December 12
Our Lady of Guadeloupe
Am I not here?
The Virgin Mary said, “Am I not here, I who am your mother? Are you not under my shadow? Am I not your health? Are you not by chance held in my mantle?”
Who Is Our Lady of Guadalupe?
Our Lady of Guadalupe: A Miraculous Encounter and Enduring Devotion
On December 9, 1531, Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to an unsuspecting peasant near Mexico City, launching one of the most powerful sagas of faith and divine providence in human history. At the center of this extraordinary, real-life story stand Juan Diego, an indigenous man born in 1474, and the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose collaboration would transform the spiritual landscape of the Americas.