cuapa 3

First Vision: May 8, 1980

Bernardo was struggling with personal problems at the time. 

One restless night, seeing as he was unable to sleep, he decided to go fishing. 

Around noon, he started praying the Rosary. He felt immersed in a profound peace, and the hours flew by. 

At three o’clock, he was surprised to see flashes of lightning in the sky, although there were no signs of rain. He then saw Our Lady on a pure white cloud, above one of the nearby trees. 

Squinting [loensend], he realized that the image he was seeing was a real person that blinked [wiens ogen knipperden]. Our Lady opened her arms, and rays of light came forth from them.

That was when Bernardo finally decided to ask her her name. 

She told him in a sweet voice, “I come from Heaven, I am the Mother of Jesus.” 

Then, Bernardo asked her what she wanted, and She responded, “I want the Rosary to be prayed every day.” 

The farmer interrupted her, saying that this was something they already did in the town. 

However, she insisted, “I do not want them to pray it during the month of May alone. I want them to pray it always, in their families... from the moment the children reach the age of reason... They should pray it at a set time, that does not enter in conflict with the daily tasks of the home.” 

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She explained... 

that the Lord is not pleased with prayers done without thinking, or rattled off mechanically, and recommended that they pray the Rosary accompanied by a reading of the corresponding Biblical passages, and with an effort to live according to the Word of God. 

She then added, “Love one another. Carry out your duties. Make peace. Do not ask the Lord for peace, for if you all do not máke peace, there will be no peace.”

Our Lady announced that Nicaragua would suffer greatly... 

if the people did not change. 

At first, he was reluctant to say anything about this to the people. Thinking that that way, he would avoid problems. However, he finally told everything, to the people in the town and the priest. As Our Mother had told him, some believed and others did not.

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