estación 3

THE THIRD STATION:

Our Lady Appears to the Seers the First Time

Two weeks after the angel's first appearance... 

and after a series of other similar appearances by the angel... 

the angel speaks for the first time... 

and announces that the following day, Our Lady would appear... 

which She does, as Our Lady of Mount Carmel. 

Accompanied by St. Michael at Her right, and (it was later revealed) St. Gabriel at her left... 

the Holy Virgin speaks about many things with the seers, and recites the Rosary with them. 

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There is a large Eye to the right of the Virgin...

which seems to be the Eye of God. 

At the end of the Rosary, the Virgin leaves.

The Message: 

Our Lady comes on the Feast of The Visitation [until 1969, on July 2!...] 

because, just as She visited Her cousin Elizabeth to help her... 

so too, She has come to Garabandal to help us, now and in the future. 

Just as She carried Jesus in Her womb during this visit to Elizabeth... 

so too, She would carry Jesus to us, not only in Garabandal, but always. 

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It is ironic that the two parties involved in the Annunciation, Our Blessed Mother and the angel Gabriel, are present here as well, since we are called to cultivate the kind of faith which Mary exemplified at both the Annunciation and the Visitation, where She proclaimed Her beautiful ´Magnificat´ in praise of Her God. 

We are called to the kind of humility, gratitude, and praise which Our Blessed Mother personified. The eye of God seen to Mary's right reminds us, that God is always watching us, and therefore we must remain faithful to this calling, message, and mission!

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Also important is the fact that Our Lady comes to Garabandal as Our Lady of Mount Carmel, long associated with the Scapular which She held in Her hand. 

Given the beautiful promises made by The Virgin to St. Simon Stock regarding this powerful sacramental, we are reminded that Garabandal is also a source of future Divine Mercy through its message of The Warning and The Miracle.

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