Posted on 12/17/2014 11:31:24 AM PST by millegan
But this article isn’t about the whole apparition story so much as it is about the tilma, Juan Diego’s cloak, on which the image of the Blessed Mother was imprinted. In the centuries following the event, some amazing and unexplainable qualities have been discovered about it.
Here’s four (literally) awesome facts about the tilma of Our Lady of Guadalupe:
(Excerpt) Read more at churchpop.com ...
Well here we go again. :) Thanks for the thread.
It bears some striking similarities to the Shroud of Turin.
Like the Shroud, I believe it is the real deal.
You are missing some very important facts. The colors meant something to the Aztecs of that era. The constellations are accurate. They worshipped the sun and our Lady of Guadalupe is in FRONT of the sun.
Let alone the eyes on the tilma and what they reveal. You can do your research on the following links.
Catholic Word of the Day: GUADALUPE, 04-24-13,
Our Lady of Guadalupe Documentary to Premiere in DC
Eyes of Guadalupe Image Hold Pro-Family Message, Expert Says
Joe Biden visits shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Science & the Virgin of Guadalupe [Catholic Caucus]
Mary, Mother of Life: Our Lady of Guadalupe (Catholic or Pro-Life Caucus)
Our Lady of Guadalupe - A Mother for us all
A WOMAN AND A DRAGON (Catholic Caucus)
The History of Our Lady of Guadalupe [Catholic Caucus]
Guadalupe: A Living Image (EWTN - Sunday, Sep. 26 at 10 pm) [Catholic Caucus]
Remembering Our Lady of Guadalupe
Catholic Caucus: Our Lady of Guadalupe: She Who Smashes the Serpent
Infamous Hollywood Screenwriter to Pen Film on Our Lady of Guadalupe - Patroness of the Unborn
"Basic Instinct" scribe Eszterhas eyes virgin
Our Lady of Guadalupe ‘completely beyond' scientific explanation, says researcher
Knights of Columbus Congress, Festival for Our Lady of Guadalupe (Catholic Caucus)
The (Miraculous) Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe [Catholic Caucus]
Remembering Our Lady of Guadalupe [Catholic Caucus]
Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast: December 12 [Repost]
Brief History of the Apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe [Catholic Caucus]
The History of Our Lady of Guadalupe [Ecumenical]
2 Questions related to Faith & Apologetics. A Feast day & Our Lady of Guadalupe [Catholic Caucus]
The Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady of Guadalupe called 'Mother Without Borders' in Los Angeles (Catholic Caucus)
Hernándo Cortés and Our Lady
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Church Militant (Catholic Caucus)
Scientists certify Our Lady of Guadalupe tilma
STRANGE LIGHT CLAIMED IN GUADALUPE IMAGE AFTER MEXICO CITY OKAYED ABORTION
STRANGE LIGHT CLAIMED IN GUADALUPE IMAGE AFTER MEXICO CITY OKAYED ABORTION -- posted on News Forum
The Story of Guadalupe: Hope for Our Violent World
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Protectress of the Unborn
Was Our Lady of Guadalupe Wrong?
METHODIST CHURCH DISPLAYS VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE
GUADALUPE DEVOTION IS CROSSING INTO PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS
A Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe
Relic From Guadalupe Tilma to Tour U.S.
The Amazing Truth of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady Of Guadalupe
Celebrating 470 years of an ongoing miracle, the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe 1531
Science Stunned by Virgin of Guadalupe´s Eyes
Amen. You've got absolutely the right idea there, El Cid.
Bearing in mind that Mary said "Be it done unto me according to Thy Word... and the Word was made flesh. Keeping in mind that she --- because of her role in the Incarnation --- is one of His saving works.
Perfectly suitable as a gang symbol....
I don’t think tattoos are suitable for anything.
Why, what ever do you mean, defconw? Surely you intend to imply that every FReeper who reads and responds to this thread will do so in a loving, accepting, understanding, caring, thoughtful, meaningful, and all-around charitable way.
Surely. It's about Mary after all, nothing controversial or anything like that.
And it also won't get over 50 posts. Maybe 100. At most.
Yes, surely this is what you mean.
“I don’t think tattoos are suitable for anything.”
Agreed.
I also don’t think the Guadalupe deal is Biblical. It’s false religion.
Yes..
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him
in every generation.
He has shown the strength of his arm,
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.
He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,
and has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.
He has come to the help of his servant Israel
for he remembered his promise of mercy,
the promise he made to our fathers,
to Abraham and his children forever.
(Lk 1:46-55)
Well, of course Guadalupe has nothing to do with anything which can be found in the Bible.
The event occurred in the 1500s, long after the Bible was written.
If you believe in the miracles that have been recorded in the Bible, is not possible that some miracles may have occurred since the Bible was written?
No, I actually don't have a tattoo, but they can look cool -- on other people that is.
When I was in Catholic school in the early 60’s we were told that there was a reflection in Mary’s eyes of Juan Diego and it was upside down, just as it would be in human eyes.
Interesting. I wonder how the earlier investigators missed 12 other people.
This isn’t a criticism, I have always loved her and the image is a great mystery.
I have also stood before a full-size computer recreation of the Shroud in Rome. It is in a church that also contains, a nail from the True Cross, thorns from the Crown, a piece of the True Cross and a piece from the cross of the Good Thief. In this church is also are finger bones said to be from the finger that St. Thomas put into Jesus’ wounds.
The Shroud is staggering to behold up close and in person, even as a reproduction.
I have also seen Our Lady of Guadalupe in person, in the late 60’s. Very impressive. I hope to visit her again.
Amen to that. Amen x 10.
Or a wrestling symbol: Griddle bears image of Mary
FROM LEFT: Lucha Libre wrestlers Renegado and Mr. Tempest look at an image of the Virgin Mary
said to have appeared on a griddle at Las Palmas restaurant in Calexico. “I follow Our Lady of Guadalupe,"
Mr. Tempest said after the viewing. “This is amazing. It’s a true miracle.”
**When I was in Catholic school in the early 60’s we were told that there was a reflection in Mary’s eyes of Juan Diego and it was upside down, just as it would be in human eyes.**
Your instructors were mistaken. The upside down reflection in the eyes of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Guadalupe are the Bishop and his entourage as they watched the roses fall out her Juan Diego’s tilma and saw the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe appear on it.
How could the eyes be a reflection of Juan Diego when he was presenting the roses and the miracle to the Bishop?
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