December 10, 2023 / 06:56 PM
The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which is captured on the tilma of San Juan Diego, has a series of symbols with a profound message that managed to convert many people of their time and continue to awaken the fervor of the faithful.
On December 9, 1531, while Juan Diego was on his way through Mount Tepeyac, the Virgin Mary appeared to him. The “Lady”, who introduced herself as “the perfect ever Virgin Holy Mary, Mother of the true God”, addressed him and entrusted him to go to the bishop of the capital, the Franciscan Juan de Zumárraga, to ask him on her behalf. build a church in that place.
On Tuesday, December 12, the Virgin presented herself again to Juan Diego and asked him to go to the top of the Tepeyac hill so that he could collect flowers and bring them to her. When she reached the top she found a sprout of very beautiful roses and placed them wrapped in her “tilma” (the typical mantle with which the Indians of the region dressed). The Virgin then asked him to take them to the bishop.