A Book on Apparitions
of the Virgin Mary
by The M+G+R
Foundation
CHAPTER 4
The Marian Apparitions - A Summary
We have become a world of Marian Apparition supporters and detractors.
It has become a Holy Melodrama. With so much positive and negative
attention on the events,
we are
overlooking the messages.
Perfect Harmony Among Them
What is Mary, the Mother of the Son of God telling us?
The Basic Message is for the faithful to:
+ Engage in Prayer and Fasting.
+ Make the Sacraments an integral part of our lives.
+ Offer acts of Penance and Reparation. Particularly: Eucharistic
Reparation.
+ Align our lives with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
+ Offer acts of Reparation and Consecration to Her Immaculate Heart.
These are the key elements throughout all apparitions.
We must remember... whether is "Our Lady of Fátima" or "Our Lady
of Lourdes" or "Our Lady of Medjugorje"
there is only one Mary, the Mother
of Jesus Christ.
If we had embraced the Gospel of Her Son as She requested through La
Salette
(1) and
Fátima
(2),
the world would not be in the condition it is now nor humanity would be
at the verge of annihilation.
A priest who ministered in the Sanctuary of Fátima had the
perfect answer to the typical question regularly posed to him then: "Do
you believe in Akita
(3);
in Medjugorge; in Rosa Mystica
(4);
in Garabandal
(5); San
Nicolas; Conyers
(6); etc.?"
His answer, invariably, was: "Are you doing what Our Lady of
Fátima requested?"
(2)
The answer is usually in the negative and is quickly followed by a
litany of seemingly valid reasons.
Then, why bother with the latest episode of the Holy Melodrama?
Talking about Scriptures,
Marian Apparitions, Commandments, Jesus Christ, Holy Ghost, etc.
will not fulfill the urgent calls
from Heaven.
We Must Do, Not
Talk! We Must Obey! This may be why...
Why The Tremendous Urgency?
Time is running out. What was predicted in the third part of the
Fátima Message
(7)
(the famous "Secret") - not the incomplete message advanced by The
Vatican
(8) -
is being fulfilled. Our dear Mother is trying to prepare Her children
to endure what is to come and the fulfillment of the mysterious words
uttered by Our Lord through the Fátima phenomena
(9).
Regarding the issue of the acceptance by Heaven of the Consecration of
Russia to The Immaculate Heart of Mary in March 25, 1984, we must ask
ourselves this question...
"... has the global situation - politically, financially, socially or
morally - improved in any way since March 25, 1984?"
The answer is an indisputable "No"!
However, whether it was accepted or not or whether it was done exactly
as it was supposed to is really a mute point. Even before this last
Consecration (1984), in an interview with Sister Lucia by "El Sol de
Fátima"
[Ref.(4), p.11]
conducted shortly after the May 13, 1982 Consecration, when asked about
the validity of its format and the possible effect said Consecration
would have, she answered: "Yes. But is late." Actually, any
consecration done after World War II started is to be considered "too
late".
This is confirmed by the fact that in every single front the global
situation has continued to deteriorate to the breaking point. We do not
have to split hairs nor get into arguments - our civilization is at the
breaking point. Never, in the history of mankind has the entire globe
become so close to self destruction, as it is now.
We must remind those who deny the real condition of our world that most
alcoholics who die of that dreaded disease expire while claiming that
they do not have a drinking problem.
Let us now go to Chapters 5 and 6 and take an analytical look at a few
key and Selected Apparitions of the Virgin Mary.
