St. Juan Diego
Our Lady of Guadeloupe
Our Lady of Guadalupe visits Juan Diego
- was walking 6 miles to go to mass when Mary appeared to him accompanied by a rainbow of dazzling colors and angelic voices
- Mary told him to go to the bishop to ask him to build a church right where she appeared
- Juan Diego was worried about his uncle who may die, but Mary assured him that he will be fine
St. Juan Diego going to mass
Juan Diego with the Bishop
FUN FACT!!
Diego goes to the bishop
- Diego goes back to Mary and is instructed to put roses in his tilma and present them to the bishop as proof
- When Diego opened his tilma, the roses fell to the ground showing an image of Our Lady
- bishop was dumbstruck and fell to his knees
- Our Lady of Guadalupe was named patron of the America's
Tilma Fun Facts
- the image was on a rough coarse fabric, which would no have allowed paint to stay, but the image has lasted for years and has a silky quality
- image has no brush strokes
- impossible to exactly replicate (has been tried)
- image has the same temp as a human 98.6 F
- indestructible (survived a bomb explosion)