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The Virgin Mary brought comfort to Juan Diego
Today, December 9, as our Church celebrates the optional memorial of Juan Diego, we are invited to first read and reflect on a passage from the book of Revelation (15:5---16:21) entitled "The seven bowls of God's wrath". Our treasure, which follows, is from a decree of Pope John Paul II.
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (1474–1548), also known simply as Juan Diego was a Nahua peasant and Marian visionary. He is said to have been granted apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe on four occasions in December 1531: three at the hill of Tepeyac and a fourth before don Juan de Zumárraga, then the first…
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