MARY KISSES RELIGIOUS OBJECTS

The history behind it is when the girls first met Mary, they were in a rocky cow path, so they would ask Mary to kiss small stones so they would have a “kissed” object to bring home. Mary politely agreed at first but asked the girls to bring religious sacramentals to kiss instead, such as rosaries, scapulars, wedding rings, crucifixes, crosses, etc. They also started to bring prayer missals. They would fan the pages, so Mary could kiss all the pages.

The kissing of these objects was the principle purpose of her very last visit at Garabandal on November 13, 1965. Many months in advance Our Lady told Conchita that the kissing of objects would take place at the pines on this date. Our Lady told Conchita to distribute these objects because they have great importance.

These articles not only have the special distinction of Our Lady’s kiss but two special graces were attached to them.

Our Lady said, “Through the kiss I bestow on these objects, my Son will perform prodigies. Distribute them to others. Those who wear them with faith and devotion will do their purgatory on earth.”

Another interesting miraculous phenomenon was the returning of rosaries. Now that people started to believe the Blessed Mother was actually appearing at Garabandal, they would bring their rosaries and medals to be kissed by her. They were all piled on a table for the girls to offer up to her. Entangled when presented by the girls to be blessed by the Blessed Mother, rosaries, medals, and multitude of objects would incredibly untangle smoothly when being returned to their owners. Even without any pre-established order, the Garabandal visionaries also never errored in returning each object to its proper owner, and never actually had to look for the owner, Mary led them to the owner while gazing upward.