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One day Juan Diego, an Indian Catholic living near Mexico City, heard a voice calling to him as he walked to church. A young maiden dressed as an Aztec Princess appeared to him in a golden beam of light, saying she was the Virgin Mary, Mother of God. She requested Juan to have the bishop build a church on the hill of Tepeyac, so she could show her compassion to his people.

Juan related the request to Bishop Juan de Zumarraga. Somewhat skeptical, the bishop asked for a sign. Meanwhile, Juan put off his visit with the Lady until he could get a priest to administer the last rites to his dying uncle.

Suddenly the Virgin Mary appeared, telling Juan he had nothing to fear, as she had cured his uncle. Miraculously, Castilian roses bloomed on the hillside, which Juan took to the doubting bishop. 

Kneeling before the bishop, Juan let the roses fall from his tilma. To everyone’s surprise and wonder, the image of the Lady was imprinted on the tilma! Falling to his knees, Bishop Zumarraga accepted the sign and fulfilled Mary’s wish by building a church in her honor, where her image was enshrined.

In the next few decades, eight million Indians converted to Jesus. Our Lady of Guadalupe, “La Alma de la Gente”, took her rightful place in the souls of her children.

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