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Pope Francis: Throughout your life, listen to Our Lady of Guadalupe

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Pope Francis celebrates Mass in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe at St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 12, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 12, 2024 / 17:50 pm (CNA).

“Do not be afraid, am I not here, I who am your mother?” This is the message of Our Lady of Guadalupe that Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to keep in mind and listen to throughout their lives, whether in happy or sad situations.

The pope emphasized these words of the Blessed Virgin Mary to St. Juan Diego during the Mass celebrated Dec. 12 in St. Peter’s Basilica in honor of the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Dec. 12 marks the last day on which Mary appeared to the Indian St. Juan Diego in 1531. On that same date, as proof for Juan de Zumárraga, the first bishop of Mexico, the image of the Virgin miraculously appeared on the tilma or cloak of St. Juan Diego.

In an improvised homily entirely in Spanish, the Holy Father highlighted the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe: “pregnant, announcing the birth of the Savior. A pregnant mother.”

“With what tenderness she said to the Indian: ‘Do not be afraid, am I not here, I who am your mother?’” the pope said, noting that in this message “the motherhood of Mary is revealed.”

These are the same words that Our Lady of Guadalupe addressed to St. Juan Diego, who, according to the Nican Mopohua — a historical document that narrates the apparitions of the Virgin — was worried about the serious illness of his uncle, Juan Bernardino. Faced with the urgency of caring for his relative, Juan Diego decided to attend to him before fulfilling the Virgin’s command to speak with the bishop. 

Pope Francis blesses an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. Peter's Basilica on Dec. 12, 2024. Credit: Vatican Media
Pope Francis blesses an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 12, 2024. Credit: Vatican Media

The pontiff lamented that “so many ideologies have tried to derive ideological advantage from the mystery of Guadalupe” and then highlighted “three things” that come to mind when contemplating the Virgin.

“The tilma, the mother, and the rose. Very simple things. Mary’s motherhood is engraved on that tilma, on that simple tilma. Mary’s motherhood is shown with the beauty of the roses that the Indian finds and brings. And Mary’s motherhood works the miracle of bringing faith to the somewhat incredulous hearts of the prelates,” he said.

“The tilma, the rose, the Indian,” he continued. “Everything that is said about the mystery of Guadalupe beyond this is a lie, it is an attempt to use it for ideologies,” he warned.

The Holy Father emphasized that “the mystery of Guadalupe is to venerate her and to hear in our ears: ‘Am I not here, I who am your mother? ’”

“And to hear this in the moments of life, the various difficult moments of life, the happy moments of life, the daily moments of life.”

In conclusion, the pope said: “We go forth with the image of the Lady on the Indian’s tilma. And listening to how in a melodious voice, she tells us over and over: ‘Do not be afraid, am I not here, I who am your mother?’”

This story was first published by ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner. It has been translated and adapted by CNA.


Source: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/261013/pope-francis-throughout-your-life-listen-to-our-lady-of-guadalupe


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