Blessed Virgin Of Guadalupe Summary

presented the message to the Bishop who understandably was very skeptical. He had reasons however to be apprehensive because there was no such apparition before in the history of the church and probably as Juan Diego was just a convert from paganism. There was a tendency to believe he was hallucinating. He however asked Juan to tell the Lady to give him a sign from heaven. On reporting this to the Lady on their next meeting, the Lady promised to show a sign that will convince the Bishop to believe. As Juan returned home to his village his uncle was down with a very terrible ill health and was dying. He went back to the city to invite a priest to come and perform the last rite on the uncle but on the way he met the lady again who told him rather

Peter’s itself.

The Virgin of Guadalupe has become a formidable National icon in Mexico not only to Catholics but all Mexicans. She has become a unifying force for the people of that country. December 12 is the Feast day of our lady of Guadalupe and Mexicans all over the world regard it as a National day celebration.

One very interesting fact here is that the Blessed Virgin of Guadalupe visited this land when much of it was still into paganism. They were not active devotees of the Blessed Lady so that one could say it was the figment of their imagination. The people never even knew of her but today she is the most adored creature throughout the country. Mary had already prophesied this when she said that “all ages will call me blessed.” If this is not enough to convince sceptics of the Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary I’m yet to think again of what would. She started with a single convert and now the whole race is still so electrified by her presence. This means she is of God. Remember what Gamaliel – a teacher of the law said about the ministry of the apostles to his fellow

Acts 5:38b-39.

Once anything is of God it stands the test of time. If a pagan people could convert and believe in God and have so much devotion to His Mother, then we have no reason to doubt that she is our mother also and she is working for us everywhere and every time.

The apparition of the Virgin of Guadalupe was unique because she brought a message to a virgin land. Unlike in Portugal when she met the children saying the Rosary, here it was through a convert to a yet to be converted people. Her demand for a Church at the spot she appeared brings back the memory of Jacob who had a dream of angels ascending and descending a ladder and he placed a stone on the spot which later became a worship spot for the people. Here is how the book of Genesis records it “When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he exclaimed, ‘Truly, the Lord is in this spot, although I did not know it.’ In a solemn wonder he cried out: ‘How awesome is this shrine! This is nothing else but the abode of God and that is the gateway to heaven.’ Early the next morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head, set it up as a memorial stone and poured oil on top of it…This stone that I have set up as a memorial stone shall be God’s abode.” Genesis 28:16-18, 22. Wherever the Blessed Virgin Mary appears, the spot becomes a holy ground and therefore “God’s abode”. A chapel is then built on the spot for prayers and the worship of