Lady Of Guadalupe Summary

The story of the Lady of Guadalupe starts off in a time where religious preachers tried to get the Native population to convert to the Christian faith. A very poor Indian man, named Juan Diego was one of the very few converts. He was taking care of his sick and dying uncle, when suddenly, in Tepeyac Hill country, he saw a very beautiful woman, encircled in a very bright ball of of light. The lady introduced herself as “...the ever-virgin Mary, Mother of the true God who gives life and maintains its, existence…” Mary requested that a church be built on Tepeyac Hill, and that he went to Tenochtitlan to notify the Bishop of what he heard and saw.
Having never been to Tenochtitlan, Juan instantly agreed to Mary’s desire. He arrived at the palace of the Bishop-elect …show more content…
He opened the tilma to let the flowers fall out, however, there was more than just flowers. Inside his tilma, there was a picture of the Blessed Virgin Mary, just as Juan had described her. Stunned, the Bishop immediately had a church built. Once returning to his village, Juan found his previously dying uncle, to be completely cured. Juan then went on to tell his uncle about the story. Mary told his uncle, “Call me and call my image Santa Maria de Guadalupe.”

The tilma is an incredible mystery, being that it has encountered many hazards throughout its time, yet is still standing today. Smoke, water from floods, and even a bomb, can’t even touch the image. There is one question that has been nagging on many scientists, “How is the image still standing?”
Hanging above the altar of the Guadalupe Basilica, is the original tilma of Juan Diego. The image, surrounded by a bullet proof case, a low-oxygen atmosphere, and custodians, is untouchable. There have been four conducted technical studies, with the permission of the custodians. However, not even the custodians could have predicted what the findings would bring