Madrid and with the idea of traveling around Europe, so there
started our journey, but my head and feelings were still in that little town at
the north of Spain…Garabandal!!!
I really enjoy that trip
with my friends, we travel almost
All the time I was thinking
what could I do to get back to Garabandal?. Financially it was very difficult
because we travel with a certain amount of money, enough for the days we planned
to stay. On top of this financial
issue, I had to be back to
But the hope of visiting
once more Garabandal before flying back to Buenos Aires was there…you never
know…I saved as much money as I could (many times I waited outside of the
museums for my friends, I didn’t have lunch in other opportunities, etc). At
the end of the trip, I got enough money but I didn´t have time…and time would
not depend on me. A few days before flying back to
I was so happy. I was
Providential, I had the money and I also had the time!
I sent a message to Jaime
(in those days there were only one telephone
for the whole town). Jaime and Deli kindly and very generous received me
one more time at their home. That stay was as marvelous as the previous one.
When I finally got back to
I remember that my parents
came to my bedroom many times to wake me up o visited me and I simulated to be
sleeping, so then I heard them saying: “He is exhausted after such a long
trip”.
Truly, I had a pressing
need of being alone and quiet in the privacy of my bedroom, with that Spiritual
feeling that Garabandal made me feel in a very special way. I repeated: that is
my little town!!
Nowadays, after many years
passed by, I admit that my experience at Garabandal was unique and definitely
deeply marked my Herat, that´s why in spite of my constant coming and goings in
my life and as I receive strength from “The Mother”, I try to widespread
Garabandal.
Las apariciones / Los mensajes / Profecías (EL AVISO y EL MILAGRO) y preguntas y respuestas sobre Garabandal / Fotos de los éxtasis durante las apariciones / Fotos recientes del pueblo de Garabandal actualizadas! / Links de paginas de Garabandal / Padre Pío /
Papa Pablo VI - Juan Pablo II y Garabandal /
Imágen peregrina
Como llegar al pueblo; Donde alojarse; Mapas etc.
"Pueblo de María"
(programa de radio)
Biblioteca virtual de
programas
¡¡¡ Vea
los
VIDEOS y AUDIO de GARABANDAL !!!
(Nuevos VIDEOS agregados recientemente!!!)
Mas material de Garabandal: (en español)
VIDEO: Testimonio de Jacinta González
Oración "Alma de Cristo"
Alma de Cristo, santifícame. Cuerpo de Cristo, sálvame. Sangre de Cristo, embriágame. Agua del costado de Cristo, lávame. Pasión de Cristo, confórtame. ¡Oh mi buen Jesús, óyeme! Dentro de tus llagas escóndeme. No permitas que me aparte de Ti. Del maligno enemigo defiéndeme. En la hora de mi muerte llámame. Y mándame ir a Ti, para que con tus Santos te alabe por los siglos de los siglos. Amén.
La rezaban las niñas videntes después de recibir la Santa Comunión de manos del Arcángel San Miguel cuando no había Sacerdotes en el pueblo.
. Crónica escrita del programa "Pueblo de María" con Lucía (prima de Conchita) "en vivo" desde el pueblo de Garabandal
.
Habla el Padre Khalil en
"Pueblo de María"
(La Sagrada
Eucaristía, los mensajes de Garabandal etc. etc.)
.
Sr. David en
"Pueblo de María" Parte I (nativo, residente del pueblo y testigo ocular).
Parte II
.
Sr. Bernardo en "Pueblo de
María" (La Virgen lo curo de lupus y lo cuenta en detalles. Hace 38
años que sube al pueblo)
.
Las Apariciones de
Garabandal en la cadena SER / MILENIO3
(España, 17/05/09) -Entrevistas-
. Crónica de "Pueblo de María" con el testimonio de Maximina, Jacinta y Conchita
. Jesús, el Divino prisionero (la Consagración es, místicamente, la crucifixión del Señor)
.
Padre García de la Riva en
"Pueblo de María" (testigo ocular de las apariciones)
.
Maria Josefa Villa de Gallego
en "Pueblo de María" Parte I (testigo ocular de Garabandal).
Parte II
.
"Pueblo
de María" desde Cantabria -España- con el Padre Manuel Muela
("mi vida cambió para
siempre cuando subí a Garabandal")
.
La
importancia del BESO de la Virgen en Garabandal (testimonio de María
Josefa Villa)
.
Lucia Estebanez Calderón y su
hermano Sacerdote (testigos oculares de Garabandal)
.
Padre Justo
Lofeudo en "Pueblo de María" (maravilloso testimonio)
.
(1)
Madre María de las Nieves en
"Pueblo de María" (Educo a Conchita después de las Apariciones)
.
(2) Madre María de las Nieves en
"Pueblo de María" (segunda parte del testimonio)
VISITE: www.virgendegarabandal.org
(Página muy completa de España con testimonios bellísimos de Garabandal)
. RESEÑA Y FOTOS DE LA RELIQUIA-MEDALLA BESADA POR LA VIRGEN EN GARABANDAL
Gracias MARIA JOSEFA VILLA por donarnos la reliquia.
. LA IMPORTANCIA DE LA GRACIA DEL BESO DE LA SANTÍSIMA VIRGEN EN GARABANDAL
“El cielo se hizo presente” a orillas del Rió Negro (Patagonia, Diciembre 2009)
El beso de la Sma. Virgen también llego a San Isidro (Bs. As.) en "la Casa de María i" (12 de Dic.)
Otro maravilloso encuentro en el Hogar Misericordia y en la parroquia "San Cayetano" (Dic. 2009)
El Beso de la Santísima Virgen llego a Avellaneda (Buenos Aires) (Noviembre 2009)
El Padre Khalil dió el beso de la Sma. Virgen en la parroquia "San Cayetano"
Gracias! PADRE KHALIL por su entrega y Gracias MARIA JOSEFA VILLA por donarnos la reliquia.
Encuentro de Garabandal en la Patagonia -ARGENTINA- (16 y 17 de Agosto 2009)
El Padre José Luís González (P. Chichilo) nos regalo el beso de la Virgen
El beso de la Virgen llego a una comunidad de Rosario (Pcia. de Santa Fé)
El beso de la Sma. Virgen llego a MERLO (Pcia. de San Luís) (Junio 2009)
Vea el Video y el testimonio del encuentro
ENCUENTRO DE GARABANDAL en Buenos Aires -ARGENTINA- (Mayo 2009)
GRACIAS Padre Pablo por recibirnos en su casa.
Un paso por Garabandal (Testimonio personal)
English:
A
passing through Garabandal
TESTIMONIOS desde Argentina y Uruguay
En "Madre Tierra" (Paraguay) Gruta de la Virgen de Garabandal
Contactos Garabandal en SUDAMÉRICA:
ARGENTINA: virgendegarabandal@gmail.com (Santiago Lanus)
URUGUAY: garabandal.mdelrosario@gmail.com (Maria del Rosario Albín Ferreira) -Testimonio-
PARAGUAY: pezk_69@hotmail.com (Patricia Zalazar de Escobar)
PANAMÁ: garabandalpanama@gmail.com (Sr. Gonzalo)
REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA: homar72@gmail.com (Homar Herrara) (Centro America)
Revista internacional de Garabandal (últimas ediciones -En Ingles-)
Mari Loli Mazón González de Lafleur falleció el lunes 20 de Abril de 2009
Dios obró muchos prodigios por medio de Mari Loli
Firme el Libro de Visitas o deje su Testimonio:
Ver / Firmar
Ver Archivo del Libro de Visitas (hasta Julio 2008)
Email: virgendegarabandal@gmail.com
Apariciones de la Virgen María en Salta (Argentina)
"Yo soy la Inmaculada Madre del Divino Corazón Eucarístico de Jesús"
(Estas páginas están dedicadas a nuestra Madre del Cielo)