Guadalupe--when Mary destroyed a culture of death (an article)

[mdgspencer]

When Mary appeared in Mexico five centuries ago to an Aztec man, Aztec priests cut out the hearts tens of thousands people every year as they sacrificed them to the gods. According to one estimate, one out of every five children were sacrificed. Because Mary appeared, the Aztecs in their millions converted to Christianity, and human sacrifice ended. At that time, Mary insisted that she is a mother, their mother. Like Pope John Paul, this article calls Mary, who appeared at Guadalupe as a pregnant mother, protectress of the unborn. This article hopes in Mary’s motherhood, that she will act to end a similar bloodletting of the unborn now. The article is at
catholicfire.blogspot.com/2010/12/our-lady-of-guadalupe-hope-and-human.html

 

[odhiambo]

When Mary appeared in Mexico five centuries ago to an Aztec man, Aztec priests cut out the hearts tens of thousands people every year as they sacrificed them to the gods. According to one estimate, one out of every five children were sacrificed. Because Mary appeared, the Aztecs in their millions converted to Christianity, and human sacrifice ended. At that time, Mary insisted that she is a mother, their mother. Like Pope John Paul, this article calls Mary, who appeared at Guadalupe as a pregnant mother, protectress of the unborn. This article hopes in Mary’s motherhood, that she will act to end a similar bloodletting of the unborn now. The article is at
catholicfire.blogspot.com/2010/12/our-lady-of-guadalupe-hope-and-human.html

And so we pray!

“Do not be troubled or weighted down with grief.
Do not fear any illness or anxiety.
Am I not here?
I am your mother.
Are you not under my protection?
Do I not hold you in the folds of my mantle?
Is there anything else you need?”

Our Lady of Guadalupe’s words to Juan Diego