St. Juan Diego

by Brenda Nippert

Title

St. Juan Diego

Artist

Brenda Nippert

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Painting - Painting

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Juan Diego was a 16th Century Chichimeca Indian and Catholic convert in what would later be Mexico. Walking to Mass, he saw the Virgin Mary dressed as a native princess. She appeared standing on a crescent moon, with brilliant rays of light radiating from her. She told Juan she was from Heaven, the Mother of God and all of mankind. She sent him to tell the bishop to build a church there so all of her children could come and receive God's love. The bishop didn't believe him. The next day, Juan saw her again, and she told him to tell the bishop again. Juan was embarrassed to go a second time, and took a different path so he wouldn't see her again. But Mary intercepted him and reminded him of the task she gave him. She had Juan pick some Castilian roses, which were miraculously blooming in winter. She tucked them inside his tilma (or cloak) and told him to go to the bishop. When Juan released the roses, the bishop fell to his knees in tears. Mary's image, just as Juan had seen her, was imprinted on his tilma.

The church was built and the tilma was enshrined there. The image became known as Our Lady of Guadalupe, and 8 million natives were baptized. So many miracles are connected to it that the church has stopped trying to record them all. Our Lady of Guadalupe has become part of the cultural identity of Mexico. Mary could have found someone else when Juan took a different path, but God has a unique plan for each and every life and that was Juan's. When we turn from God to go in another direction, our Blessed Mother will come and find us; if we let her, she will nudge us back to the path God has set for us.

His feast day is December 9.

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