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The Story of Our Lady of Guadalupe |
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Our Lady of
Guadalupe is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Blessed Virgin Mother
appeared from December 9-13, 1531, to a Mexican peon, Juan Diego.
This apparition took place at Tepeyac, a low hill northeast of Mexico City.
Juan Diego a convert, was an Aztec Indian. When the Blessed Mother appeared to Juan
Diego, Our Lady was dressed as an Aztec princess, speaking the Aztec language.
Our Lady on Saturday,
December 9, 1531, told Juan Diego she was the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God and that she
wanted a church in her honor be built on that spot. Juan Diego told the Bishop Fray
Juan de Zumarraga of Mexico City about the Blessed Mother Virgin.
Bishop Fray Juan de Zumarraga requested proof of her presence.
The events that took
place on December 12, 1531:
On December 12, 1531 Juan
Diego left his home early that day to summon a priest in Tlateloloco who could care for
his Uncle Juan Bernardino who was very seriously ill.
Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to Juan Diego.
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Our Lady of
Guadalupe on December 12, 1531 said to Juan Diego: |
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"Hear
me and understand well, my littlest son, that nothing should frighten or grieve you.
Let not your heart be disturbed.
Do not fear that sickness, not any other sickness or anguish.
Am I not here, who am your Mother?
Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am I not the source of your joy?
Are you not happy within my fold and under my arms? What else do you wish?" |
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The Blessed
Virgin Mother on December 12, 1531 assured Juan Diego that his Uncle Juan Bernardino was
already cured. Even at that same moment, while the Blessed Virgin Mother was
assuring Juan Diego about his Uncle being cured. The Blessed Mother was appearing at
that very same time to the dying Uncle and not only restored his health but told,
identified herself to Juan Diego Uncle Juan Bernardino as "Holy Mary of
Guadalupe."
Holy Mary of Guadalupe on
December 12, 1531 instructed Juan Diego to pick some roses which was blooming miraculously
in the winter. The Blessed Virgin Mother arranged the bouquet of roses in his
cloak. Juan Diego brought the roses wrapped in his cloak to the Bishop Fray Juan de
Zumarraga of Mexico City. When the roses were poured out, an imprint of her likeness
of the Blessed Virgin of Guadalupe was found on the inside of the cloak.
The Blessed Virgin of
Guadalupe appeared on the cloak as a mestiza, standing on the moon in front of the sun,
and dressed in a mantle covered, spoored by the stars.
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The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Facts |
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Our Lady of Guadalupe is the merciful Mother of Mexico.
Pope Pius X declared Our Lady of Guadalupe Patroness of all Latin America.
Pope Pius XII gave her the title of
Empress of all the Americas.
Pope Benedict XIV
announced the following...
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Saint Juan Diego:
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Saint Juan Diego
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Juan Diego embraced
Christianity and he was baptized with his wife, Maria Lucia. They both lived in the
town of Tulpetlac, with Juan Diego's Uncle Juan Bernardino. Late Pope John Paul II on December 9, 2002...
The ordinarily the Memorial to Blessed Juan Diego, the man who saw Our Lady of Guadalupe
was canonized a Saint.
God the Father and Our Blessed Lady used him as an instrument leading to the conversion of
the Aztec Indians. |
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Additional notes about the Virgin of Guadalupe... Our Lady of
Guadalupe:
Our Lady of Guadalupe is depicted "with child" in her miraculous
image.
This is why Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Patroness of The Unborn.
The crescent under the
feet of Our Lady Guadalupe represents the evil stone serpent of the Aztec Indians, who
were converted through Our Lady's Intercession.
The crescent under the
feet of Our Lady Guadalupe is also the symbol of Islam.
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