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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - Our Lady of Guadalupe
DESCRIPTION:THE APPEARANCE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY \nAT GUADALUPE \nFrom the first written Aztec account of the apparition3 \n◊◊◊ \nUpon his reaching the top of the hillock\, Juan Diego catches sight of a \nwoman\, one who has been taking her stand there. She beckons him to come on\, \ncloser up to herself. Upon reaching her presence\, he greatly marvels at her \nextreme\, her surpassing\, her perfect wonderfulness. \nHer garments are as the sun\, gleaming\, glittering. Even the boulder\, the crag\, \non which she takes her stand sparkles in resplendence\, like fine emerald jade or a \nbangle when it shines\, like the swarming glow of a rainbow in the gloom. Even the \nsoil\, the brambles and prickles and the rest of the varied weeds that struggle to \nsurvive there are shining like emerald\, like divine turquoise\, to the tip of every \nleaf; are glittering like the golden scourings of the gods up every stalk and twig and \nthorn. \nIn her presence he prostrates; he listens to her utterance\, her declaration. \nThese are as of one who sets others at ease\, one whose manner is to attract\, one \nwhose attitude is to esteem. She addresses him: “Do listen to me\, my littlest one\, \nJuanito!… \n“Do know this\, do be assured of it in your heart\, my littlest one\, that I \nmyself\, I am the entirely and ever Virgin Saint Mary\, Mother of the True Divinity\, \nGod Himself: Because of Him\, life goes on\, Creation goes on; His are all things afar\, \nHis are all things near at hand\, things above in the heavens\, things here below on \nthe earth. How truly I wish it\, how greatly I desire it\, that here they should erect \nme my temple! Here would I show forth\, here would I lift up to view\, here would I \nmake a gift of all my fondness for my dear ones\, all my regard for my needy ones\, \nmy willingness to aid them\, my readiness to protect them. For truly I myself\, I am \nyour compassionate mother\, yours\, for you yourself\, for everybody here in the \nland\, for each and all together\, for all others too\, for all folk of every kind\, who do \nbut cherish me\, who do but raise their voices to me\, who do but seek me\, who do \nbut raise their trust to me. \nFor here I shall listen to their groanings\, to their saddenings; here shall I \nmake well and heal up their each and every kind of disappointment\, of exhausting \npangs\, of bitter aching pain… Therefore\, to realize all that my clemency claims\, go \nto the palace of the Bishop of Mexico\, and say that I sent you to make manifest to him \nmy great desire; namely\, that here in the valley a temple should be built to me. Tell \nhim word for word all that you have seen and heard and admired. Be assured that I \nshall be grateful and that I will reward you\, for I will make your life happy and cause \nyou to become worthy of the labor you have taken and the trouble you perform to \ndo what I enjoin you. Now you have heard all my bidding\, least of my sons. Go and \ndo your utmost.’ \n“At this point he bowed before her and said\, ‘Lady\, I go to do your bidding. As \nyour humble servant\, I take my leave of you.’ Then he went on to accomplish her \nwill\, taking the causeway that leads directly to Mexico City. \n3 GUADALUPE\, a translation of the NICAN MOPOHUA by Fr Martinus Cawley\, OCSO; CARA Studies on \nPopular Devotion\, vol.II; Guadalupan Studies Monograph No. 6.7 \n 
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CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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