Garden Decoration Our Lady of Guadalupe Statue

Our Lady of Guadalupe is the title given by Catholics to a young Indian named Juan Diego Cuahtlatoatzin who appeared to an Indian youth named Juan Diego Cuahtlatoatzin in Tepeyac, Mexico in December 1531 and was later regarded as the “Virgin Mary” by the Catholic Church.

The Virgin Mary appeared to a humble Indian, Juan Diego, on December 9, 1539. The Virgin asked him to show his wishes to the bishop, that is, to build a small church where he appeared. When the bishop asked for a mark to prove that the message was true, the Virgin asked Juan to go to the mountain to pick roses. You know, it was the severe winter season, and there would be no flowers blooming at all. Sure enough, when Juan went up to the mountain, he saw the flowers blooming all over the mountain. I filled my long dress with the picked roses and went to see the bishop. When Juan saw the bishop, opened his clothes, and sprinkled roses in front of the bishop, he saw not only the roses but also a statue of the Virgin printed on the placket of his long dress.

In the years after the Apparition of the Virgin, the naturalization of the natives increased significantly, and the local culture was opened to the gospel of Christ. Our Lady of Guadalupe can be said to be one of the pillars of the beliefs of the Mexicans today. The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is on December 12th each year.

Less than 7 years after the emergence of the Virgin of Guadalupe in 1531, more than 8 million Indians converted to Catholicism. Since then, Our Lady of Guadalupe has been deeply embedded in the beliefs of the Mexican people and has become a major pillar of Mexican culture.