REFLECTION: IN THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY we celebrate with St. Elizabeth and Our Virgin Mother Mary as the Angel Gabriel foretold of the birth of their sons. Both St. John the Baptist and Our Lord, Jesus Christ relied totally on their mothers for their life as all children do while in the womb...
This deep thought that was inspired by the Homily of
Sunday December 19, 2021
JUST THINK... ðŸ’
Jesus Christ was a helpless little babe in the womb of His mother... He depended entirely on her Immaculate Heart for His existence. We depended entire on Her as well... We are so blessed that His Mother, Mary was willing and open to being the
Virgin Mother of God's Son.
Can you imagine what we would be today if she had not said
"Yes"?
Be Blessed Today and Everyday as Heavenly has sent us Our Saviour... Jesus Christ Our King
"Why is the an angel under Our Lady of Guadalupe?"
"The "angel" at the bottom of the image was seen by the Indians as an "intermediary god" carrying in a new era, the beginning of a new civilization."
"It was a source of unity for everything that exists.
The woman is standing on the moon, indicating that she is greater than the god of night, the moon god." Site Reference: University of Dayton
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Remember, O most gracious Virgin of Guadalupe, that in your apparitions on Mount Tepeyac you promised to show pity and compassion to all who, loving and trusting you, who seek your help and protection. PLEASE hear our plea our supplications and grant us consolation and relief. We are full of hope that, relying on your help, nothing can trouble or affect us. As you have remained with us through your admirable image, so now obtain for us the graces we need. Amen.
"Mesoamerica, the New World, 1521: The capital city of the Aztec empire falls under the Spanish forces. Less than 20 years later, 9 million of the inhabitants of the land, who professed for centuries a polytheistic and human sacrificing religion, are converted to Christianity. What happened in those times that produced such an incredible and historically unprecedented conversion?"
"In 1531 a "Lady from Heaven" appeared to a humble Native American at Tepeyac, a hill northwest of what is now Mexico City.
She identified herself as the ever virgin Holy Mary, Mother of the True God for whom we live, of the Creator of all things, Lord of heaven and the earth.
She made a request for a church to be built on the site, and submitted her wish to the local Bishop. When the Bishop hesitated, and requested her for a sign, the Mother of God obeyed without delay or question to the Church's local Bishop, and sent her native messenger to the top of the hill in mid-December to gather an assortment of roses for the Bishop.
After complying to the Bishop's request for a sign, She also left for us an image of herself imprinted miraculously on the native'stilma, a poor quality cactus-cloth, which should have deteriorated in 20 years but shows no sign of decay 489 years later and still defies all explanations of its origin.
Her message of love and compassion, and her universal promise of help and protection to all mankind, as well as thestory of the apparitions, are described in the "Nican Mopohua", a 16th century document written in the native Nahuatl language.
There is reason to believe that at Tepeyac Mary came in her glorified body, and her actual physical hands rearranged the roses inJuan Diego’s tilma, which makes this apparition very special.
An incredible list of miracles, cures and interventions are attributed to Her. Yearly, between 18 - 20 million pilgrims visit theBasilica, making it Christianity's most visited sanctuary.
Altogether 25 popes have officiallyhonored Our Lady of Guadalupe. His Holiness John Paul II visited her Sanctuary four times: on his first apostolic trip outside Rome as Pope in 1979, and again in 1990, 1999 and 2002.
The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is celebrated on December 12th. In 1999,Pope John Paul II, in his homily from the Solemn Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, during his third visit to the sanctuary, declared the date of December the 12th as a Liturgical Holy Day for the whole continent.
During the same visit Pope John Paul II entrusted the cause of life to her loving protection, and placed under her motherly care the innocent lives of children, especially those who arein danger of not being born. "
With GOD and FAITH all things are possible... On December 8, we honor Mary, the
Mother of Jesus Christ.
We Celebrate: Her Immaculate Conception, which means she was conceived without sin...
The Catholic Church believes Mother Mary was conceived without sin at the time of her conception.
St. Ann and St Joachim were her parents...
They were elder and childless... But because of their strong FAITH, an answer to their prayer was given to them.
They both prayed for a child and were blessed with Our Heavenly Mother, Mary...
"Traditional account and legends"
"Information concerning their lives and names is found in the 2nd-century Protevangelium of James (“First Gospel of James”) and the 3rd-century Evangelium de nativitate Mariae (“Gospel of the Nativity of Mary”). According to these noncanonical sources, Anne (Hebrew: Ḥannah) was born in Bethlehem in Judaea. She married Joachim, and, although they shared a wealthy and devout life at Nazareth, they eventually lamented their childlessness. Joachim, reproached at the Temple for his sterility, retreated into the countryside to pray, while Anne, grieved by his disappearance and by her barrenness, solemnly promised God that, if given a child, she would dedicate it to the Lord’s service.
Both St. Anne and St. Joachim
received the vision of...
an angel, who announced that St. Anne would conceive
and bear a most wondrous child.
The couple rejoiced at the birth of their daughter, whom Anne named Mary. When the child was three years old, Joachim and Anne, in fulfillment of her divine promise, brought Mary to the Temple of Jerusalem, where they left her to be brought up."
