The following is Marija’s description of what took place during the apparition on December 11, 2001, at 5:40 p.m.:
“At the moment of the apparition, when Our Lady appeared, I recommended each and every one of you, and all the intentions you have carried in your heart. In a special way I recommended all the sick. And Our Lady, when She came, She put Her arms out, extended them over the crowd, and prayed for a long time over all of us. And then Marija asked Our Lady to bless all the objects that we brought with us to be blessed. And Our Lady again extended Her hand and made the Sign of the Cross above us all and above our objects. And then She said, “Go in peace.”
“And in this way She left.”
During the apparition, Marija asked Our Lady to bless 50,000 containers of salt in the print shop of the Tabernacle of Our Lady’s Messages. This was a special project the Founder had worked on for several months. Marija relayed that during the apparition, Our Lady extended, for a second time, a blessing especially for this. When Marija was asked before the group if Our Lady blessed the salt, she said emphatically,“There can be no question.”
