For
the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, our parish had some of the kids dress up in
Mexican folk attire. The girls dressed
up as our Blessed Mother (under her Virgin of Guadalupe title) and the boys as
Juan Diego, the indigenous man who was the recipient of the 16th
century apparitions near Mexico City.
Here
is Matthew dressed as Juan Diego.
I’m
not going to relate the entire story (you can read it here), but suffice it to
say that the image on the poncho was a result of Juan gathering roses in
December (a miracle in itself) and when he opened the poncho in front of his
local bishop, an image of the Blessed Mother had been impressed from the roses
on the poncho. That poncho is still on
display and I believe the analysis of the image supports a stain rather than a
painted on by human hands.
Thank you Manny. The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is celebrated in the UK too.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
...and I believe the analysis of the image supports a stain rather than a painted on by human hands."
ReplyDeleteand many atheist could probably also add that the historical existence of Juan Diego, referring to the devotion as merely symbolic, propagated by a sensational cult such as The Aztec... lol
WHO'S LAUGHING?
I hear YA Man, "I" mean Manny... If our Canadian Prime Minister teams UP with your President... maybe there's a chance that a shrine could be added, "I" meant, could be attached to The Great Wall that was promised...
Victor! Victor! Victor! YA should know that on my blog, I don't debate religion, sex, politic and/or global warming butt not necessarily in that order. LOL.
Sorry Manny!
Please give my best to Juan Diego, "I" meant to say Matthew. Tell Matthew after you give him a hug, that he looks great wearing his
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=The+Tilma+cloak&qpvt=The+Tilma+cloak&FORM=IGRE
God Bless you and yours