Story of the Apparitions

The Apparitions of the Virgin Mary at Bayside date back to the year 1970 when Veronica Lueken, the chosen instrument of Heaven, was graced with the first Apparition in her home on April 7th. This Apparition was also witnessed by her neighbor, Grace Pera. Our Lady instructed the seer to hold Vigils of prayer on the eves of the great feast days of the Church on the grounds of the old St. Robert Bellarmine Church in Bayside, in front of the statue of Our Lady of Grace. She promised that She would appear and give her a Message for the world at each Vigil beginning on June 18 th that year. The Apparitions continued for 25 years until Veronica's death on August 3, 1995.

 September 28, 1973

Eve of SS. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels

Veronica--It has grown very bright, and I see there are many angels now in the sky. I know they're angels from their figures. Some are more--I'm able to see them clearer than others. Others seem to be lost in a cloud-like formation.
     But now one is coming forward. No, there's one--oh, it's Michael; I recognize Michael. He's coming forward, and he's carrying a very large chalice. The chalice is golden, but it's filled with a red liquid, but it's--the liquid looks like blood.
     Now Michael is coming forward. He's now in the middle of the flagpole. Now he's got this chalice; it's a large golden chalice, very bright. It's very shining and brilliant. Now Michael is leaning over. He is saying:

UNCLEAN HANDS

     Michael--"Look, My child, upon the abominations that have fallen into the cup. Unclean hands shall stain the Body of your Creator."
     Veronica--Now there are many angels gathering about Michael. Michael's very large,very beautiful, but tremendous in size. The other angels--they're not as large and awesome as he.
     But now Michael is coming forward, and he's pointing over to the left side of the flagpole. And he's now motioning, and there are four angels stepping forward. And in their hands are--they look like bowls or dishes.
     Now one is placing something in the dish now. And there's smoke rising from the dish. It's a deep dish, like a bowl. And now he's coming over to the center of the flagpole, and he's standing there with the bowl in front of him.
     And Michael now has in his hand--he's on the right side--a long spear, and he's pointing down this way. And now I see the bowl; the angel is turning the bowl upside down and all the--it's burning coal, fire. Ah-h-h, ah-h-h! It's very hot. Huge rocks of fire...
     Now it's growing dark, and Michael is coming over now to the left side of the flagpole. And he's stepping forward.
     Michael--"Repeat well, my child, the words I am to give now to the world. Man of God and human of the world, you have received your final warning. Repent now and do much penance for the offenses against the Most High. Your chastisement will be measured by the sin of man."
     Veronica--Now Michael is moving over.
     Now coming down from above the flagpole is a large cross, a large cross. It's orange and flaming, and it's now going over, floating across, and it's above the trees. The cross--the centerpiece is like the handle of a sword.
     Now on the left side of the flagpole another angel is coming forward. He has a large bowl in his arm, and he's throwing out seed; it looks like seed. He said, "This seed will fall upon earth, and it will rot in the ground. What will you pay for the bread?"
     And now it's growing very dark, and I see a man sitting on a horse. The horse is black. The man is dressed all in black. He's carrying a scale. It looks like a scale; it has two sections. It also is black, black wood. And he's now reaching into a leather-like sack at his side, and he's p1acing.... And he's now looking down, and he's got a horrible smile. There's a horrible look on his face. And he's counting out large coins, dropping them into his scale. Now he's dropped his bag to the side, and he's rushing off.
     And behind him there's a large angel. Oh! It's Gabriel. Now Gabriel's standing there. He has in his hand a horn! It looks like a long, golden-like instrument--a horn. Now he's raising the horn above his head and pointing over to the right side of the flagpole. And he's saying:
     Gabriel--"The walls will come tumbling down. The walls will come tumbling down."
     Veronica--And now it's growing very dark. And I'm looking--it's like a motion picture. I see water, but oh, it's very deep. And it's churning, and it's--oh, it's a storm.
     And now written above is "TEMPEST: T-E-M-P-E-S-T."
     Now the water is getting higher. And there are walls coming down, and people are running, and the buildings are coming down. Oh-h-h. Oh-h-h.
     Now Our Lady is coming forward. Oh-h-h. Oh, Our Lady is coming forward, and She's dressed beautifully. She's all in white. Oh, She has on a white gown with a gold belt, a tie, a golden tie about it. And She has a white cape. Oh, it's beautiful. The cape has all golden trim, and the cape goes from Her feet all the way up around Her head.
     And I can see Our Lady's hair now. It's a light brown, almost--almost blonde, but no, it's a light brown.
     And Our Lady is smiling. And now She's coming forward. Our Lady's now in the middle of the flagpole. But over--oh, She's moving over to the middle, by the trees.
     Our Lady--"My child, there is not much more that I can add to My words. I have wandered throughout your world for many earth-years, giving heed to the plan of the Father to awaken you to your eventual destruction should you continue on your present path.
     "There will be given to man phenomenons and a great Warning. Many will see, My child, and still not believe.
     "The Father has counted His sheep. He is familiar with the souls of all. Each hair upon your head has been counted, and your soul is mirrored before His eyes.
     "Man will be unable to fully understand the ways of the Father. He is merciful, My child, but He must also chastise. It is in this manner that He will restore earth back to His original creation.
     "I have asked the Father to lift your physical cross, My child, as time grows short and there is much work to do. Many arms will be needed in the battle ahead. Deep darkness will settle over the earth."
     Veronica--Now Our Lady is pointing up with Her finger, like this, up, high up into the sky. Now there's a large ball, but it looks like the earth. And I see a great darkness because there's a great smoke and fumes and gases. And the sun--the sun is very bright, but it's being covered now by a great haze. And the earth now is very dark.
     "It is mid-day," our Lady says, "mid-day, but it is like the darkest night."
     Now it's becoming brighter. And I can see hundreds and hundreds of angels, beautiful angels. Some look very young, like children. They're dressed in different colors. Oh, the colors are just beautiful; they're long gowns.
     Now Our Lady is standing over to the right. She's dressed still in Her white with the golden trim.
     And now I see other figures coming forward, hundreds of them. The sky is filled with beautiful figures. Oh, I know they're angels. But I don't see hands. They're dressed in long robes, just beautiful robes. I can't describe their faces. The light is so bright, but the beauty, the feeling...
     Our Lady says:
     Our Lady--"My child, you will describe what you see."

TUSAZERI

     Veronica--Oh. I see three beautiful figures. I know Michael. And--and, oh, Gabriel, I know, Raphael... Oh, yes. Raphael is the fairest angel. Oh, and now... Oh! Tusazeri! Our Lady says:
     Our Lady--"No, he has not left your side. You are being permitted to see him, My child."
     Veronica--He's not quite as large as Michael. He's very kind. Our Lady says:
     Our Lady--"He is now your truest friend and guide for the mission, your protector and one of the highest archangels in the Kingdom...Tusazeri."
     Veronica--Oh, now Tusazeri is coming down. Oh! Oh!
     Now Our Lady is coming down. Now
     Our Lady is talking very softly; I can barely hear Her words.
     Our Lady--"My child, you will make it known that My Message at Fatima must be followed through. The warnings have not been heeded throughout the world.
     "Intellectual pride among the men of God has caused much confusion. Know, My child, that satan has placed his agents in the House of My Son. Beware of those who parade themselves as angels of light, yet they have dark hearts, and they are agents of the prince of darkness. You will be given insight, My child, to recognize the face of evil.

THE MAN OF SIN

     "The world waits for the arrival of the man of sin. He has been among you, My children, for quite some time. One, (Our Lady is counting) two, three, four, five."
     Veronica--Our Lady is holding up five fingers, like this. Now as She holds up the five fingers, Her Rosary is like this. And Our Lady, now, is shaking Her head, like this, very sadly. She means, "Yes, five."
     Our Lady--"There is one who will be released to bring about the sudden arrival of My Son.
     "You must make it known to man that a House in darkness has a band of death about it. All that is rotten will fall. Corruption in the House of God will be eliminated."
     Veronica--Our Lady says:
     Our Lady--"House of God is known in the world as Church.
     "Man has only one means now to avert the planned Chastisement and Warning. The Warning and the Chastisement will follow soon upon each other if man continues on his present course. He must now humble himself before the world. He must do much penance, sacrifice, and make atonement for the many offenses against his God. Only in this manner will I, as a Mediatrix between man and God, be able to hold back the destruction which is fast heading towards earth.
     "Science and man of intellectual pride will find that he falls far short of the knowledge of his God. The very forces that he used to advance himself upon earth, he has turned against himself to destroy his world.
     "When the Warning is sent upon man, there will be no doubt in the minds of man that it descends from the heavens. However, those who have already committed themselves to satan will see and yet not believe.
     "You must now do much penance and mortification, for only by prayer and mortification can you hold back the darkness and the destruction.
     "My child, I have appeared to many of your brothers and sisters throughout the world. Many have been chosen as voice--boxes for the salvation of souls and to ransom man from the Warning and Chastisement fast coming upon him. However, My child, sadly, today many of Our warnings have fallen upon hardened hearts.
     "Man of his free will must now make his decision: the will of the Father, or the selling of his soul to Lucifer. You cannot, upon your earth, My child, serve two masters.
     "O My children, how many tears I have shed throughout the years. How many times I plead to the Father for an extension of His mercy to you.
     "The eventual Chastisement, My children, will be great, and the loss of the spirits to Heaven much. The count falling into hell grows greater every day. That is why it will be necessary to have this intervention from Heaven. You hold now, My children, the balance in your hands."
     Veronica--And now I see a large ball. And on top of the ball there's a cross. And now suspended above the cross is a scale, and to the right of the scale is an hourglass. But the hourglass is empty. And Our Lady now is pointing to the hourglass, and She says:
     Our Lady--"You see, My child, time has run out."
     Veronica--Now behind Our Lady--She's pointing way in the distance, and I see many crosses, and standing before the crosses, many people: children, men, women, old people, young people, many crosses.
     And then over to the right I see that large ball, but it's not the earth. It's a large ball, and it's beginning to spin. Ah-h-h! Ah-h-h! It's spinning. It's so--spinning so fast that it's starting to move across the sky, and there are gases. (Veronica coughs.) It's blinding.
     The gases are all colors. The colors are like orange and yellow, and fading almost into a gray. It's stopped all the light; I can't see anything of the sun... Oh, and it's--and it's crossing now. There's another ball; it's crossing. Oh, the ball looks like the earth. Yes, it's crossing.
     Now there are three of those balls. It's crossing between--I know that's the sun and the earth. And behind it now--it's come from behind the sun. I see--it's going around the sun. It comes from behind the sun, and now it's going past the sun now, past the earth, and it's got a terribly wide, long streak of fiery-looking fumes. Ah-h-h! Ah-h-! Oh-h-h.
     Now I see it's going back into the sky. And I'm looking now close onto the earth. And I see--I can't tell. I see... There are people, dead people.
     Now that man is standing there that was on the horse, and he's dressed all in black: He looks like--he looks horrible, because upon his head is like a--it's not like a monk's hat; it comes to a point. It looks like the--like some kind of clannish hat, almost like a triangle, black.
     Oh, and he's pointing. He's a man with no skin on his fingers, the bone. And he's pointing now to the globe, like this, with his finger.
     And now I see written above his head, "DEATH": D-E-A-T-H. And now there's an arrow pointing over, and I see the word written, "HOPE": H-O-P-E.
     And now below the word "HOPE" which are bright and white and golden in color, written in the sky, there's a cross.
     Now Our Lady is standing to--the cross is on Her left side; She's over to the right side. And now Our Lady says:
     Our Lady--"Many victim souls will give themselves for the salvation of mankind."
     Veronica--Now it's growing very dark. Our Lady says:
     Our Lady--"I am not leaving, My child. But you must rest now and return to your seat. Jesus will be here to bless all sacramentals very shortly.
     Veronica--There's a man with Our Lady standing up there. Our Lady said if I were to speak with you with a loudspeaker you would all hear me. But I think you will all hear me.

ST. LOUIS DE MONTFORT

     Our Lady said that I was given this book. It's a very old book, from the time of Saint Louis de Montfort. And I--Our Lady said that I'm to read this passage from it:
     "There are many who call themselves devotees of Our Lady. But words do not prove what is in the heart, but actions. They can fall," he says, the man, Saint Louis--it's Louis. Oh, he said to call him Saint Louis. Oh. "...into seven categories. We have much false devotion to Our Lady. They are: 1. They are the critical devotees. These are those who call themselves devotees of Our Lady." But they have categories, says Saint Louis de Montfort. They are: "the critical devotees, the scrupulous devotees, the external devotees, the presumptuous devotees, the inconstant devotees, the hypocritical devotees, and the really interested devotees."
     Now Saint Louis says, "Those, the critical devotees, are for the most part the proud scholar, those of much learning, with rash and self-sufficient spirits, who have at the bottom of their hearts some devotion to the holy Virgin, but who criticize nearly all the practices of devotion to Her which the simple people may pay simply and holily to their good Mother, because these practices do not fall in with their own humor and fancy."
     So those who are of intellectual pride would not approve because it does not fit in with what is in their fancy. "They call in doubt all the miracles of our Faith and the history recorded by authors worthy of our Faith, or drawn from the chronicles of religious orders," they call them down, for the "narratives which testify to us the mercies and the power of the most holy Virgin. They cannot see," these who have the intellectual pride, "without uneasiness, how simple and humble people are--can be on their knees before an altar or an image of Our Lady, sometimes in the corner of a street, in order to pray to God there, and they even accuse them of idolatry, and as if they adored the wood or the stone. They say that for their part," those who have intellectual pride and do have the rule of governing, "they are not fond of these external devotions and that their minds are not so weak as to give faith to such a number of tales and little histories that are in circulation about Our Lady.
     "Therefore," Saint Louis says, "watch and pray and allow the Holy Spirit to work among you. In other words," Saint Louis says, "Do not stop the workings of the Holy Spirit, for it is not for man to judge the hand of God among you."
     In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

     (Pause)

     Veronica--Everyone who can, please kneel, because Jesus is here, and He's on the right side of the flagpole. He's been standing here patiently waiting for the finishing of the prayers.
     Now Jesus--oh, He wants me to describe His clothes to you. Oh, Jesus is wearing a light pale gown. It's almost, sort of--it's not white, but it's yellowish, sort of. No, not yellowish, He says--tannish, with a burgundy-colored cape. It's quite long; it goes down to Jesus' feet, but He has it now thrown back.
     Now He has on sandals, and He's smiling. The sandals look like they're made of brown cord. And Jesus thinks it's quite funny the way I'm describing Him. No ...
     Now Jesus says that you will extend all sacramentals, objects of God, of godly nature.
     Now Jesus is moving over towards the flagpole. Now He's standing, and He's starting to place His robe--He's putting it across His hand, like this. Oh, I see, so--Oh! I see; He's opening up His robe. Now Jesus has His hand up above His head, like this--the three fingers. Now He says:
     Jesus--"You will extend, but it will not be necessary to remove from cartons, all objects of God. I place upon these sacramentals graces for conversion and cure, for the restoration of sinners, and the return of holy Church to the rule. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."
     Veronica--Now Jesus is raising His hand above His head, like this. He wants me to describe it. I'm facing this way, but He has His three fingers, and He's going like this: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
     Now Jesus is going over to the--near the trees. He's in the center, over by the trees. Now. He's coming down--oh! He's down quite close to the trees now.
     Oh, and He's now raising His hand, but He's making the sign of the cross, like this: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, on the people over here.
     And now Our Lady now is coming from behind the trees, and She's following Jesus. They're floating over past the flagpole. Now They're on the--on the left side, our left side, Their right side. And Jesus now is coming down quite close. Our Lady is standing right next to Him now.
     Now Jesus is extending His hand above His head on this side, and He's making the sign of the cross: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
     Now He's going over, and He's just above the trees now. He's looking down; Jesus is looking down over there. And now He's raising His hand again, and He's making the sign of the cross: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
     And now Our Lady is extending Her Rosary. Our Lady's Rosary is very large; it's white, and the--no, the Our Father beads are very golden. And the crucifix, the cross, is very golden. It's very large. Our Lady has a very large, white-beaded Rosary.
     Now She also is taking Her cross, like this, and She's blessing now: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
     Now Our Lady is bending over, talking very softly:

CURATIVE WATERS

     Our Lady--"I extend and dispense many graces from the Father to all who will come seeking Our comfort. There will be upon these lands curative waters. And I have directed that there be built an edifice that will do honor to the Father. It will be a major instrument for the recovery of souls in this city, which now stands forth second to Sodom.
     "I bless you, My children, and I dispense among you many graces from the Father. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."

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