PILGRIMAGE TO GARABANDAL – May 10th

PILGRIMAGE TO GARABANDAL – May 10th -- 14th
2015 Organised by Philip Illsley with Fr J.Thomas.
Top -- group outside Church in Garabandal – Below some just come down
from the Pines. Pictures from Nisha Cooke.
THE WELSH PILGRIMAGE to San Sebastian
De Garabandal: May 10th – 14th 2015
Organised by Philip Illsley, Spiritual Director
Fr John Patrick Thomas.
Our recent Pilgrimage to Garabandal ; by
Philip Illsley.
I have personally been blessed to lead the Welsh
pilgrimage to Medjugorje 49 times, each visit has
been memorable on my own journey of faith, each
visit has brought me peace and tranquillity and a
closeness to God, with a deepening and greater
love of my faith, the whole atmosphere there
echoes peacefulness.
I have not experienced the “Exquisite
Peacefulness” that we have all experienced in
Garabandal, nor have I experienced this
anywhere else in the world including
Medjugorje. Walking through this very small
village, or through the fields and climbing the hills
to the pines, or even being in our hotel, the
simplicity and serenity and absolute beauty of
this holy place, allows your heart to open to the
call of Mary, to let the Love of Jesus, penetrate
into your whole being, and you inhale this
wonderful beauty of God’s creation that surrounds
you in every direction that you gaze upon in
Garabandal, it is truly breathtaking scenery and
breathtaking peace and quietness, the only sound is
that of nature and God’s creation.
This inner Peace and tranquillity radiates a sense
of holiness within the fields and the mountainsides
surrounding this village called Garabandal
where the blessed Mother appeared in 1961.
This remarkable place has No Noise, No Traffic, it
really radiates peace and quietness, and it makes
us all realise the beauty of Gods creation, and that
He created this for the love of all, of His creatures.
This inner Peace and tranquillity that you find in
Garabandal, also make’s you realise that we His
creatures rarely thank God for the beauty of His
creation, we rarely thank Him, for the birds, the
fields, the trees, the flowers, the mountains, the
sun, and we take all this, Love He has spread in
His Creation so much for granted, rarely do any of
us thank the Father for the beauty of His creation
and His goodness to all His creatures, so that we
may all return love for love.
This inner Peace and tranquillity that you find
in Garabandal, helps, us to recapture serenity
and purpose, you begin to understand more the
reason you are living, where you have come from,
where you are going, you feel like a new person,
and you are aware that something has changed in
your life, you rediscover a love in your life, that
perhaps trials, and difficulties have buried; The
Love of God! and the beauty of His creation.
Many people do not have peace, in their hearts
today, because many are far from God. We are all
of us craving for a new and better world but this is
not possible without God in it! With the denying
of God, and the with drawl from God, we are all
witnessing in the world today, we are all rushing
headlong into the, Tribulation foretold by Our
Blessed lady the Queen of prophets here at
Garabandal.
Before leaving for Garabandal; The Mass
Readings for the Friday the 5th week of Easter
May 8th 2015 just before we started our
pilgrimage and the Key Words were “ Remain
in Me “ And these words are really significant
now on our return because if we are not at
“ PEACE “ then we should ask ourselves these
3 things.
1) Am I doing the Will of God ?
2) Am I trusting Him ?.
3) Am I loving God and my neighbour ?
Put simply: Am I being Faithfull, Trusting and
Loving. In the Readings for this day, Jesus put it
This way ; Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just
as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it
remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you
remain in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches.
Whoever remains in Me, and I in him will bear
much fruit, because without Me you can do
nothing. ( John 15 ; 4-5 )
In a word, being Faithful, Trusting, and Loving,
according to Gods Word is Friendship with
Him! Jesus put it this way;
You are my friends if you do what I Command
you… I who choose you and appointed you to go
and bear fruit that will remain. “ Go and Bear
Fruit, Fruit that will Last ( John 15 ; 9- 17 )
Go and bear fruit my friends of what you have seen
and heard in Garabandal,
Spread its message, this is your task now that
you have seen and heard. These important
messages and events of Garabandal are below !!
The Two Main Marian apparitions Ever in my
view are Garabandal and Medjugorje
By Philip Illsley.
Our Lady appeared in Garabandal to four young
girls aged between 11 & 12. Conchita Gonzalez,
Mary Cruz Gonzalez , Jancinta Gonzalez, and Mari
Loli Mazon, between 1961 and 1965, She appeared
as Our Lady of Mount Carmel with the brown
scapular, and she appeared over 2000 times.
The four visionaries with St Michael the
Archangel;
There are four Ticking Time Bombs in our
world today, That have been ticking away for over
54 years and each passing year brings them closer
to their Time when they will Detonate with such
awesome results for all the world to see and
hear. In spite of the serious pleas of Our Heavenly
Mother these Time Bombs and the serious events
of the messages of Garabandal have been
ignored, and basically swept under the carpet by
many within the Catholic Church, to whom
these messages were directed namely Cardinals,
Bishops, and priests.
The First Ticking Time Bomb foretold at
Garabandal is ; The Tribulation of
Communism led by Russia.
When I speak about Communism returning today
people look at me and think what planet is this guy
on, they say isn’t communism a thing of the past
due to the fall of the Berlin wall and the dissolution
of the Old Soviet Union. Not according to what
the Blessed Virgin, told the visionaries at
Garabandal. Communism she said, “Would
Come Back “ Communism, will again appear and
cause great suffering before its reign of terror is
suddenly ended. Our Lady described the
expansion of Communism as a punishment
resulting from the sins of men. This punishment
will certainly come if people do not convert and
stop sinning. The visionaries were shown a brief
period of time in Europe, suddenly Italy, France,
and Spain would be overrun by Communism.
There would be persecution of the Church and The
Holy Father would have to flee Rome. Prior to all
of this the Pope would visit Moscow, and on his
return all hell would be let loose, this will be an
awesome time for the Church, and priests will be
in hiding and churches would be locked.
Look what has happened in Crimea, and what is
happening in the Ukraine.
Mr Putin the Russian leader he wants back all that
his predecessors gave away during the dissolution
of the former Soviet Union, this means Ukraine,
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, Poland, Belarus,
and Romania, they are all under his plan, then the
whole of Europe Italy, France, and Spain come into
being Just as Our lady has foretold over 54 years
ago at Garabandal.
Mr Putin He wants back all of below Look at this
map :
We are back to the 1930’s with western timid
democracies facing an aggressor who has no
hesitation in changing borders by force, and he
knows the hesitant west will not halt his plans to
role back Nato’s presence in Eastern Europe.
A sign for us all to look out for is if Pope Francis
goes to Moscow.
Our Late Great Pope Now St John Paul 2nd
He said in Fulda in Germany in 1980 about the
Coming Tribulation we must prepare ourselves to
suffer great trials, which will demand of us a
disposition to give up even life itself and a total
dedication to Christ. With your and my prayers
it is possible to mitigate the coming Tribulation
but is no longer possible to avert it, because only
thus can the Church be renewed, how many times
has the renewal of the Church sprung from the
shedding of blood, this time too it will not be
otherwise, we must trust in God and His Holy
Mother.
Look what Holy Scripture says about The
Coming Tribulation: From ( Mathew 24; 21-22)
For then there will be a Great Tribulation such as
not been seen from the beginning of the world until
now, no and never will be, and if those days had
Not been shortened no human being would be
saved.
Sr Lucia of Fatima, in her interview with Fr
Augustine Fuentes in 1957 she stated; Russia will
be the instrument of chastisement chosen by
Heaven to punish the whole world because of its
sins.
Our Blessed Lady told Conchita at Garabandal
Communism, would come back ! There Her
words Not mine.
It also seems to me that very little consideration
has been given to the fact that an Evil force has
deliberately infiltrated the Church with the
intent of destroying it !
If you read the book, “ With God in Russia”
written by a very good Russian Priest
Fr Walter Ciszek S.J.
Who spent over 20 years in Soviet prisons, and in
their labour camps in Siberia.
He talks at great length how the communists tried
to recruit him, offering him all kinds of benefits, if
he would work as their agent in the church that
was already in place.
The Second Ticking Time Bomb Foretold at
Garabandal ; The Great Universal Warning.
This is Otherwise Known as The Illumination of
our Consciences; Our Lady assures us that this
Great Universal Warning, will bring to every
single person over the age of seven, a truly mega
gift from Heaven, but this will frighten all
humanity. It will be like a fire that will not burn
our flesh, and it will last a short time, but for all of
us it will seem a long time. It is a Purification a
Revelation of all our sins, for each and everyone
of us to see our sinful self as we stand before
God! What we will all feel in our hearts will be
worse than sorrow, it will not kill us, but some may
die of the emotion within us on seeing our sins and
how they offend God. This Great Universal
Warning Stops the Communist Tribulation and
corrects the conscience of the whole world. After
this Purification the Revelation of all our sins we
can expect a large scale return to God and His
Church. Then within 12 months of this Warning
will come the Third Ticking Time Bomb – The
Greatest Miracle of all Time above the Pines at
Garabandal.
The Third ticking Time Bomb Foretold at
Garabandal; The Greatest Miracle of all time
above the Pines at Garabandal.
The Pines in Garabandal – Where the Great
Miracle will take place. Conchita Ganzales the
eldest visionary is the only person who knows the
date of the Great Miracle and she will reveal it to
the world eight days beforehand. We also know
through Conchita, that the Great Miracle will take
place on a Thursday night at 8.30pm between the
8th and the 16th of March, April or May, only those
who are in Garabandal at the time will see and
witness the Great Miracle. Our Lady said that all
the sick that are in Garabandal at this time will be
cured and the unbelievers will believe.
Connected with the Great Miracle and which
will follow after it is the Permanent Sign, which
will appear above the pines at Garabandal and
will remain there until the end of the world, so
all will believe.
Padre Pio now Saint Pio had a great relationship
with Conchita and they exchanged letters, St Pio
told her in one letter this; They, do not believe in
your conversations with the Lady in white; They
will believe he said when its to late! He went on
to say that The Great Miracle to come at
Garabandal; Will be paid for by Oceans of Blood
Europeans Blood. This Oceans of Blood
Europeans blood is the Tribulation of Communism
led by Russia.
The fourth Ticking Time Bomb Foretold at
Garabandal ; Is The Chastisement of fire! If
Mankind does not change and return to God after
the Great Universal Warning and the Great Miracle
The Chastisement of Fire will Come .
The Fourth Ticking Time Bomb is the
Chastisement of Fire; This conditional
Chastisement will be sent to punish our sinful and
ungrateful world But only if mankind responds
inadequately to the great graces flowing from the
Great Warning and the Great Miracle.
A Chastisement of Fire from Heaven is not New
if you look at the message from Our Lady of
Akita in Japan 1973- 1981 is the same as
Garabandal; This is the message of Akita;
If Men do not repent and better themselves, the
Father will inflict a terrible punishment on all
humanity. It will be a punishment greater than the
deluge, such as one will never have seen before.
Fire will fall from the sky and will wipe out a great
part of humanity, the good as well as the bad,
sparing neither priests nor faithful. The survivors
will find themselves so desolate that they will envy
the dead. The only arms which will remain for
you will be the Rosary and the sign left by my
Son. Each day recite the Rosary, pray for the
Pope, the Bishops and priests. The work of the
devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a
way that one will see Cardinals opposing
Cardinals, and Bishops against other Bishops. The
priests who venerate Me will be scorned and
opposed by their Confreres, the Church and altars
will be vandalized, the Church will be full of those
who accept compromises and the demon will press
many priests and consecrated souls to leave the
service of the Lord.
On The Second Night of Screams on June 20th
1962 in Garabandal ; The four Girls were
shown the Great Chastisement of Fire; The
people who had gathered in Garabandal on that
night heard their cries and screams. Many people
have testified to the Church authorities that on that
night in Garabandal; That the girls screams
terrified them and even made their knees buckle
And many shook with fear. The people heard the
girls cry out Oh don’t let this happen – Please
don’t let this come! -- May, everyone go to
confession – forgive us –Please don’t let this
happen!! ----- Some, people questioned the girls
afterwards and they said; We have been shown
the Chastisement of Fire, we have seen
something worse that being burnt alive, it is
going to be horrible!! ----- The girls said they felt
the need of repentance, and great sorrow for
their sins, and an irresistible desire for the
Mercy of God !
THERE IS A WAY OUT !!! And Our
Blessed mother shows us the way out !
PRAYER is our Way OUT ! The big
problem sweeping the world today and our
principal fault is that many have abandoned
Daily prayer. In this way many have become
estranged form God and without God in their lives
everything fails. Let all of us all people pray every
Day the Rosary, Our Lady has stated this in all her
apparitions so we would be fortified against these
times of diabolical disorientation and not be
deceived by the evil one.
Mary our Mother reminds us in all her
appearances that the Rosary is a sign to Satan
that you belong to Me ! and with the Rosary in
hand she says Go Forward with Confidence and
Defeat Him !!
Our Mother invites us all to put God in the first
place in our lives, to confess our sins on a
monthly basis, to go to the Holy Mass as often as
we can, and Eucharist adoration as often as we
Can, and to fast twice a week on Wednesdays
and Fridays, and when we do this she says we
can stop wars, and prevent natural disasters.
We know that after the Great Miracle at
Garabandal a Permanent Sign will be left above the
pines and will remain there until the end of the
world. Our Lady has said the same at
Medjugorje that when these apparitions finish
she will not come to this earth again and she will
leave a Permanent Sign above the hill of
apparitions so all will believe.
I was in Medjugorje on the 24th June 2014 the 33rd
Anniversary of the apparitions there, we were very
blessed that on the Friday 20th June our guide had
arranged for Fr Petar Ljubicic to come and talk to
our group. Fr Petar is the priest chosen by the
visionary Mirjana Dragicevic Soldo to reveal her
secrets given to her by Mary to the world. Fr
Petar told our group that; the 2nd secret at
Medjugorje is Warning and the 3rd secret is the
Permanent Sign that our lady said she would
leave on apparition hill so all will believe.
Fr Petar and the Visionary Mirjana
THE POWER OF PRAYER – MORE
PRAYER – MORE POWER – LESS
PRAYER –LESS POWER ! We are
Reminded by Our Blessed Lady in all Her
apparitions these Last 150 years or so That Prayer
is more powerful than anything even in the
uncertainty and danger of these times. The
power of prayer was especially illustrated in
Hiroshima in Japan on August 6th 1945 when the
first Atomic Bomb was dropped. Eight people who
were only blocks away from the epicentre of this
explosion Yet they lived ! – Why did they live ?
They say it was because of the power of prayer.
A German Jesuit Fr Shiffner and seven of his
colleagues, all escaped unharmed whilst flaming
death screamed all around them and none of them
were affected by radiation, what saved them from
incineration and the lethal storm of radiation ?
Fr Shiffner gave the answer ; In that house the
Rosary was prayed every day, in that house we
were living the Fatima message.
WE HAVE THE ANSWER – My
Friends – More Prayer – More Power !
Live Our Lady’s Messages and Stay
Blessed all of you. Philip Illsley. We are
going again to Garabandal in 2016 when I
have more details I will be in touch.
[email protected] or www.holyishisname.co.uk