Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Grateful for the Gift of Life

She also points to the sacredness of life...


Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec. 12:
Mary assured Juan Diego that she was mother to everyone who called upon her. Through her miraculous image, showing her as a mestiza, one of the few people (at the time) of both Aztec and Spanish parentage, she peacefully united two cultures. This image also confirms her queenship and virginal motherhood: Our Lady wears the black belt of pregnant Aztec noblewomen, but wears her hair down in the way of Aztec maidens (virgins).[1] Holy Mary of Guadalupe, our Mother and Queen, help us to respect and protect all human life from conception to natural death.


[1] http://www.virginmotherofguadalupe.com/our-lady-of-guadalupe-image/message-symbols

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