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BarbaraTherese
Guest
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
http://www.catholicculture.org/liturgicalyear/pictures/12_12_guadalupe.jpg
“Hear me and understand well, my son the least, that nothing should frighten or grieve you. Let not your heart be disturbed. Do not fear that sickness, nor any other sickness or anguish. Am I not here, who is your Mother? Are you not under my protection? Am I not your health? Are you not happily within my fold? What else do you wish? Do not grieve nor be disturbed by anything.”
— Our Lady to Juan Diego
usccb.org/nab/121207.shtml
Reading 1
Responsorial Psalm
Gospel
Meditation
Our Lady of Guadalupe
“What’s this world coming to?” This worrisome question is not a new one. We can feel as if this were the worst of all possible eras in history. But did you know that there was a time—in the Western Hemisphere, at least—when one in five children were being savagely killed as sacrificial offerings to pagan gods? The time was the 1500s, and the place was Mexico. It was the time of Spanish colonization of the New World, and missionaries were making little headway in bringing the hope of the gospel to dispel the superstitions of the native Aztecs. How would it end?
Miraculously, that’s how. In 1531, the Virgin Mary appeared to a poor Indian farmer, Juan Diego, and caused an image of herself to be imprinted on his tilma***[my note:
http://www.catholicculture.org/liturgicalyear/pictures/12_12_guadalupe.jpg
“Hear me and understand well, my son the least, that nothing should frighten or grieve you. Let not your heart be disturbed. Do not fear that sickness, nor any other sickness or anguish. Am I not here, who is your Mother? Are you not under my protection? Am I not your health? Are you not happily within my fold? What else do you wish? Do not grieve nor be disturbed by anything.”
— Our Lady to Juan Diego
usccb.org/nab/121207.shtml
Reading 1
Responsorial Psalm
Gospel
Meditation
Our Lady of Guadalupe
“What’s this world coming to?” This worrisome question is not a new one. We can feel as if this were the worst of all possible eras in history. But did you know that there was a time—in the Western Hemisphere, at least—when one in five children were being savagely killed as sacrificial offerings to pagan gods? The time was the 1500s, and the place was Mexico. It was the time of Spanish colonization of the New World, and missionaries were making little headway in bringing the hope of the gospel to dispel the superstitions of the native Aztecs. How would it end?
Miraculously, that’s how. In 1531, the Virgin Mary appeared to a poor Indian farmer, Juan Diego, and caused an image of herself to be imprinted on his tilma***[my note:
- Tilmàtli, sometimes also written Tilma**, was an Aztec outer garment for men] As a result of this visit from the Mother of God, the whole region was transformed. …to read entire text, go to:
wau.org/meditations/meditations.asp?month=12&day=12&year=2007&x=13&y=5
To read more on the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe go to:
catholicculture.org/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2007-12-12**
