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~*`APPARITION OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE`*~
`Apparition of The Blessed Virgin Mary to Juan Diego of Mexico City...
Tepeyac Hill, Mexico City ~*`OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE`*~
Date...
12 December 1531
Witness...Saint Juan Diego
Type...
Marian Apparition
...Holy See Approval...
25 May 1754, during the Pontificate of Pope Benedict XIV
Shrine...
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Tepeyac Hill,
Mexico City, Mexico.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe),
also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe (Spanish: Virgen de Guadalupe)
is a celebrated Roman Catholic icon of the Virgin Mary.
Two accounts, published in the 1640s, one in Spanish,
one in Nahuatl, tell how, while walking from his village
to Mexico City in the early morning of December 9, 1531
(then the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in the Spanish Empire),[1]
the peasant Juan Diego saw on the slopes of the Hill of Tepeyac
a vision of a girl of fifteen or sixteen years of age,
surrounded by light. Speaking to him in Nahuatl, the local language,
she asked that a church be built at that site, in her honor;
from her words, Juan Diego recognized the Lady as the Virgin Mary.
Diego told his story to the Spanish Archbishop, Fray Juan de Zumárraga,
who instructed him to return to Tepeyac Hill, and ask the lady
for a miraculous sign to prove her identity.
The first sign was the Virgin healing Juan's uncle.
The Virgin told Juan Diego to gather flowers from the top of Tepeyac Hill.
Although December was very late in the growing season for flowers to bloom,
Juan Diego found at the usually barren hilltop Castilian roses,
not native to Mexico, which the Virgin arranged in his peasant tilma cloak.
When Juan Diego opened the cloak before Bishop Zumárraga on December 12,
the flowers fell to the floor, and in their place was the image
of the Virgin of Guadalupe, miraculously imprinted on the fabric.[2]
The icon is now displayed in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe,
one of the most visited Marian shrines.[3]
The icon is Mexico's most popular religious and cultural image,
bearing the titles: the Queen of Mexico,[4]
and was once proclaimed Patroness of the Philippines
(but later revised by Pope Pius XI in 1935.
In 1999, Pope John Paul II proclaimed the Virgin Mary Patroness
of the Americas, Empress of Latin America, and Protectress of
Unborn Children[5][6][7] under this Marian title
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Blessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blessed Virgin Mary
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states:
"The Church's devotion to the Blessed Virgin is intrinsic
to Christian worship."[1]
Mother of God, Queen of Heaven, Mother of the Church,
Mediatrix, Co-Redemptrix, Our Lady
Born...
September 8 (Nativity of Mary)
Died...
August 15 (Assumption of Mary)
Honored in Catholicism
Canonized...
Pre-Congregation
Major shrine...
Santa Maria Maggiore, Basilica of Guadalupe
(see Shrines to the Virgin Mary)
Feast...
See Marian feast days
Attributes...
Blue mantle, crown of 12 stars, pregnant woman, roses, woman with child
Patronage...
See Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary
This article is about Roman Catholic veneration of Mary;
for doctrines see Roman Catholic Mariology.
For a general perspective, see Mary (mother of Jesus).
Roman Catholic veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(the mother of Jesus)
is based on dogma as well as Scripture.[2]
The incarnation of the Son of God through Mary thus signifies
her honour as Mother of God.
From the Council of Ephesus in 431, which dogmatized this belief,
to the Second Vatican Council and Pope John Paul II's encyclical Redemptoris Mater,
the Virgin Mary has come to be seen and venerated not only as the Mother of God
but also as the Mother of the Church.
As the mother of Jesus, Mary has a central role in the Roman Catholic Church.
The church's veneration of her as the Blessed Virgin Mary has grown
over time both in importance and manifestation,
not only in prayer but in art, poetry and music.[3][4][5][6]
Popes have encouraged this veneration but from time to time have also
taken steps to reform it.[note 1] Overall, there are significantly more titles,
feasts and venerative Marian practices among Roman Catholics
than any other Christian traditions.[7]
Pope Benedict XVI maintains that the Virgin Mary possesses divine motherhood
which she continues to bestow as intercessory "graces associated with God's blessing."[8]
The key role of the Virgin Mary in Roman Catholic beliefs, her veneration,
and the growth of Roman Catholic Mariology have not only come about
by official statements made in Rome but have often been driven from the ground up,
by the Marian writings of the saints and from the masses of believers,
and at times via reported Marian apparitions to young and simple children
on remote hilltops.[9]
The Holy See continues to approve of Marian apparitions on remote mountains,
the latest approval being as recent as May 2008.[10]
Some apparitions, such as Fatima, have given rise to Marian Movements
and Societies with millions of members, and many other Marian societies
exist around the world.[11]
Hail Holy Queen
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Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,
Our Life, Our Sweetness and Our Hope.
To Thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve:
to Thee do we send up our sighs,
Mourning and Weeping in this Valley of Tears.
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Turn then, Most Gracious Advocate,
Thine Eyes of Mercy toward us,
and after this our exile,
show unto us the Blessed Fruit of Thy Womb, Jesus.
O Clement, O Loving, O Sweet Virgin Mary!
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...!Amen!...
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`I am but a star in the heavens above
guiding over you in God's eternal love
I once was a soul like you on earth now
a heavenly star in miracle of rebirth!
