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.

October 2, 1973

Eve of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus

     Veronica--Just above the flagpole, Theresa is standing with Our Lady. Our Lady is dressed very beautifully. Now Theresa is coming forward with Our Lady, and they're standing to the right side of the flagpole. Now Theresa is bending over. She is referring to her headpiece. She has a white band about her hair under her veil. Now Theresa is whispering. I'm to repeat.
     St. Theresa--"My sisters, it is the will of God that you show no vanity in your habit. Therefore, you will cover your hair."
     Veronica--Now Theresa has a band, a white band, and her veil, her black veil, covers it. She's pinning it now with what looks to be a clip, over a very stiff, white headpiece that covers her hair completely to her forehead, so that I don't see any hair at all--just her face.
     Our Lady now is standing over on Theresa's left side; Theresa would be at Our Lady's right side. And Our Lady is dressed very beautifully in white, and above Her head there's a large circlet of diamonds. No, they look like diamonds, but they're more like the stars. Beautiful! They're just beautiful! They're suspended over Our Lady's head. And Our Lady has on a beautiful white gown. And the cape is very long, and it's bordered with golden braid--very beautiful.
     Now Our Lady is looking down. Oh, She has on slippers; Our Lady has on golden slippers. But--oh, She's smiling and raising Her skirts slightly. Oh, on Her slippers She has flowers; they're roses, but they're made of gold--very beautiful!
     Now Our Lady is speaking with Theresa. Theresa is smiling, and she's--now Theresa is coming forward, and Our Lady is nodding to her. And Theresa is saying:

RETURN TO MORTIFICATION

     St. Theresa--"My sisters of the convents, you must return to a life of mortification and self-privation. You have succumbed to the lures of satan, loving more the pleasures of worldly flesh than the ecstasies that lie beyond the veil when you pass over. Your lives must return to the rule, the strict rule of self-discipline. Your example is very poor to the children. Your actions have not gone by unnoticed by the Father. You will be called to task for your bad example."

ST. PIUS X

     Veronica--Now, coming down behind Our Lady and Theresa, there's a man. Oh! I know... He's dressed all in white. He's quite a stocky man. And he has like a...a yarmulke on his head, sort of. "Oh no," he says, "I am Pius." But--and he's pointing up (Veronica sees writing): "X...X...Ten." Oh! Pius--Pope Pius the Tenth! St. Pius the Tenth.
     Oh, he's a good-looking man. He has--I can see very close-cropped hair; it's very white. And he's smiling, and he's saying in a very heavy, masculine tone:
     Pope Pius X--"I left behind with you many writings, warning of what was to come about when I left your earth. Why have you cast them aside? They were inspired from the Father. You are traveling now onto the road of modernism, and rationalizing your offenses against the Father."
     Veronica--Now he's standing with his hand in front of him, like this--like this, and making the sign of the cross, like this, upon everyone. Now he's also turning over towards the left side of the flagpole, and going like this. His hand is together like this--his fingers. He's blessing everyone with his hand, like this...Oh!
     Now Our Lady and Theresa are floating--they don't walk, they just seem to glide--over to the right side by the trees. And they're standing there, and Our Lady is looking over past the flagpole. Oh! And Michael is standing there now. Oh, he's very large. Michael is very large, very beautiful. His brilliance--I can't see beyond the light. I couldn't describe his face. Our Lady says to describe what I see.
     Oh, I see a very large manlike-looking figure, but he's got very--you know that he's not earthly because he's very ethereal-looking. He's dressed differently than we do. He does have about him a short skirt, but he has on a mantle of silver that looks like armor about his chest. And he's holding a spear.
     Now Michael is pointing up to the sky, and--oh my goodness! There is--there's a terrible creature; it's a snake-like creature. It looks--oh, the cobra. It's a snake in the sky. And now it's standing up on almost the tip of its tail, and it's weaving back and forth. It's beginning to weave back and forth like a pendulum. And now Our Lady--it's very frightening to watch it. And now Michael is coming forward, and he's pointing up with the spear, and Michael is saying:
     St. Michael--"See, my child and my children, the spell that satan has cast upon you. You harken to his call and follow him as sheep to the slaughter. You must use all the armors given to you through the ages of earth-time for your protection."
     Veronica--Our Lady now is coming forward. And I see Michael pointing up with the spear. And that horrible-looking thing seems to be disappearing, evaporating, like--like it was smoky, and disappearing. I can't see it any more. Now Our Lady is coming forward. She's very beautiful. And She's holding out Her Rosary. It's a very large white Rosary, with golden Our Fathers and a very large golden crucifix. Now She's leaning forward.
     Our Lady--"My child, shout to the world: With my beads of prayer and other sacramentals you can save your souls and the souls of those you love, and there will be a reprieve from Heaven if you fulfill the request of the Father to make full atonement for the offenses to the Father, Who is the Lord High God of Heaven and earth."
     Veronica--Now I see suspended in the air a large scapular. I recognize it as a brown scapular. It's very large. And it has the figure of Our Lady, and She's holding the Infant Jesus in Her hands. And on the other side--it's strung clear across the sky--are figures, box figures of some type of writing that I don't understand--the figures I don't understand on this... so that I could count almost box-like figures.
     And Our Lady now is pointing over behind the flagpole, and there is also another scapular that has one string. Oh, it is the green scapular. Our Lady says:
     Our Lady--"Repeat, My child: The promises I have made still hold true, for all who wear these sacramentals will enter over the veil and escape the eternal fires.

MAKE THESE SAFEGUARDS

     "You will, My child, instruct the mothers and young peoples of the world to devote the remaining time to making these safeguards to their human body and eternal soul. Better they occupy themselves with objects of God than those diversions created by satan at the present time.
     "My child, many of the objects of God have been cast aside to be replaced by soul-destroyers. The soul-destroyers must be removed from within the homes, the schools, and the streets of your country, and especially the foul dens of evil promoted by the prince of darkness in your cities. Your children are the principal objects for seduction by satan.
     "Parents hold now a great responsibility for the fall of their children's souls. Many of those chosen to direct these souls have lost their way and have taken the road of temporal pleasures and seducements of satan. They have given themselves to the world and have lost the road to sanctity and the Father.
     "Remove the corruption from within the House of God, and you will find your doors opened and the houses of God renewed. A house in darkness wears a band of death about it; a church in darkness wears a band of death about it. All that is rotten will fall. Truth shall not be clouded in darkness.
     "The spirit of evil roams throughout your country and the world. Soon there will be sent upon you a great Warning. Take heed and recognize the hand of the Father upon you. Should you turn your backs upon this Warning, you will receive in due time the great Chastisement.
     "My child, what more can I add in human words to the warnings that I have given in many places throug many voice-boxes throughout the world? Three human words must stand forth as your way of life: Penance, atonement, sacrifice--now!"
     Veronica--And the words are being written in the sky: "N-O-W; NOW"!
     And over to the right side of the flagpole, there's a huge hourglass, a huge hourglass, and there're no sands left in the upper half. And over to the left side, I see a pendulum, and it's swinging back and forth, back and forth. And above the flagpole is a large round ball that's starting to spin faster and faster and faster! It is rotating, and it's a tremendous size! Tremendous! And it's going very fast about the eagle. Oh! Oh! Oh, I see a ball--oh, it's tremendous! Oh, and it's shooting out behind it vapors and the gases. Oh, it's a most frightening sight. Oh!
     "Science!" There's a voice booming; it's so loud it hurts my ears. Oh, Michael--Michael is coming forward.
     Michael--"My child, my voice resounds through urgency. Science! Men of science ever seeking, but never reaching the truth! Intellectual pride has been the downfall of many."
     Veronica--Now Our Lady is coming forward. She doesn't look as happy as She did before; She looks very sad. And Our Lady is talking very, very low; I can barely hear Her.
     Our Lady--"My child, My heart is saddened because of the knowledge that so many will be lost to the Father when the great Ball of Redemption descends upon your earth.
     "Now that the Message of Heaven resounds throughout the world, the forces of evil have now come forward with increased ferocity. My child and My children, be prepared for a great battle with satan. The more you advance forward and become a close apostle and disciple of the Father, the more satan will set his snares for you.
     "If your country refuses to accept the words from the Father, you will not escape the great Chastisement."
     Veronica--Now Our Lady is walking forward--She's not walking, She's floating forward. And now there are three beautiful angels, and they're placing about Our Lady a beautiful blue cape. Oh, it's so beautiful! It's almost like the one we have here. Oh, it is so beautiful, every direction the light shines upon it. And they are placing upon Our Lady's head a golden crown. Oh, Our Lady looks very beautiful, very beautiful!
     Now Our Lady--oh, there's an angel coming forward, and he--oh, the angel is carrying a wreath. It's like a headpiece all made of roses, white roses. And Our Lady now is looking back, and Theresa--oh, Theresa now is coming forward. Oh! Oh, she looks so beautiful! She has now on a white cape--it looks white in the light--over her long....It's a brown now dress; it's very long. And she has a beautiful white cape on. And now she has also--the cape is white....
     And Our Lady...Now she's (St. Theresa) kneeling down in front of Our Lady, and Our Lady is placing on her head the white circlet of roses. It's just beautiful! Oh, beautiful!
     Now from the sky I see all of these angels coming forward. Oh, there're hundreds of them; they're so beautiful, so beautiful! Oh, and also there're many nuns. They're all dressed in long habits, but they're quite different in their habits. The way their headpieces are, they must be of different orders.
     But now three are coming and standing near Theresa and Our Lady. Now Our Lady is placing Her hand out. Oh, and Theresa now is standing up. Oh, now I see her very clearly, very clearly. Oh...Now Theresa is saying:

CHILDHOOD-THE ROAD OF SANCTITY

     St. Theresa--"Veronica, the road to Heaven is filled with thorns. You will gather the petals along the way, but these you will not keep for yourself. You will prefer the thorns.
     "The road to sanctity is one of childhood. It is one of abandonment to the will of the Father. Veronica, you have not yet learned to abandon yourself to the will of the Father. However, do not feel sad, for, I, too, had to pray for this grace. You must pray more to accept and desire nothing of the world.
     "Do you remember, Veronica, the little poem-message I gave to you a short time ago? Repeat it, Veronica."

SPIRITUAL CHILDHOOD

     All I can do is just love You,
     For my riches are here in my heart.
     They're not locked or chained against stealing;
     They're always free to depart.
     I offer this gift to You, Jesus;
     Accept it with your precious joy.
     I'm Yours to hold there in your Kingdom,
     Just treat me as your little toy.

     St. Theresa--"Yes, Veronica, you have not forgotten the lesson of long ago."
     Veronica--Now Our Lady is coming over, and now bending forward.
     Our Lady--"You have been concerned, My child, that you have not had the opportunity to send forth the present message to the world. Do not be concerned, for My major message has now gone throughout the earth. You will find there will be many obstacles placed in the path for the dispensing of this message. However, the Father has a plan for each soul.
     "Go forward with prayer; go forward with trust and abandonment to the will of the Father. You will be guided here from the sacred grounds, but satan will do greatest battle now to stop you, My child. Know that We are with you, and We send you the graces to accept My Son's cross."
     Veronica--Now Our Lady is raising her cross from Her Rosary very high above Her head, and She's blessing everyone, like this. Oh, She's holding it like this. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
     And Our Lady is turning over now towards the right side--Her right side... In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. And now Our Lady is pointing over and upward. Oh-h-h! Oh-h-h! There's--oh, Jesus is standing there, too. Now He's going like this. Oh.
     Jesus--"Return to your seat, My child. I will bless the sacramentals in due time, but the prayers of atonement are much needed. Continue, My child, and do not be affected by outside disturbances.
     "I did not ask you to kneel, for I have a plan to strengthen you in the battle ahead."
     Veronica--Now Michael is going over--He's holding a very large golden chalice--very beautiful! Oh-h-h, But (I) can't talk--it's like Jesus...look...oh... so sad....
     Now Jesus is coming forward. And Michael is standing there. Now Jesus is smiling.
     Jesus--"I will, My child, be with you always. Comfort Me by visiting with Me more often in My House. I know the schedule I give you is very heavy, but My child, you will find you will accomplish your clerical work much faster if you join Me and unite your heart with Mine in My House daily."
     Veronica--Now I see a beautiful red heart. It's beautiful, though it's bleeding. And I see...it...I see...Oh...I see more...oh-h-h, my body floating--oh, way up, up towards the flagpole. And then--now, it's like my self is just standing right next to--it's sort of two hearts.
     My heart is Yours. I consecrate myself to Your holy Heart. I consecrate my family, my friends, and those most in need, to Your Sacred Heart.
     Now Jesus is coming forward. He's speaking very softly.
     Should I speak out?
     Jesus--"My child, I can speak to you in private, or you can share My conversation with the world."
     Veronica--I seek for, O Jesus, to share the conversation with the world, for nothing is mine, for all that I have is given to me but for a short time by the Father. Therefore, I do wish to share all with the world.
     Jesus--"Veronica, My child, the words you speak now were not of your own, but I have instructed little Theresa to stand with you in the future days. She has guided you well in the first step of My plan. Now she will direct you with My Mother."
     Veronica--And Our Lady now is coming forward. Very beautiful...Oh, She's so beautiful....Now Jesus is also saying:
     Jesus--"I have asked you purposely to sign "V" with the sign of My suffering and the letters "J - M - J - T". We are united with you for the salvation of mankind. All messages given in the past are for mankind."
     Veronica--Yes.
     Jesus--"You are to close your ears to the sound of the serpent. You are to retire into a life of prayer and mortification. You will understand fully, My child, when the time is right.
     "No, My child, I am not displeased. I expect a human reaction from you. No, My child, it is not necessary for you to speak to Me for the world.
     "Your question will be answered very shortly, My child. I promise you the sign, and it will be given very soon. Confidence, My child! My words are not given idly."
     Veronica--Now Jesus is raising His hand, like this--His three fingers--and blessing: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
     Jesus--"Be seated, My child. Continue with the prayers of atonement, much needed for a darkened generation."

     (Pause)

     Veronica--I see a large ball. I see a large ball, and it's spinning. And on one side it looks white, but the other side looks orange. Now I see it coming very close. It's the earth; I can see it's the earth. And I see...I see large--huge waves. Oh, they're very high.... Very fast, the water starts to rise very fast, and people are running... they're running. One woman is running and she has a little girl about two years old. She is trying to run with her. The water...the water...I see it's washed down the houses, because they're floating down. They're floating now....Oh, it's impossible to believe! It's like a huge dam broke and the water's just rushing now over the city.
     Then...Oh, it is raining very heavily, and I see waters again but not like the others. These are coming from--like mountains. And the water is pouring down from the mountains onto the houses. And they're--terrible! Houses are just washed away like they're a piece of paper. And people--they're trying to hold onto the trees. Oh! Oh!
     I never saw a city...with water....It's impossible, but it's happening. Oh! People are in subway stations and the water is coming in.
     And now it's growing very dark...very dark. And now there's appearing over the dark sky a great letter. Oh, it, it doesn't look good. The letter is "W". It's written in the sky: "W", but it's all in black, a huge "W", all in black, written above the eagle. The tip of the "W" comes almost level with the top of the flagpole, the center part of it, "W".
     "Warning! Warning! Warning!" A voice repeated three times: "Warning! Warning! Warning!" Three times.

     (Pause)

     Jesus now raised His hand. He is ready to bless the sacramentals.
     All who are able will kneel in the presence of God. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
     Now Jesus is coming over to my right side, on this side. Now Jesus is--oh, He's very beautiful. Oh, there's no way to explain the light; the light is so beautiful. Oh! Now Jesus is raising His hand over His head, like this, His three fingers together, and He's making the sign of the cross: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost--blessing all sacramentals on the right--on my right side; that would be by the tree.
     Jesus is nodding. Now He's coming slowly over to between the trees and the flagpole. Now He's raising His hand and looking down now, like this. And He's making now the sign of the Trinity: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Now Jesus is saying:
     Jesus--"I send upon you graces, bestow upon you graces in abundance: graces for cure and conversion, graces for the salvation of your soul and the souls of your loved ones."
     Veronica--Now Jesus is moving over to the left side, which is His--my left side, and Jesus is just over by the flagpole. Now He's raising His hand, and He's saying:
     Jesus--"It will not be necessary to remove your objects of God from your person or packages."
     Veronica--Now He's raising His hand, and He's blessing in the sign of the Trinity: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Now Jesus is floating over, over close to the trees now. He's just down by the leaf. In fact, His sandal now just about touches the leaf. And He's raising His hand now, but it's low--it's almost even with His chest. And He's saying:
     Jesus--"I bless you in the name of the most high God, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: one God, united in three Divinities; one God."
     Veronica--Now Jesus is now going over to the center of the flagpole. Now Jesus--oh, He wants me to stand up and repeat. Oh, on my own? Alright.

MARRIAGES CANNOT BE DISSOLVED

     Jesus wants you to know that many marriages are not approved of by Heaven. The example within the homes have led many children onto the road to hell. There will be no rationalization of adultery. There will be no rationalization of the breaking up of the home in divorce. Marriages, consummated and blessed by God the Father, shall not be dissolved by the whims of man.
     Know ye now that satan rules throughout your world for a short time. He has the power to turn the husband against his spouse, and the wife against her husband. Know you now that you cannot escape the fires of hell if you dissolve a marriage blessed by God the Father. It is permanent, and in the eyes of God, permanent unto death.

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