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Our Lady of Guadalupe Star of the New Evangelization
Happy Feast Day!
The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is joyfully celebrated today throughout the Americas.
The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego in 1531 with a message of hope. Through her intercession, millions of people were liberated from the demonic influence of the Aztecs, who practiced human sacrifice.
Throughout the history of the Church, Catholics have turned to the Mother of Our Lord for strength, courage, and for her intercession during times of great trial and crisis. The stories abound. She never fails.
She is the Star that points to her Son.
Please join us today in praying to Our Lady of Guadalupe for our Church and our nation, that the hope of the New Evangelization may be realized.
The following prayer is an excerpt taken from the words recited by Pope John Paul the Great at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in 1979:
Mother of Mercy, Teacher of hidden and silent sacrifice, to you, who come to meet us sinners, we dedicate on this day all our being and all our love. We also dedicate to you our life, our work, our joys, our infirmities and our sorrows. Grant peace, justice and prosperity to our peoples; for we entrust to your care all that we have and all that we are, our Lady and Mother. We wish to be entirely yours and to walk with you along the way of complete faithfulness to Jesus Christ in His Church; hold us always with your loving hand.
