THE FALL OF TENOCHTITLAN (TODAY MEXICO CITY) UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE SPANISH HERNAN CORTES WAS ON AUGUST 13, 1521, OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE APPEARS 10 YEARS LATER
The Virgin of Guadalupe, like the shroud of Turin, appears on a piece of fabric. Both are sacred objects, hundreds of years old, and both depict an image said to be miraculous. The Virgin of Guadalupe was declared Queen of Mexico and is Patron of the Americas and is also the patroness of the Philippines.
Hearing an Angelic Choir
Just before dawn on December 9, 1531, a poor indigenous 57-year-old widower named Juan Diego was walking through the hills outside Mexico (the Guadalupe area that is inside modern Mexico City), on his way to attend church. He began hearing music as he walked closer to the base of Tepeyac Hill, and at first, he thought the beautiful sounds were the morning songs of local birds in the area. But the more Juan listened, the more the music sounded, unlike anything he had ever heard before. Juan started to …More