Why one version of Virgin Mary has become a symbol of protection for millions

As Easter approaches, millions find comfort and protection in the Virgin of Guadalupe, a version of the Virgin Mary. Michelle Miller reports on the people working to keep this image in the public eye.
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[@MrFTW733]

It's a very important staple of Hispanic/Mexican culture. It's the centuries old icon we recognize for goodwill. It's beautiful.

[@hus390]

What the heck is "Hispanic"? You mean Mestizos people?? Or Latin American culture?? ... Word Hispanic is misleading. Please refrain from using it.

[@MrFTW733]

@@hus390 no

[@QWERTYUIOP-wu6ht]

​@@hus390what the heck is Mestizos people? It's just "mestizos" 🙄

[@LALA-FU]

@@QWERTYUIOP-wu6htbecause saying “mestizos” is like saying “blacks” or “whites” 🙄

[@dennyj8650]

Indeed! And many of us non Hispanic Catholics also love the blessed Virgin and this particular image! Look in the Bible book of Revelation, it describes her perfectly! God Bless!

[@anthonylagunas6737]

I wore a pendent of Our Lady everyday during my 22 years in the Army. She protected me everyday.

[@visibletoa11userz]

Thank you for your service!

[@tarzan343]

lol

[@KrzNena]

❤

[@yadiaag7771]

She is the epitome of a beautiful mother. Everything about her spoke to native Indians. Her turquoise cloak meaning Royalty, her parted hair signifies virginity, the black ribbon meaning pregnancy, standing in front of the sun and above the moon meaning she was greater than their gods, the upside down flowers looking like human hearts ending their sacrifices, the one flower on her womb meant the highest God, the stars exactly as seen from the heavens as a sign of divinity. To the Indians it was an entire story without words, the one they were waiting for in prophesies came to them via the mother. Before colonization came and it became a patriarchal society, Indians were more matriarchal in a sense. One can never deny a mothers bloodline because it’s impossible to say that you were not from said mother. That’s why the Lady of Guadalupe was not ignored, it’s irrefutable that she carried the living God inside her in if they looked at this picture.

[@pianoreigns]

Well said

[@Dianeediegoo]

Also her rays in the original cloak, are in the silouette of the many famous mountains of Mexico

[@jasminearmstrong2855]

She is beautiful, comforting, and always there with her shawl of stars.

[@raquellara1316]

The reason why the Virgen de Guadalupe is prelevant in LOS ANGELES is because of the original name of the city was Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles. Translated is "Our lady of the Angels." When Calfifornia became part of the United States many names of cities were changed but some were kept in their original Spanish names Santa Barbara, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, San Francisco, Santa Ana etc....

[@MehulPatelLXC]

Never occurred to me that those cities are (clearly) Spanish names. Thanks for sharing! Our lady of the angels is beautiful. What a beautiful rich culture.

[@nicolasnicolas2801]

San Fierro, Los Santos

[@tz7245]

Alot of people get these murals commissioned because taggers and gang members will never dare disrespect her image by graffitiing over it.

[@veronicanunez2365]

Absolutely I thought the samething. Those gangsters would never disrespect her!

[@glenncordova4027]

Actually, gangsters have no respect for anything but the image of the Virgin is far more beautiful than graffiti

[@northamericanintercontinen3207]

She was in the first flag ever flown by Mexico during the War of Independence, Father Hidalgo grabbed a standard with her image painted from a church in rural Guanajuato and in his first call to arms he yelled “VIVA NUESTRA SANTÍSIMA MADRE LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE” “LONG LIVE OUR HOLIEST MOTHER OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE” To us Mexicans she means so much; many women girls and even men and boys have her name…Guadalupe

[@aliciajimenez4076]

This is so true 🙏

[@billydakid9814]

she was used to brainwash our native brothers and sisters

[@shammydammy2610]

And the day that Hidalgo picked it up in the town of Dolores and made the cry for independence was the day after the feast of our lady of sorrows.

[@bagobeans]

Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Patroness of the Americas!! ⚘

[@margauxcamaya]

Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Patroness of the Philippines.

[@paulw2872]

Viva La Virgen de Guadalupe!

[@DavidRodriguez-cm2qg]

Mama Mary isn't just a role model, she's a super model. She's literally the most perfect creature created by God. She's merciful, gentle, and loving. Excellent report.

[@MotherSuperior143]

She is a model of peace

[@veronicanunez2365]

Loved the piece Michelle way to embrace your heritage. My Dad Rip had one on his forearm. He loved her and did a pilgramige to thank her for a miracle. He also told his daughters and grandson to never get inked!!!

[@hailchristandmary]

Our Lady's image has been embraced by Chicanos as one of other symbols for the culture. As a Catholic first, I love seeing Christian symbols taking up public space and I pray those who see the Lady will be blessed and reminded of Christianity and the Lord Jesus Christ. In particular Our Lady of Guadalupe is so beautiful, I fell in love with the Mother when I was a child because I always saw her image in my grandmother's house. I pray to die Catholic practicing the same faith and beliefs my ancestors have knowing they put their trust in our God and Lady so I will too

[@luishernandezblonde]

Mexico is my favorite nation. 🇵🇱🤝🏻🇲🇽 Long live Virgin of Guadalupe.

[@knightgaming5248]

Being Mexican and Catholic (Latin rite) I will always be grateful to Our Lady Of Guadalupe. 😁

[@NatashaRaisorGlam]

I’m Catholic and from LA. Our Lady of Guadalupe means so much. She is all over my house. It is so disrespectful to tag her

[@the2ndcoming135]

Yeah, I got one at the house permanently too😂

[@ca147]

Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us now and at the hour of our death. Amen 🙏

[@stephaniemedina1848]

🌹🌹🌹🐱🌞

[@BSJSocial]

That man Oscar Rodriguez is a legend 🙏🏽❤️

[@angelmatos9143]

For some reason when I see it on the walls of Mexican restaurants, the food tastes better. Seriously. La Taqueria in Vancouver & in a food court in Maui is 2 great examples.

[@origtex]

Impressed. Respectful coverage of the story. I think the field reporter was very respectful. In many cases, these types of news stories start off as a sincere piece, then the big slam/insult comes.

[@Ale-mv3gr]

Not mexican (from and living in costa rica), atheist, but raised as a catholic, and the image of our lady still fills my heart with peace and joy. The eternal mother, full of mercy.

[@dhartist]

Love these stories! Thank you!

[@the2ndcoming135]

👉🏽😎

[@TheWayOfRespectAndKindness]

Who is our mother? Grace, dignity, love, and respect.

[@nunyabiznes33]

She also kinda big here in the Philippines. It's either our Lady of Guadalupe or the version wearing just white and sky blue (usually sitting on a crescent moon).

[@saralynfosnight5139]

When I was a student at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago one of my compatriots was really taken with The Virgin of Guadalupe. She put the image on lots of things-shopping bags, scarfs. I think she was devout, which was odd, given that most of the artists I know do not revere the Virgin that way. But I was much older than the other students so my frame of reference was quite different from theirs anyway.

[@breal7277]

This is how the Spaniards made believers out of the indios (natives) in their quest to convert them to Catholicism.

[@bunnybugs280]

Yes.

[@desireepetitdemurat8660]

You are totally right.

[@raboo23]

Yes and no... She may be aligned with Catholic beliefs, but her roots are aligned with indigenous spirituality and resistance. She became a symbol of protection against those who mean harm for people who were Catholics and non-Catholics. The relationship between resistance and religion is more complex than "believers" and "non-believers."

[@sergios.vazquez2456]

Typical lie spread by nonbelievers.

[@breal7277]

@@sergios.vazquez2456 Chill. I pray to the Virgen of Guadalupe whenever I drive by her church. I'm not saying she's not real. I'm just saying the padres used her to spread Catholicism in Mexico.

[@sierravista9013]

I love her

[@k.p.9990]

Being Atheist its not my thing however if that symbol comforts others then put her on every building.💙

[@juanita_piju]

¿Acaso no estoy yo aquí, que soy tu Madre?”

[@vada7259]

Thanks - Love Oscar Rodriguez Zapata's photography project!

[@LeoOrlando-yd2ut]

The original name for Los Angeles is Our Lady of the Angels. Fun fact

[@marcoantonio-df4mr]

Our Lady of Guadalupe

[@marcoantonio-df4mr]

Gracias Madre Celestial

[@beybslifeintheus494]

God bless

[@ChiefCedricJohnson]

Proverbs 15:23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

[@FernandoGomez-hh9jm]

¡ I LIKE THAT IMAGE (the original , painted by GOD, is protected in MEXICO CITY within GUADALUPE"S BASILICA) !

[@jaytrumpwins5739]

I L💜VE MY MAMMA

[@christiansoldierthelegionkilla]

John 1:1-17 King James Version 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. 16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. John 3:16-18 King James Version 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. Jesus Christ is the Lord and Savior, the Son of the Living God Risen from the dead, Emmanuel, God with us, the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, The Lamb Slain from the Foundation of the World, the Lion from the Tribe of Judah, the Great I am, Wonderful, Councilor, The Almighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace, Jehovah, the Resurrection and the Life, the Narrow Road, the Messiah, the Creator of all things seen and unseen, El, the Way, Truth and Life, my Best Friend ect. All Glory,Honor and Praise be to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Forever and ever for He Alone is Worthy and He Alone has saved us. Confess with your mouth the Lord is Jesus, Believe in your heart God has Risen Him from the dead and you shall be saved. Hallelujah May more come to the Knowledge and Understanding of the Saving Grace that is in Christ Jesus Alone. All is Welcome to call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and be Saved.

[@oksanatulpa7984]

Because of the miracalles and the vision of Huan Diego .

[@dianadavis5002]

The image is to protect the business. She is unfortunately used by some businesses to keep taggers away. Nobody would tag a building with her image on it

[@janetalvarado3635]

Wanna make a bet?

[@cactus-wren]

Legal or not, She looks beautiful

[@jaytrumpwins5739]

💪MAMMA

[@jaynorartacho4149]

The HOLY MOTHER Protects her children!!!

[@maryaltshuller885]

I'd be in favor of ALL sorts of religious figures appearing everywhere. And I don't just mean Christian icons.

[@lindac7968]

Revelation 12:1-2 A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth. Clear Biblical description of Our Blessed Mother.

[@bench-clearingbrawl7737]

Who wrote the vision of the woman of Revelation 12:1? John. Who did Guadalupe appeared to in Mexico? Juan. John 19 ..”Jesus, therefore, seeing his mother and the disciple (John) whom he loved standing by, said to his mother: “Woman, behold thy son.” Then, he said to the disciple “Behold thy mother.” Mary famously told St. Juan Diego in his native language of Nahuatl, “Listen, put it into your heart, most little of MY SONS!!!:” Is this a coincidence?

[@MehulPatelLXC]

@@bench-clearingbrawl7737 Interesting. Can you elaborate by what you mean by this?

[@JE-western-rider]

@@bench-clearingbrawl7737 The woman symbolizes Israel. Genesis 37 tells us Joseph, Jacob's favored son, had a dream in which Jacob's other sons and his parents bowed down to him. When he told his father Jacob about the dream, his father immediately applied the imagery. The sun and moon were Joseph's father and mother, Jacob-also named Israel-and Rachel. Joseph's brothers were the eleven stars. The crown on the woman's head probably signifies that Christ's future kingdom will center in Israel. Although Joseph's brothers bowed down to him in Egypt (Genesis 42:6), someday restored Israel will bow down to Jesus, who is far greater than Joseph.

[@bench-clearingbrawl7737]

The miraculous appearance of the woman of Revelation ch.12:1 in the Tepeyach, Mexico in 1531 to a Mechica/Aztec man named Juan (John) and the message to him was prophecy coming to pass of Revelation ch.12. If you can breakdown the prophecies of of that chapter to what was going on in Mexico in 1531 and the appearance to a man named Juan which is John in English, bro it makes a lot of sense. Revelation speaks of a woman that is exactly without a shadow of a doubt the same as the tilma of Guadalupe. Also, in the same chapter 12 is talking about the red dragon which was the Roman Empire in the time of John. And in 1531 the Roman Empire came back as the “Renaissance” means to reborn again, the Roman Empire was born again as the Spanish conquistadors under the Roman Catholic authority. They went to war with the Mechica tribe specifically to take them down. Mexi-co Mexi-cah Mechi-ca Meshi-cah Meshi-ah Meshi-yach Mexico literally means Messiah. Read above my linguistic breakdown how is the same word. Put it all together. It made sense that she appeared to the same man but now in Mexico 1531

[@bench-clearingbrawl7737]

That’s your interpretation. Genesis 37 has no prophetic connection to Revelation ch.12. You’re missing the woman and the red dragon. Revelation ch 12 came to pass in Mexico in 1531. She appeared to a man named Juan (John), during the time of the Spanish conquest of death and destruction of the nation of the Meshi-cah (Mexi-co) under the Roman Catholic authority which was the Red Dragon. Evidently that woman that appeared to Juan called him, “ most little of my sons.” Just like Jesus told Mary to call John while he was on the cross John 19:26. Nevertheless, There’s hundreds of ancient writings first European contact with the Mexica that shows and prove that the Mexica were lost descendants of Judah. The original birthplace of the Mexicas and the Aztecs was in UTAH a.k.a Yudah, same word. Put all the pieces and dots together it makes sense that you or any scholar can’t debunk.

[@Noname-sl8un]

She didn't migrated from Mexico. Los Angeles was mexico and it's original name was Nuesrea Señora de Los Angeles. You are just finding her and unaware of the history.

[@the_internet_332]

Did you really have to include "even human skin"?

[@manuelvargas467]

Mother mexican please save catholic church ⛪ ✝️🕊

[@bumblebee5990]

I can’t stop painting her either. She speaks to so many.

[@jessicag23100]

I love his instagram!!

[@DistrustHumans]

For some strange reason, she always shows up on burnt toast.

[@0hffs]

um, I'd say more so as water stains

[@glenncordova4027]

And tortillas.😋

[@RondelayAOK]

Happily Catholic

[@techeagle5527]

Ma Donna.

[@PaulyWally30]

Like a virgen.

[@nicolasnicolas2801]

Even human skins 😂

[@craigalston2208]

Mama's baby papa MAYBE = this is were that old saying originated .

[@usaintltrade]

💪😇🍏

[@ChosenOne6666]

The skywizard did not pick her to have his son.

[@deerhoda7574]

Right away a legal question. Awkward. Hope some busy body doesn't decide '' to look into it ". Not what the story was about. Anyway......so very very good to see people of faith sharing that faith. Thank you Michelle.

[@philoctetes_wordsworth]

As a Roman Catholic, I view the fascination with “the holy mother/virgin” as a collective sublimation of the inherent misogyny of the big 3 religions. All 3 claim to venerate women, while simultaneously subjugating them. These images are powerful, wherein women in their daily lives have only the power their fathers/husbands/sons/the law allows them.

[@misselanys1219]

Says the person who idol worships the pope

[@poppinc8145]

By "big 3" you better be meaning Christianity, Islam and Hinduism. Followed by Buddhism, Chinese folk religion, and Sikhism. The Jewish identifying population is only 15 million (and only 2/3 of that actually believe in Judaism).

[@magesalmanac6424]

Yep, it’s a beautiful mural but this is just one more example of hypocrisy in religion. Femicide is a huge problem in Mexico as so many stick to their “machismo” culture. But somehow the Virgin Mary is venerated. It’s so backwards.

[@alejandradeluna9001]

Speak for yourself.

[@Ale-mv3gr]

The lady of Guadalupe embodies the ultimate power of the femenine, the good sons and dauthers will always obey their mother.

[@johnjerrymorales7766]

These are the missing piece of history that you need to know. They manipulated everything since from the distant past and like no one has noticed it. 1 12 Apostles in Bible 2. 12 imam in Muslim tradition 3. 12 days of Christmas song 4. 12 fingers 12 toes Ecuador tribe 5. 12 Stonehenge stones 6. 12 Gobekli tepe stones 7. 12 tribes in Israel 8. 12 towers of Angkor wat 9. 12 planet ancient count 10. 12 exit & entry point of the globe 11. 12 zodiac signs 12. 12 Lunar cycles 13. 12 months in a year 14. 12 pieces in a dozen 15. 12 hours clock revolution 16. 12 Inch in one ft 17. 12 system in human body 18. 12 chakra in meditation 19. 12 councilor town 20. 12 councilor city 21. 12th congress 22. 12 Senators in election 23. 12 k to 12 education system 24. 12 frets in guitar then repeat 12 25. 12 notes in music 26. 12 algorithm code 27. 12 Olympian VS 12 titans n greek 28. 12 rounds in boxing 29. 12 knights templar table 30. 12 letters Illumination/illuminati 31. 12 and final fundamental particle - the higgs boson - God particle discovery on 2012 When everything's turning into conspiracy with the hidden secret number from history now exposed. They're planning to depopulate the earth. They called it in a biblical way the second coming of Jesus.

[@sarak6860]

12 Princes of Arabia. They sprang from Ishmael.

[@polyesterShark]

Alt title: why one group of religious people like part of their religion

[@VirginAngeljs]

Im a Virgin

[@arielslack7015]

I wonder how much coverage needs coverage this was it somebody put a mirror mural of Jesus on their they’re building

[@rudimanurung7902]

Talita channel

[@jennawilliams3418]

Idolatry

[@bunnybugs280]

I'm wondering that. Presently researching a good-bit. We have to be careful; wary, ya know?

[@bhs3871]

Lmao idolatry is literally having other gods and bowing down and worshipping them. If you think a simple image, an artwork is a "god" then YOU my friend, are the idolater in the room.

[@bench-clearingbrawl7737]

How do you know the god you worship is not a idol and a pagan god? How do you know? What is the name of your god? If you don’t know the name, are you blindly following a pagan god?

[@jaytrumpwins5739]

😘😍🧕🏿🧚🏿‍♀️🤷😇

[@LifewithBreanna_]

Ppl are making Mary an idol (our Lady of Guadalupe). Please believe in God + His Son Jesus and repent in the name of Jesus Christ (repent daily). Please study the Holy Bible kjv (God's word) for truth.

[@gcallejamd]

There is a difference between adoration and veneration. Christians adore God. Mary is venerated. Review these theological concepts.

[@gcallejamd]

@Tree I agree. When you are at peace with you and with the others you can feel His presence.

[@bhs3871]

KJV is incomplete and has multiple books missing along with missing verses. It's an adulterated one. No one is makin Mary an idol.

[@downbythelakehouse9120]

Fairy tales do inspire some lovely art but an unhealthy belief that they are real can be a detriment.

[@joelgq123]

There’s been many objective documented miracles with the image. This is verified scientifically.

[@tomvalveede6808]

Do your research and you will be convinced, She is very Real!

[@compactgirl]

See the devil never sleeps, he places images before you to keep your vision focused on that image. The Christian bible says thou shall not have another God before me, so be careful what spot you place the virgin mary in. I'm not catholic but I do like the imagine for graphics.

[@alfray1072]

Who said that Mary is God? FYI The Trinity dogma is a Catholic dogma and nowhere does it states that Mary is part of the Triune God. Our Lady of Guadalupe destroyed the satanic Aztec ritual of their leaders because Mary is in perpetual battle of the devil as foreshadowed in GEN 3:15. Mary is the woman of Revelation/Ark of the New Covenant/NT Gebirah/Daughter of Zion. REV 12 is a clear description of the battle between the woman who brought forth The Messiah King Jesus (Mary) and the dragon (devil) by John by witnessing Mary as the Ark of the Covenant of the NT (REV 11:19) revealing itself as the Queen Mother of heaven (crowned with 12 stars) battling the dragon in REV 12 in the end times. This war was foreshadowed in the Old Testament in GEN 3:15 when God gave enmity between the woman (Mary) and the serpent (devil) meaning they are in perpetual battle eternally because Mary is the mother of the Lord God, the NT Gebirah, all mothers of the Davidic kings of Israel were rightfully called "Queen Mothers". The queenship in heaven is in PSALM 45:9 SIRACH 24. This is why Mary is the queen crowned with 12 stars seen by John in Revelation 12. Mary is the WOMAN of Revelation because she was always addressed as a woman / lady by his Son Jesus (JOHN 2; JOHN 19-25-29), Gnyai in the original Greek, a title of respect given to her office. GALATIANS 4:4-5 4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent his Son, made of a WOMAN, made under the law: 5 That he might redeem them who were under the law: that we might receive the adoption of sons. ISA 7:14 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel.

[@rr7firefly]

When will people learn to pronounce Guadalupe correctly? It's not GWA-da-lupe but more like WAH-da-lupe. One can insert words that have GUA in them into Google Translate to confirm this. Spanish speaking people would never say OG-wa for "agua" (water). Two of my aunts were named Guadalupe and they were never called GWA-da-lupe.

[@the2ndcoming135]

👨‍👧🐣 🛋

[@sierravista9013]

Not of Mary of the Aztec Goddess Tonanzin

[@Ashleigh-qw5tk]

Hmmm... only Jesus can save - the Virgin Mary was just a young woman chosen by God to be the vessel for which our Savior would be born. Rather than place the focus on her, it should be on Jesus. While I agree she deserves all our respect, she is not to be worshipped or prayed to the way so many people do. She does not protect - she was a woman who gave birth to the One who does protect. If you don't like what I'm saying, then so be it. Bible verse: Exodus 20: 4-5 I will repeat - nothing wrong with giving her respect because she was a true example of a woman of faith. BUT SHE IS NOT GOD NOR JESUS - only our Creator protects no one else. She was a human being like the rest of us.

[@Ashleigh-qw5tk]

@Fin K sure

[@Ashleigh-qw5tk]

@kava Yes He was - no denying that. You are absolutely correct. He was God in the flesh - the Word became flesh.

[@MelchizedekVision]

Ark of the new covenant

[@carlitosgonzalez4932]

Why she didn't appear before the Spaniards's arrive?

[@imperialmotoring3789]

Viva La Migra!

[@Dany-nt6dn]

This is why you should read the bible. Mary wasn't even called Mary, her name was Miriam the same as Moses sister. Besides that image isn't even Christian, that entity it's called Tonantzin, she decided to just change her name, to not dissappear.

[@gcallejamd]

Maria, Marie, Mary,... are just translation of the Hebrew Miriam in modern languages. I am sure you read the Bible in English and not in the original languages it was written. The image is imprinted in the tilma of Juan Diego. It is not a painting. It is an imprint in 3D and has no animal, vegetable or mineral elements on it, which rules out painting. The image has been digitalized and magnified. Then it was discovered that there were human images on her eyes. These images corresponded to the people who were present when Juan Diego opened his tilma in front of the bishop. It is known who were present because it is documented. If the images represented in both eyes are studied, they are stereoscopically correct. All these studies date back to the 70's and were done by people from NASA. NASA admitted that it is impossible with today's technology to create such an image. Forget about Tonantzin, nothing to do with Guadalupe. By the way, Juan Diego could not have said Guadalupe as G does not exist in Aztec language. Whatever word Juan Diego said, sounded as Guadalupe to the bishop and the people present. Finally, a tilma is made from the vegetable fibers of a cactus and with good luck and care it can last a couple of decades. Diego's Tilma is about five centuries old and has not been kept in any special environment.

[@Dany-nt6dn]

@@gcallejamd Elohim doesn't even like images, how that entity will break Elohim's law. You cannot translate names, then I will start to call you Wriggio, cause that's a translation for me.

[@Dany-nt6dn]

@@gcallejamd I don't deny the fact that the way that image is something extra normal, but that's why you should know the bible, because the devil also does miracles. God hates images, he didn't even like when people try to make a statue of him. You think that he will cancel all his bible? I don't deny it's real, just as her appearances. But it's not from God, she's the queen of heavens, read what it's written of Queen of heavens in the bible.

[@hus390]

Graffiti is ugly. It's vandalism.

[@theplayerformerlyknownasmo3711]

These are murals. And dont worry. These parts of america are mexican. Only we live there. You dont have to come here :*

[@craigalston2208]

Mama's baby papa maybe

[@janetalvarado3635]

NOT FOR ME! WHAT DID SHE DO ON THE CROSS FOR ME?

[@tomvalveede6808]

SHE bared the Son of God to Die on the Cross for Your Sins! Think how the Bible was written by Men and where for Centuries they subjugated a woman's place. She's every bit as Holy as the Holy Trinity. If you believe in God, then you must also believe in the Blessed Holy Virgin. 🌹

[@sarak6860]

@@tomvalveede6808 We who were raised Protestant struggle with the Catholic concept of Mary. I have been trying to understand for years.

[@kyleleriche]

A false one yall sacrifice in degeneracy . Lambs heard

[@tarzan343]

Imagine believing on a fake character 💀

[@redsnapper8811]

Why so hateful?

[@tarzan343]

@F D Lol look at your history my guy, seems like i’m not the only one 💀

[@tarzan343]

@F D If you say so bud 🫡

[@DavidRodriguez-cm2qg]

You'll meet her in the afterlife.

[@tarzan343]

@@DavidRodriguez-cm2qg Millions of ppl existed and died before the creation of this character…Highly doubt it there bud 😂

[@raybassman7536]

Real Christians do not worship false idols and statues of saints and Mary. There is no power in them. Only Jesus has power and God the Father in heavaen, to answer prayer, and have the power to heal! And the power for you be be saved onto eternal life in Heaven. Here is how. In the Holy Bible, Romans chapter 10 Verses 9,10 and 13.

[@misselanys1219]

Idol worshipping. Bible says worship only one God.

[@bhs3871]

Why are you equating her to an idol? We should only worship God. Stop thinking and believing images are gods, that's idolatry and it's a SIN.

[@misselanys1219]

@@bhs3871 Read the Bible learn the truth.

[@bhs3871]

@@misselanys1219 I did and it says to not make gods out of idols or worship false idols and gods. You're the only one equating the image to an idol and a god-status. Stop doing that, it's a sin. An image is not a god, there is only one God!

[@misselanys1219]

@@bhs3871 So people who pray the rosary-repetative prayer- and kneel and pray to a statue of a mortal woman, is NOT idol worshipping?? I think you need to re-read your Holy Bible and pray to GOD not Mary for spiritual understanding. Perhaps the scales will fall from your eyes. Or keep praying to a statue of a mortal woman and damn yourself. Have a nice day.

[@MikeJohnson-nj1ry]

The power of myths in cultures.

[@bench-clearingbrawl7737]

Prove that she’s a myth. Many tried but they continue to be amazed every time they try to debunk it

[@tomvalveede6808]

It's not a myth. Do your research you will see how real she is!

[@SwaSon-vl3kh]

I thought Jesus and Mary were from the middle east and somehow people think they re from Mexico

[@slipperywhenwet668]

LMFAO, magic is not real

[@PabloEscobar-dy8wf]

No such thing ,stop believing made up stuff .....la llorona is real to huh 😂