Title of Our Lady
Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Country / origin
- Mexico
- Feast
- 12 December
Awaiting theological review
About this title
The title given to Mary after the apparitions to Saint Juan Diego in Mexico in 1531. Patroness of the Americas.
Biblical profile: Mary, Mother of Jesus →Patron of
- the Americas
- evangelisation
- a mother's protection
When to ask for intercession
- for the peoples of the Americas
- family situations
- defending human dignity
A short prayer
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mother of the Americas, bring us closer to Jesus and teach us to recognise the dignity of every person.
Written for Lumen as a simple personal prayer of intercession — not a liturgical text.
What we know — and how
Private revelation
An apparition recognised by the Church: private revelation, worthy of belief but adding nothing to public Revelation. No Catholic is obliged to believe it (CCC 67).
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