Our Lady of Guadalupe Patroness of the Unborn.
In December 1531, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to an Indian named Juan Diego on three occasions. At the last apparition Juan was instructed to gather flowers from the top of the hill. Despite the freezing conditions he found the flowers, brought them to Our Lady who arranged them for him in his poncho. Juan returned to his bishop. When the flowers fell out of his poncho, all present saw an image of Our Lady on the poncho (tilma).
This image is preserved to this day. In the image, Our Lady is pregnant, carrying the Son of God in her womb. The sash she wore reveals her pregnancy. Her head is bowed in homage, to the God she bears and she worships the one true God. Our Lady is carrying God within her womb. He is alive but unborn. Juan referred to her as "Te Coatlaxopeuh," which means "she who crushes the stone serpent."
Human sacrifice was prevalent in those days. Millions of Aztec Indians were converted by the power of this image. With Our Lady of Guadalupe among them they ended the practice of human sacrifice. Horror stories came from this practice of killing in unimaginable ways those destined for sacrifice.
Is the abortion practice in the US any different than the killing of old? Will we have enough faith in our hearts so that Our Lady, Patroness of the Unborn, can be instrumental in ending the human sacrifice of our time?
In the United States of America, right next to the land where Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared, more than a million and a half children are killed every year. 49 million babies were executed by abortion after abortion was decriminalized in 1973.
These killings, no longer take place in top of hills in open air for all the people see and hear, but are hidden from all except the few personnel of the abortion providers, in facilities that can be found in many cases in shopping centers. We kill our preborn babies in many horrific ways, by vacuum aspirations or MVA; dilation and suctions curettage or D&C; saline amniocentesis, or salt poisoning abortions; D&E; “brain suction” or “D&X” methods. The little bodies of the victims are then thrown in dumpsters, incinerated, or sent to be used for research which, under the pretext of scientific or medical progress, thus reducing human life to the level of simple “biological material”.
Our Lady of Guadalupe has been declared the "Patroness of the Unborn." by Pope John Paul II the Great. Today she speaks to us who defend life, the same words she addressed to Juan Diego: "Hear and let it penetrate your hearts, my dear little ones. Let nothing discourage you, nothing depress you; let nothing alter your heart or your countenance. Do not fear vexation, anxiety or pain. Am I not here, your Mother? Are you not in the folds of my mantle, in the crossing of my arms? Is there anything else that you need?"
