The Most Important Statements of the Apparitions
The most important statements of the apparitions
9 October 1949
Beginning of the apparitions
13 October 1949
To the question „What is your wish?“: „The people are to pray earnestly!“
8 December 1949
More than 10,000 pilgrims witness the great miracle of the sun. After the miracle of the sun the Mother of God: „I did this because there are still so many unbelievers present, so that they too may believe.“
13 January 1950
The Mother of God sets her foot on the mountain for the first time.
2 February 1950
Mother of God: „If the people do not fulfil my wish, much blood will flow. Then the Russians will come and slay you.“ Plea of the visionary girl: „Dear Mother of God, avert this terrible thing from us.“ Mother of God: „You yourselves can do that through your prayer.“
5 February 1950
Mother of God: „I will answer every prayer of those who believe in me.“
6 February 1950
Mother of God: „The blessing that I have given will one day be of benefit to the people. … If the people continue to pray like this, I will protect Heroldsbach and Thurn, and the whole land of Bavaria.“
6 February 1950
Mother of God: „Do penance and pray for the conversion of Russia.“
6 February 1950
Baron: „What you have seen up to now, I already knew three years before my death. I will continue to pray for my fatherland.“
9 March 1950
Beginning of the digging at the spot indicated by the dear Mother of God and the Child Jesus. The dear Mother of God said: „I want to do something so that the unbelievers too will believe it.“ Likewise the beginning of the moving forward on the knees „as penance for sinners“.
11 March 1950
Child Jesus: „If the people awaken contrition, I will forgive them and I can avert the calamity.“
14 April 1950
Two visionary girls each hand the prayer leader on the mountain a sealed envelope containing the secret of the dug hole. On the instruction of the Child Jesus the letters are opened and part of their contents made known. What will become of the dug hole (source of grace) is not to be proclaimed and remains a secret. It is „foundation stone“ and „source of grace“. The dear Mother of God said: „At this place many graces will yet flow.“
19 April 1950
Wednesday after Low Sunday. About 250 First Communion children are on the mountain and are allowed to touch the Mother of God and the Child Jesus and to give them their hand. About 30 girls and boys afterwards testified to having felt the hand, the hem of the garment and the crown.
14 May 1950
Mother of God: „I am the Mother of all people.“
15 May 1950
Mother of God: „The Russians will come, and a great famine. Bring me candles and matches tomorrow; I want to bless them. Include the unbelievers in your prayer as well.“
17 May 1950
Child Jesus: „If you do not pray diligently, the Russians will come and slay you.“
16 and 17 May 1950
Russian visions, which by order of the apparition may not be published.
17 May 1950
Child Jesus: „Dear children, wear crosses and medals, even when the Russians come.“
18 May 1950
The secret which the dear Mother of God gave on 9 February 1950 is made known. The Mother of God said: „When the Russians come, I will protect Heroldsbach and Thurn. Even the houses will tremble from it when the bombs fall. But I will nevertheless protect Heroldsbach and Thurn.
20 May 1950
The Child Jesus has a visionary girl announce over the loudspeaker an addendum to the secret proclaimed on 18 May 1950: „This is a sign that I protect Heroldsbach.“
22 May 1950
The Mother of God kneels on the bench in front of the little altar at the apple tree and, to the question „Dear Mother of God, why are you kneeling here?“, replies: „I kneel here in penance for the unbelievers, so that they may believe in me and in my dear Son – and also for you.“
23 May 1950
Mother of God: „I have given you the blessing so that you may come through the dangers.“ Then she repeats the special blessing for all who commit themselves to the front of prayer and sacrifice.
25 May 1950
Mother of God: „I now give my special blessing to those who pray through the night here on the mountain tonight. If you continue to pray so diligently, I will protect you.“
26 May 1950
„If people knew how near the calamity is, they would wonder why they are not warned from any other quarter. The warning goes out only from Heroldsbach, and rightly so. For there I myself am present, and I call and warn the people who have not yet examined themselves to do penance while there is still time.“
31 May 1950
Child Jesus: „Even when I do not appear, prayer shall continue day and night.“ With this, the introduction of day-and-night prayer on the mountain.
9 June 1950
The Mother of God reveals her title: „I am the Queen of Roses, I am the Rose Queen.“
13 June 1950
Saviour: „Children, pray, pray, pray; the calamity is very near.“
25 June 1950
The Sacred Heart of Jesus: „I am the Heart of salvation.“
10 July 1950
Mother of God: „If the calamity is not with you, then it is elsewhere. Be glad that it is not yet with you. Before the Russians come, I will give another sign. Dear children, pray, only pray. I would gladly tell you the day when the Russians will come; I do not tell you, for you would be greatly frightened.“
13 July 1950
Mother of God: „It gladdens me greatly that so many people honour me. The prayer rises up all the way into heaven. It gladdens me that so many people have come today.“
20 July 1950
Mother of God: „I will protect each individual. Through prayer you can ward off particular things. Pray diligently at night!“
29 July 1950
Mother of God: „Dear children, if you and the people firmly continue to pray, I will take you under my protection.“
6 August 1950
Mother of God: „Every word that is prayed without devotion hurts my Child and me.“
15 August 1950
Mother of God: „The prayer of a part of the people penetrates the clouds.“
15 August 1950
Mother of God: „If few people come who pray devoutly, that is dearer to me than if many come who are curious.“
17 September 1950
Mother of God: „It pains me so much that there are also wicked people on the mountain.“
1 October 1950
Child Jesus: „Dear children, when my Mother comes to you, do not ask her so many questions. She does not like it.“
1 November 1950
All Saints‘ Day – the day of the proclamation of the dogma by Pope Pius XII. In the early morning, between one and two o’clock, more than 300 adults see the dear Mother of God while praying at the Forest Cross. On this day the Pope, too, has an apparition of the Mother of God in the Vatican Gardens, as Cardinal Tedeschini, his legate and confidant, made known one year later in Fatima: „A voice commanded the Pope to direct his gaze upwards and not to shy away from the sun. The sun then appeared to the Pope’s eyes as a silver disc that turned like a wheel of fire. Then the Pope had the same vision as the three children of Fatima 34 years before him.“
He saw in the sun the image of the Virgin, surrounded by rays. He was able to look into the sun without being blinded by its light. The Cardinal declared literally: „On that day he (Pope Pius) could observe the life of the sun under the hand of Mary. The sun was moved, it was shaken, transformed into a picture of life, into a spectacle of heavenly movements, into the transmission of silent and yet eloquent messages for the Vicar of God.“
It is striking that the dear Mother of God, who otherwise appeared only to the children, on this her great day of honour also showed herself to adults and made them witnesses of her appearing on earth: first the Holy Father, then the pilgrims keeping night prayer in Heroldsbach. Evidently there is an inner connection between Rome, Heroldsbach and Fatima. This fact receives further confirmation in that this Holy Father later dies on a 9th of October, the anniversary of the beginning of the apparitions in Heroldsbach.
11 November 1950
Saviour: „Pray, pray, pray; then you can avert much of the calamity.“
12 November 1950
Baron: „I knew three years before my death that the Mother of God would appear in Thurn-Heroldsbach. I pray every day for Thurn and Heroldsbach and for my fatherland.“
12 November 1950
Mother of God: „Dear children, carry blessed objects with you at all times, for danger lies in wait for you everywhere. Do much penance. … The people who did not come to the mountain will one day regret it, for the blessing that I have given has great value. … Dear children, do not be frightened when the people on the mountain melt away to a small little band.“
15 November 1950
Vision of fighting soldiers, a house is burning.
Mother of God: „So it will come, but if you pray earnestly, you can avert some of it.“
23 November 1950
Baron: „I pray very much for my fatherland. My fatherland is not at all worthy of such great graces.“
Saviour: „The calamity is no longer far off. I say it so often so that mankind may mend its ways.“
26 November 1950
Mother of God: „I can no longer hold back the punishing arm of my Son if the people do not mend their ways.“
Baron: „A terrible time will come upon you, but I pray that you may come through this terrible time. I asked the Mother of God to appear in Thurn-Heroldsbach, but my fatherland does not deserve it.“
27 November 1950
Baron: „Dear children, if you pray diligently, you can avert some of the misfortune. The sin in the world is merciless.“
3 December 1950
Baron: „Pray much for the conversion of Russia; pray much, so that the Saviour can hold back much of the misfortune. … Gladly pray the Rosary of the Holy Wounds.“
10 December 1950
Two angels beside the crucified Saviour say: „We pray constantly for your fatherland, that it may be spared.“
24 December 1950
Baron: „There is not much time left for awakening contrition; mankind grows worse from day to day. I also pray for those who include themselves in my prayer.“
25 December 1950
Baron: „Pray, pray, pray; the times are very grave. The Saviour is very sad because mankind is not mending its ways but growing ever worse. Thurn and Heroldsbach are not worthy that the Mother of God and her dear Child appear. The world has never yet been as bad as it is today.“
28 December 1950
Baron: „Pray the Immaculata Rosary!“
19 January 1951
St Maria Goretti: „The Baron and I pray in heaven that Heroldsbach may become a great place of pilgrimage. Do not miss a single day of praying the Rosary here.“
7 February 1951
Question to the Crucified: „Can the calamity be averted?“ –“Not completely, … the great front of prayer gladdens me.“
11 February 1951
The Saviour on the Cross: „May the people say ‚Vergelt’s Gott‘ (may God reward you) as their thanks and greet one another with ‚Grüß Gott‘.“
24 February 1951
Mother of God: „With my mantle I embrace the whole world.“
25 February 1951
The dear Mother of God has the pilgrims asked whether she may spread her protecting mantle over the people.
25 February 1951
Thanks to Michael, Gabriel and Raphael: „We are now constantly in the world and fight against the evil enemy.“
8 March 1951
The Child Jesus and the dear Mother of God come to the podium with St Thérèse, St Maria Goretti and St Bernadette. From here a heavenly procession then forms, consisting of numerous angels and saints, in which the pilgrims too are allowed to take part. At its head went the three holy archangels: Michael carried the monstrance in which, visible to the children, was the dear Child Jesus; Raphael carried a golden cross, and Gabriel a chalice filled with holy Blood. Other angels carried a baldachin, beneath which walked the Queen of Heaven. The heavenly Father looked down benevolently from heaven. The angels prayed the Litany of the Sacred Heart alternately with the visionary children. When the faithful struck up a hymn of the Blessed Sacrament, the angels sang along. A heavenly orchestra made music. As at the Corpus Christi procession there were four stations, the last angels leaving the podium only when the head of the procession arrived there again. Angels also floated above the people. At the end the Te Deum was sung and a prayer of thanksgiving was offered. Then a voice resounded from heaven: „The thanksgiving pleases us!“
11 March 1951
Saviour: „Do you go every day to Holy Mass and to Holy Communion?“
13 March 1951
Baron: „God will hold judgment over all the doings of men. Then it will come to light who has done evil in the world.“
Philip Neri: „The saints appear so that you may imitate them. Live at all times in the grace of God, so that God may call you away from the world at any time.“
Saviour: „Be good, go to Holy Mass every day. Guard your tongue against evil talk.“
13 March 1951
Question of a Swiss priest: „Why this battle?“
Answer: „Without battle no victory; this has always been so.“
14 March 1951
Baron: „Open your hearts to the Saviour every day. It also matters whether one opens one’s heart to the Saviour joyfully or merely out of habit.“
25 March 1951
The risen Saviour: „Through my blessing I want to make your hearts pure. Those who believe in me and in my Mother I will take under my protection. I bless all who bear a heavy sorrow.“
30 March 1951
Baron: „The eye of the merciful Father has looked on long enough and kept watch over sinful mankind, but now he must act. Mankind is not mending its ways; it grows worse from day to day. Mankind simply sins away without restraint. The dear Saviour is tormented very much by the sins of impurity. He is also offended very much against the 5th and 7th commandments. … Pray much, for a terrible time will come. The war that is now coming is more terrible than those of the past.“
God the Father: „I say only five words: I am a strict judge. By us three you will all one day be judged.“
The Saviour: „My dear Mother and the three archangels will also be present, and many others besides.“
15 April 1951
Baron: „The calamity can no longer be held off; it can only be postponed. People today are worse than in Sodom and Gomorrah. I will intercede at the throne of the Most Holy Trinity, but you too must pray. The dear Saviour loved men so much, but they did not love him.“
20 April 1951
To the question of what we can do for Heroldsbach, the Baron said: „Only prayer can help. Pray kneeling too, as I do. Prayer has more value that way.“
24 April 1951
Saviour: „We will bless you, but you must not fail.“
2 May 1951
Little St Thérèse: „The Child Jesus rejoices when you sing a hymn between the prayers.“
10 May 1951
The Child Jesus during the prayer of thanksgiving after the apparition: „Your prayer of thanksgiving gladdens me as often as you offer it.“
14 May 1952
St Thérèse: „Many priests are heading towards a heavy punishment. Many will be snatched away from this earth, because they offend the dear Saviour so greatly. They do not know what they have on their conscience. Here we are introducing a Marian life, and many will find their way back to God. We rejoice over the small, faithful band that prays here.“
17 May 1952
God the Father, all in white, in radiant light, with crown and sceptre, speaks: „We rejoice over the prayer that you offer here. We rejoice that despite the severe prohibition so many of the faithful pray here on the mountain. We rejoice that you follow our call. We bless the prayer front of this mountain. We bless the Holy Father, the bishops and the priests.“
25 May 1951
Cardinal Count von Galen appears for the first time.
29 May 1952
the dear Infant Jesus said: „For the prayer that you offer here, the reward will be in heaven. It has been made hard for you to pray here. They will not recognise it until it is too late. For what has not been prayed here, they will one day have to answer. If they knew all that lies ahead of you, they would let the people pray.“
13 June 1951
Saviour: „I am thrown to the dogs in the form of the host. … It would gladden me if you were to pray the whole Rosary of the Holy Wounds daily.“
14 June 1951
The Baron appears, surrounded by a wreath of roses. A throne angel with two swords says: „If the prayer of men were to blossom like the roses around the Baron, then no blood would flow.“
October 1952
In the period from 9 to 31 October 1952 the children heard at intervals, from the dear Mother of God and the Child Jesus, these words addressed personally to each individual visionary girl: „Dear child, soon heaven will close, and then comes the time when your way of suffering begins. Offer many sacrifices and do penance for the conversion of sinners. If you remain good and practise true humility, I will one day take you to myself in heaven. On this earth you will never be happy. If you are ever in danger of committing a sin, then call on me and I will stand by you. Venerate especially Maria Goretti, the envoy of chastity, and also St Aloysius, when the danger of a sin is near. Do not become wavering when times grow hard. Remain steadfast and affirm what you have seen, even if your life should depend on it. These are my wishes that I wanted to tell you: remain always sincere, humble and obedient until your end.“
30 October 1952
While at 3 p.m. only the dear Infant Jesus appears, at 7 p.m. he comes again with his heavenly Mother. At the little chapel by the lamppost both say: „Dear children, tomorrow we will appear to you for the last time.“ As a test, one girl says: „Praised be Jesus Christ.“ The dear Mother of God answers: „For ever and ever, Amen.“ After the children’s lullaby there appears to the right and to the left of the dear Mother of God an angel clothed in white with a little white wreath in its hair. They float along to the side chapel, where two children hear the words of the apparitions: „Dear children, on Friday night at twelve o’clock we will take our leave of you.“ At their ascent six angels float towards them, two in white, two in rose-red and two in blue garments. In a sea of light the Most Holy Trinity appears above the birch grove. Twenty angels clothed in white and rose-red surround the throne of the heavenly Father in a semicircle. The three holy archangels, who are permitted to carry the Eucharistic Saviour, speak together: „We rejoice over the love of the pilgrims. The prayer of the faithful gives us great joy in heaven.“ On the right side the holy child Ula becomes visible, on the left side the First Communion child Margit, in a white dress with a little white wreath in her hair. The three holy archangels express their joy over the faithfulness of the pilgrims and bless them. Then the heavenly Father says: „Heroldsbach was the last call of Mary that we have addressed here to mankind for its conversion. It does not gladden us that many of the faithful who prayed here and received graces did not return and followed the error of the priests. Now it is too late for all those who did not come and did not fetch the blessing for themselves.“ Shortly afterwards the Angel of the Chalice floats to the little crib and brings the mystical communion. At the midnight candlelight procession three angels in rose-red garments float ahead of the train of those praying. At their ascent the dear Mother of God stands in the sky with the Child Jesus on her arm, to give a special blessing to all the participants in the candlelight procession.
31 October 1952
At 3 p.m. the dear Mother of God and the Child Jesus appear. They say: „We have not come to work miracles, but to call here to prayer, sacrifice and penance. Continue to pray on the mountain, even when we no longer appear here.“
At 5 p.m. all have the vision of the divine Child, whom the visionary girls and the attendants accompanying them are allowed to touch. He says: „I rejoice over the prayer of the pilgrims, which they offer here with all their heart.“ After the blessing four angels fetch him into heaven, two clothed in white and two in rose-red.
By evening the number of the faithful hastening here for the farewell of their heavenly Mother has risen to several thousand, and new ones keep arriving. At the evening apparition of the dear Mother of God with the Child Jesus, the crowd of those praying stands head to head all the way down to the little chapel by the lamppost. Again the children fetch the apparitions at 7 p.m., and on the way to the podium they say: „Dear children, even though we now take leave of you, keep coming back to the mountain and diligently pray on.“ After the lullaby all the children on the mountain are allowed to give them their hand. So many children come, all of whom are allowed to give their hand to the heavenly Mother and the dear Infant Jesus, that the presence of the apparition lasts more than an hour. Several children have clearly perceptible experiences in doing so. The dear Mother of God speaks the words: „We rejoice over the many children who are gathered here.“ Then she says: „Dear children, dear pilgrims, now there are only a few hours left until the farewell. You must accept that today we appear among you for the last time. Continue to trust in our help; we will stand by you in the greatest need.“ Twenty angels float towards them at the ascent, ten in white and ten in rose-red garments.
Above the birch grove appear the four special patron saints of the children (Thérèse, Bernadette, Maria Goretti and Aloysius) with St Gemma Galgani, St Elisabeth of Thuringia, and with St Nepomuk and St Anthony of Padua. With them are four more saints who do not give their names, and more than a hundred angels in white, rose-red and blue garments with little wreaths of the same colours in their hair. Among them are four music-making angels, two with violins and two with flutes. They play the melody of the hymn „Ihr Freunde Gottes allzugleich …“, which is taken up by the children and sung along by the pilgrims. St Thérèse says: „We rejoice over the prayer of the pilgrims, which they offer here with all their heart. Trust in our help and continue to pray here, even when we come no more. We must take leave of you, but in heaven we shall see one another again. Say, will you keep faith with us?“ Above the saints float three great angels all in white with outspread arms. St Thérèse asks the visionary children to sing a hymn in honour of the saints. Then they give them and their parents a special blessing. The whole mountain is filled with a strong, sweet-smelling, supernatural fragrance of incense, which all present perceive.
Praying, the pilgrims await the hour of farewell. Shortly after 11 p.m. the visionary girls behold Mary as Queen with the dear Infant Jesus on her arm. With the apparitions, two angels in white garments float to the podium. On the way the dear Mother of God says: „The victory will be ours.“ Deep sorrow lies on her countenance as, at the podium, she speaks the words: „My words and those of my dear Son have not been heeded, nor what we demanded for the salvation of all. Now it is too late for mankind still to be converted. It is the last call that we have addressed to them here. Pray much for the priests, that they may throw themselves upon their knees and pray with you.“ After some time she continues: „Let every child now give me and my dear Son their hand.“ For minutes on end the heavenly Mother and the dear Infant Jesus hold the hand of each individual visionary child. Then the dear Mother of God calls their parents and their constant companions on the mountain. She says: „When the companions have all touched us, then sing us the farewell hymn.“ Only one hymn could match the greatness of what had taken place on the mountain and the gratitude of the pilgrims in this moment: Großer Gott, wir loben dich … (Holy God, We Praise Thy Name). As the apparitions impart the special pilgrims‘ blessing, the children hear the resounding harmony of a wonderful pealing of bells. At the side chapel a shining host of countless angels appears, reaching up into heaven. The pilgrims sink to their knees, and the dear Mother of God, together with her divine Child, gives everyone a very special blessing for the last time. The dear Infant Jesus stretches out his arms, and the angels float upwards with him and with their Queen. The children begin to weep heartrendingly, a sobbing passes through the crowd, and voices are heard: „Dear Mother of God, I thank you that I was allowed to see you.“ „I thank you for my conversion!“ „Dear Mother of God, you have made me well.“ The children see tears rolling down the cheeks of the dear Mother of God, because mankind has not listened to her requests. They wave after the heavenly apparitions as they float back further and further into the unapproachable light, and hear the last words: „Dear children, until we meet again in heaven.“