The apparitions and messages of Our Lady in Betania, Venezuela, was to Maria Esperanza Medrano Bianchini. She was born on November 22, 1926. She always had great devotion to Jesus and Our Lady. Since child, she went to Mass every day and prayed much, always conveying purity and goodness. She had some apparitions and signs of Jesus, Our Lady and St. Therese of Lisieux. She wanted to be a religious, but Jesus told that her mission would be to sanctify in the world and getting married. In 1955 she married Geo Bianchini Giani and had five daughters and a son. All of them married and had children. From 1957 to 1974, on the advice of Our Lady, she visited various lands of Venezuela looking for a farm to buy and dedicate to God giving it the name of Bethany. In 1974, Maria Esperanza felt having found the right farm in the state of Miranda, close Teques, Venezuela, very nice, spacious, with sugar cane, fruit trees and waterfall. On March 25, 1976, Our Lady began to appear few times a year in place when Maria Esperanza was 50 years old, near a large tree farm and a fountain. Those people present saw signs in the sky and sun. Our Lady said that on March 25, 1984, Sunday would be a special day. That day, a Mass was recited at the site at noon and thereafter, 150 people saw Our Lady over the waterfall under lock at intervals of five to ten minutes. She appeared as Our Lady of Lourdes, Carmel, Miraculous Medal, Pilar, Rosary and end with the Child Jesus in her right arm. Numerous witnesses sought the Bishop of Los Teques, Monsignor Pio Bello Ricardo. He seriously investigated the case and approved as authentic on November 21, 1987. Our Lady said that the land should be donated to the Church to build the Santuary, what really happened and pilgrimages to the site continue. Maria Esperanza lived in great sanctity and many signs and miracles, healings, stigmata on her body and the scent of roses happened in her life. She died on August 7, 2004 in the United States and was recently declared Servant of God to reach the Beatification. Reconciler of Peoples.
First apparition of March 25, 1976: "Dear daughter, I'm here with my hands wrapped and enriched with graces and with the glares of light to call all my children to conversion. This seed of glory I offer you as Mary Reconciler of Peoples, because I come to reconcile you. Reconciliation is the inheritance of the divine fellowship of my Divine Son. Daughter, take my message to everyone. I will keep you here in my Heart now and forever. Mary Reconciler of the People!"
Second apparition of August 22, 1976: "Little daughter, when all the men of the Earth lovingly take up their cross, there will no more pain nor sorrow, because they will rise each day with my beloved Son in a constant and alive 'hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah'. My daughter, I desire that they feel the value of prayer is the importance of my new apparition as Reconciler of Peoples, because with this invocation you will find essential terms to prepare your souls to receive the grace of the Holy Spirit with the communications and visits of the Lord by faith. Faith is the basis of Christianity and the rise of the same faith that you seek with a sincere love of our Father and the Heart of my Divine Son next to mine. Mary Reconciler of the People!"
Seventh apparition of March 25, 1984: "My children, I am Mary, Virgin and Mother Reconciler of Peoples that come with my Son in her arms to reconcile you. Oh sublime is your hope... Pray the Rosary. Little children, you felt and seen the reality that I live among you. Follow faithful to the call that I bring you today and we will go to the way together. I lead you. Mary Reconciler of the People!"
