Marian Feast: Our Lady of Guadalupe

By: Cristian Baldomero, Anthony Ciardullo, and Kevin Muller

Description• Feast day: December 12• Mary brought Christian hope to people who were poor in Mexico• Juan Diego was an adult convert who had recently been baptized• Mary appeared to him on December 9, 1531 • Asked him to build a church where she appeared• Bishop refused to allow church to be built, unless they were given a sign

from heaven• Mary miraculously healed his uncle, who was hours from dying• Mary than asked him to gather some out of season flowers, which would

never grow during the winter• When he brought them back to the Bishop, he dumped the flowers on the

floor, and on his tilma a picture of Mary was imprinted• This convinced the Bishop that the apparition had happen

On December 9, 1531

Apparition

• On December 9, 1531 Juan Diego saw an apparition of a young girl at the hill of Tepeyac, which is close the Mexico City.

• She spoke to him in Nahuatl, a language native to that area.

• She appeared on a site that used to be the location of a Pagan temple

• She asked him to build a church on the spot that he appeared

• He obeyed and went off to find the Bishop to ask permission to build the church

Significance to the Church

• First appearance of Mary in the Americas• She is the Patron of the Americas• She promoted Christianity among the Native

Americans• If it weren’t for her, Christianity would have never

spread among the Native Americans

Prayer/Devotion• Virgin of Guadalupe,

Patroness of unborn children,we implore your intercessionfor every child at risk of abortion.Help expectant parents to welcome from Godthe priceless gift of their child’s life.

• Console parents who have lost that giftthrough abortion,and lead them to forgiveness and healingthrough the Divine Mercy of your Son.

• Teach us to cherishand to care for family and friendsuntil God calls them home.Help us never to see others as burdens.

• Guide our public officialsto defend each and every human lifethrough just laws.Inspire us all to bring our faith into public life,to speak for those who have no voice.

• We ask this in the name of your Son,Jesus Christ, who is Love and Mercy itself.Amen.

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Bibliography

• http://www.catholic.org/about/guadalupe.php

• http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/prayers/a-prayer-to-our-lady-of-guadalupe.cfm

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