Readings for the feast
Our Lady has a name, Guadalupe we call her. She came to bring good news to the natives of the land we call Mexico. Wrapped in warmth she brought conversion to a land that had been ravaged by fear. In her stead the prince of Peace reigns.
"Hail Full of grace the Lord is with you"
"What joy could surpass this, O Virgin Mother? What grace can excel that which God has granted to you alone? What could be imagined more dazzling or more delightful? Before the miracle we witness in you, all else pales; all else is inferior when compared with grace you have been given. All else, even what is most desirable, must take second place and enjoy a lesser importance.
Truly you are blessed among women:
You have changed Eve's curse into a blessing;
Through you the Father's blessing has shone forth on mankind, setting them free from the ancient curse;
Through you your forbearers have found salvation, for you were to give birth to a savior;
Without seed, you have borne, as your fruit, him who bestows blessings on the whole world and redeems is from that curse that made it sprout thorns;
Though a woman by nature, you will become, in reality, God's mother by grace;
You, O Virgin, are like a clear shining sky, in which God has set his tent. From you he comes forth like a bridegroom leaving his chamber. Like a giant running his course, he will run the course of his life which will bring salvation for all who will ever live, and extending from the highest heavens to the end of them, it will fill all things with divine warmth and with life-giving brightness." St. Sophronius
Thus, this women is clothed with the sun. In her womb she bears the Son. She comes as Queen Mother bearing the warrior King who shall invite us all to taste victory.
Her name is Mary of Guadalupe.
Here is a story concerning our Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her visit to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe: click here Perhaps She should have done a little research...
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