Commentary: Wayback Machine '14. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
Juan (9 December) came before the bishop & several of his advisors a second time. He told the bishop his story & opened the tilma, letting the flowers fall out. But it wasn't the beautiful roses that caused the bishop & his advisors to fall to their knees; for there, on the tilma, was a picture of the Blessed Virgin Mary precisely as Juan had described her.Our Lady first appeared to St. Juan Diego on 9 December 1531, which is why his feast is celebrated annually on that date (Wayback Machine Juliett Delta). The miraculous image properly titled Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared on St. Juan Diego's tilma before His Excellency Bishop Juan de Zumárraga, O.F.M. three days later, on 12 December, & thus the date of today's feast.
There is a reproduction of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Holy Redeemer, as in many Catholic churches. This morning, at the last minute, a special Guadalupe Mass was organized for this morning at 11:00 A.M. I was wiped out by the exertion of last night's concert (I could barely breathe, let along sing; in retrospect, I shouldn't have gone at all) & my middle-of-the-night shift in the perpetual adoration chapel, so I didn't get out of bed 'til noon, by which time I found out about the Guadalupe Mass after the fact via text message & e-mail. It could be said that organization is not our parish's strong suit.
Scripture of the Day
Personal Reading
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter fifteen (verses one thru thirty-nine).
Mass Readings
The Book of Zechariah, chapter two, verses fourten thru seventeen;
or, the Book of Revelation, chapter eleven, verse nineteen(a) & chapter twelve, verses one thru six(a) & ten(a,b);
The Book of Judith, chapter thirteen, verses eighteen(b) thru nineteen;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter one, verses twenty-six thru thirty-eight;
or, the Gospel according to Luke, chapter one, verses thirty-nine thru forty-seven.
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