SHARING OF STANLEY VILLAVICENCIO

August 2001, Sta.Maria, Zamboanga City

THE MIRACLE OF MSGR. CRISTOBAL GARCIA, SAPH H.P.

Stanleys Chaplain and head of the Divine Mercy Apostol. of Visayas and Mindanao

Msgr. Cris Garcia in his mid 50s had a stroke in the year 2000. He was also diagnosed as suffering from viral infection in his brain that the doctor said came from his dogs. (Msgr. Cris loved dogs so much that he allowed them to sleep inside his room.) When I visited him in the hospital, he could not open his eyes. I prayed the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy with him. Minutes after, he stood up and we talked with his eyes open! Then later, he asked for his laptop computer and he began to working on it! The following day, we both prayed the Chaplet together again. When he was examined thoroughly afterwards, the doctors findings showed he was negative of all infection! Jesus, the Divine Mercy healed him through the Chaplet that we prayed with our hearts!
*Note from his books author: I heard Msgr. Cris speak in a Divine Mercy Convention in Cebu in 1997. He was still recovering from a heart-by-pass that time. He thought he would die, but Jesus the Divine Mercy and Blessed Mother Mary appeared to him to console him. After that, he recovered.

OPEN FORUM DURING THE DIVINE MERCY CONFERENCE

Zamboanga City, August 25-26, 2001

Stanley told us in an open forum that when he is not sure of the answer to the questions, he turns to Jesus the Divine Mercy and he is surprised by the Lords answer as dictated to him. Given the privilege to do a world evangelization Q: How were you discovered and given the privilege to do a world evangelization? A: After I was proclaimed clinically dead on March 3, 1993, and then I woke up 3 days after, my case was brought to the attention of Cebus Ricarso Cardinal Vidal. He created a committee to investigate my case. After 6 months, the committee authenticated what happened to me, and my records were forwarded to the Vatican. The Divine Mercy Apostolate of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, the biggest Divine Mercy Center in the whole world headed by Rev. Fr. Seraphim Michalenko, M.I.C. heard about my case and became very interested in it. He sent doctors to Chong Hua Hospital in Cebu City where I was confined in that 3 days deathly coma. The Center was convinced that I was really brought to life by God to be used for His great purpose: to witness my encounter with Christ in the other life.

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GETTING A U.S. VISA In 1999, the Stockbridge, MA Divine Mercy Center through Fr. Michalenko invited me to go on a world tour evangelization to give my witness of that encounter with Christ. So my papers were processed for visa purposes. However, during my interview, the U.S. Embassy upon examining my financial status denied my entry to the U.S.A. They asked how I survived without a permanent employment. When I told them, my family survived through the grace of God, the Hindu woman interviewer said, No, I dont believe in your God. You have to have a gainful employment. So they stamped denied to my application for a U.S. visa. The Manila business club to whom I had given my testimony called me, and they told me they would lend me a million pesos as show money. But I refused it because I did not want to tell a lie. I told myself, if God wants me to go, then, He would facilitate my trip legally. Several days after, the EWTN, a Catholic and worldwide TV Station interviewed me on the air regarding my encounter with the Lord. Part of the interview was a question if I now go around the world to give my testimony about my encounter with the Lord. I answered, that for more than a thousand times, I have gone around the Philippines and to the Asian countries but not to the USA. I was denied a U.S. visa due to my financial status. Fortunately, at that moment of the TV interview, U.S. Senator Richard Lugar of the Indiana heard me. Immediately, he called me up saying, I heard your testimony and I was touched. Fax to me all your papers. The following Friday at 3:00 p.m., the telephone rang. An employee of the U.S. Embassy was on the phone asking me to report to the U.S. Embassy on Monday at 3:00 p.m.! When I arrived at the U.S. Embassy, the line of people was long. But the guard upon recognizing me escorted me directly to enter the U.S. Consuls office. After a short wait, the kind Consul handed me back my passport with the U.S. insignia granting me 10 years Multiple Entry! Lesson: If you trust the Lord, He will lead to you to where He wants you to go. Indeed, He is in charge of the events in our lives. All we need to do is to obey His will and be available when He calls.

LEARNING FROM ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Q: In what language does Jesus talk to you? A: In English, sometimes in Visayan, Jesus is always polite using the world Please all the time, and He speaks with His love radiating on you. There was a time He was angry with me. That was when I prayed sleepily at 3:00 a.m. and I was in my sleeping underwear. He said: Dont I deserve respect? I ran to my room, changed clothes and prayed ardently. When I told my chaplain Msgr. Cris Garcia about this, he felt regretful for he sometimes did this too. Ricardo Cardina Vidal of Cebu remarked: That struck me too! So when we pray, we have to feel it in our bones. I also asked the Lord about anger for I sometimes get angry. Jesus answered: Thats normal because you are alive. But control it. If it creates damage, you sin. Q: What are the sins that cant be forgiven? A: Jesus Christ said that all sins can be forgiven, except of those who dont believe that their sins can be forgiven.

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Q: Is it true that in your evangelization tour, there were instances during the veneration of the image that Jesus came out of the picture? A: Yes, it is true. When Jesus comes out of the frame, He sometimes stands at my back. I notice that He is taller than my 58 height. During the veneration, many miracles happen. Ex. Tony Fiello story.
(The Radiating Rays of the Divine Mercy Instantly Healed Tony of Illinois.)

Q: Is salvation reserved only for Catholics? How about other religions? A: Jesus Christ said that God wants all to enter heaven. But some men avoid a righteous life. There are many lanes but the Catholics lane is the Express Way ~ the shortest lane to heaven. The Sacraments make clear that lane. For instance too: Other religions have no indulgences, no Mass, no Eucharist, no Sacraments of Reconciliation (Confession), no Rosary, etc. The Plenary indulgence totally erases the punishment of sins that are already forgiven. When a man sins, he goes to confession. When he dies he still passes Purgatory for purification. But when plenary indulgence is acquired, as in the Feast of the Divine Mercy, the soul goes straight to heaven. Cardinal Vidal says that venial sins offered at consecration are forgiven. Q: You allow veneration of images after your talks. Are images not contrary to the first commandment? A: Jesus Christ said to St. Faustina: This images is a vessel of My graces and blessings. Those who venerate this image will not perish for I will stand between him and My Father on Judgement Day. Q: Why does God allow suffering? A: Suffering is a way of cleansing. Suffering draws us closer to God. The more we suffer, the more we pray. Jesus wants us to know between sadness and happiness. You cant appreciate happiness when you dont undergo sadness. If we accept our suffering and offer it in union with the suffering of Jesus on the Cross, it becomes a redemptive suffering ~ our purgatory here on earth, so when we die, we will have less purification or stay less in Purgatory. God also allows suffering to a chosen victim soul that she may partake a bit of His Passion for the conversion of sinners. Q: Have you experienced encountering the devil? A: Yes, several times. if God appears to you, the devil will also show himself to you. The closer you are to God, the more the devil will try to get you by tempting you. But Satans offering is temporary ~ only here on earth. Example: Satan offered to me to be well known in the world, to have all the beautiful women I want, and have everything in life. But I refused him and said No! Q: We in Jolo, Sulu are 3% Christians only. The Muslims want to ease us out of the place. Will it happen? A: Unite, pray the Chaplet with your heart. God will be with you.

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Q: I pray and attend Mass and do other spiritual works. But why is my family far from God? A: A revelation of Jesus Christ: Dont force them because only God can move them with His Grace. You have to pray for sinners because some families have stopped praying for them. If we stop praying for them we will be pushing them to Hell. If you continue to pray for them, God will give them the grace of conversion before death. Q: A Protestant woman argued with me over this question: How can you prove that hell really exists? A: I could not answer that because Ive not really gone to hell. So I looked at Jesus eye to eye in the Divine Mercy image and He said Tell her: You will remember me when you are there! She was very angry. Later, she calmed down, sat down and cried. Before I left the place, she came to me saying: I saw Jesus in a vision. My mind opened and I realized I am sinful. I was humbled. Q: I heard that Jesus has intimated to you the meaning of the Joyful mysteries of the Rosary. Will you explain it? A: The Joyful Mystery is connected with the first and the awaited Parousia or the Second Coming of Jesus. The Sorrowful Mystery is for the world now in its situation of suffering. The Glorious Mystery is for heaven when our sojourn on earth is finished. Jesus said: The 1st Joyful Mystery is the Annunciation of My coming. In my first coming to the world, Mary said yes to God to be My Mother. If she refused, there would not have been salvation. Now, we in the world also have to say yes to the will of God in our lives. The 2nd Joyful mystery is the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth. Mary came to assist her cousin, pregnant in her old age, and so the Spirit may also announce the coming of the Savior, Jesus Christ through Mary. Now, I visit you here in Zamboanga City to proclaim Gods Mercy and preach the Good News. You also have to do the same to other people. God is calling you to be active proclaimers of His Mercy. The 3rd Joyful mystery: Jesus was born to us. Let us not ignore Him; we have to call Him to our hearts for our conversion. The 4th Joyful mystery: The Presentation of the Baby Jesus at the Temple: The Temple is the heart of man. Present Jesus to all people as God and Savior, so He will be accepted as their God and Savior. The 5th Joyful Mystery: The Finding of Jesus in the Temple. When we have invited Jesus to come to our hearts and we have allowed Him to transform our lives, He will see Himself inside our hearts when He comes back. Jesus will be accepted and be welcomed gloriously in His Second Coming.

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TRIP TO ROME FOR THE CANONIZATION OF ST. FAUSTINA

Q: How were you able to go to Rome on Sister Faustinas canonization to sainthood on April 30, 2000? Did somebody sponsor you? A: An agency contacted me and said that if they and I were able to recruit 15 pilgrims on that tour, they would give me a free ticket. A CBCP representative also told me to give my testimony in Rome to the pilgrims present after the canonization ceremony. Days later, I was told by the agency that they were able to recruit only seven. Again, I just lay that trip to the Lord. He was in charge and if He wanted me to go, I would go. Later, the agency manager told me: When we recruited only 7 and could not give you a free ticket, I could not sleep for 3 days. So I said to myself, I did not promise a free trip to Stanley but I did to the Lord. It was only when I decided to give you the free passage to Rome that I got to sleep well. So here is the free ticket. But you have to pay a dollar to the bus driver and prepare money for your own lunch. I calculated that we would have 6 driving days, and that is $12 back and forth/ A lunch in Rome costs at least $10.00. Of course, my children will expect even just chocolate from me as pasalubong. I thought to myself, how could I go when I had $9.00 only? When my chaplain, Msgr. Cris Garcia learned that I had that amount of money only, he told me, Reflect. I prayed and said to the Lord, If it is Your Will for me to go, then I will go. I trust in You! I was able to go to Rome! When I arrived in the Vatican, the agency arranged my board and lodging at a hotel and my testimony to the bus drivers. I told them I had $9.00 only but I was able to go to Rome. At the tour, I was surprised because no bus driver would accept my money. And for lunch I would get more food at the breakfast table as baon. So my lunch was free daily. When I was about to leave for the Philippines. I was surprised to see the bus drivers get together. They lined up to give me each a box of chocolates for my family!

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Stanleys Experiences during the Canonization of St. Faustina in Rome

Q. Will you tell us your experience during the canonization of St. Faustina on April 30, 2000 in Rome? A. In that canonization, His Holiness, Pope John Paul II was the Chairman, and Rev. Fr. Seraphim Michealenko of the Stockbridge MA Divine Mercy Center was the vicechairman. Thirty-six (36) Cardinals, 38 Bishops and 300 priests were present. After I gave my testimony, I wanted a picture taken with the religious, but I was shy to approach any of them. So I just prayed. An open forum followed. Cardinals and Bishops were laughing, knowing me to be just a mere Filipino layman. Who was I compared to them? I prayed for the right answers. When the questions came, I felt my head expand and before the questions were finished, the Lord taught me the answer. On the 4th question they stopped laughing for they realized my answers were all correct and beyond their belief of me! They knew Jesus gave me the answers! A Cardinal asked: Our God is a God of mercy, can we then rumble the requirements of a plenary indulgence? My answer: Only those in grace can receive plenary indulgence. Despite this answer, that cardinal kept repeating the same question and I repeated the same answer. Meaning, he was not satisfied with my answer. So I looked at Jesus in the Divine Mercy image. He told me the answer as follows: Although He is a God of Mercy, He is also a God of Order. Everybody clapped his hands! The cardinal was satisfied! After the question and answer portion, many cardinals approached me. Some embraced me. Others kissed my hand telling me: Jesus is really in you! I was overwhelmed! One cardinal introduced himself as coming from Mexico. Then he asked me, Tell me what is my name. I dont know. He asked me three times and I repeatedly answered I dont know. Finally he said, Ask Jesus. Prayerfully, I looked at him for a few seconds and I answered: Oscar. He was stunned! He embraced me and raised me up on the air! He asked again three times, What is my family name? I repeated also three times that I did not know. Again he said, Ask Jesus. I looked at his eyes ponderingly and Jesus dictated to me Delgado! He knelt down tearfully and embraced my feet knowing that Jesus dictated the answers to me! He also realized that he was not testing me, but God and God knows us.

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SOME UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCES OF STANLEY IN HIS FOREIGN TRIPS

A PARISH PRIEST WHO STOPPED BELIEVING Since the schedule of my testimony was announced several weeks prior to it, so many priests attended the Divine Mercy gathering in every church. I was surprised at the reaction of many priests who asked for a one-on-one talk with me. One of the notable happenings was that of the parish priest of a particular church. I was told that he did not approve of my giving a testimony of my encounter with Christ in his church, however, the parishioners pressured him to approve it. He told the people OK, you can have it by yourselves. I have an appointment that time. When I was about to begin, the telephone rang and the parish priest was told his appointment was cancelled! I thought, God really wanted him to stay. After my talk and the question and answer forum, the people lined up to venerate the image. The parish priest called me to his office. There, he took my hand and related this to me: I was greatly touched by your testimony. There were so many questions, yet you answered them very well according to the teachings of the Church. Then with tears in his eyes, he said: I have to tell you this. I did not believe in God anymore! All the things I did were just rituals, hence, my life was full of emptiness. With this happening today, my heart was touched! Thank you, for reviving my faith! Thank you for sharing! I told him: Let go of all your doubts. Just trust Him!

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LETTER OF COMMENDATIONS OF STANLEYS EVANGELIZATION ABROAD TO HIS EMINENCE RICARDO CARDINAL VIDAL

There were several letters of commendations thanking Cardinal Vidal for sending Stanley to them to give his testimony. I will mention two only. In July 12, 2001 from Dublin, Ireland, the Rev.Fr. Cathal Price, PP of the Church of St.John the Evangelist and Mr. Phillip Illsley of Cardiff, South Wales, England (July 21-22, 2001) wrote some immediate results of Stanleys visit there: Each church where Stanley spoke were fully packed despite the limited announcement of his coming due to visa problems. Many people wept, many others reported seeing various paranormal lights and movement around the Image that Bro. Stanley brought. Many expressed a deep desire to return to the Sacrament of Reconciliation after a lapse of 20, 30, even 50 years! At each venue, a number of women approached Stanley to convey their intention to cancel abortion ~ truly good news! Stanley spoke to prisoners, and recovering addicts who were deeply moved, thanking him for bringing them hope. A live-in couple committed themselves to returning to their original spouses despite being still in love. The priests at Mount Charles Church spoke of how eight of his confreres and some seminarians were deeply inspired to return to hear confessions in the evening. After many years of enmity, mother and daughter reconciled after the Image veneration. A Divine Mercy Prayer Group in prisons will be started with an Image i installed. Fr. Cathal Price said: Each report confirmed that Ireland has been given a special grace through Stanleys coming. As a couple of prisoners put it thank you for giving us light.

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