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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church > General
In December 1531 on the hill of Tepeyac in what is present-day
Mexico City an Indian named Juan Diego beheld an apparition of the
Mother of God. With the attire and features of an Indian maiden and
addressing Juan Diego in his native tongue she instructed him to
tell the bishop to build a shrine on that spot. As a sign she left
her image on his cloak - the miraculous image of Our Lady of
Guadalupe. Drawing on a lifetime of reflection Father Virgil
Elizondo has written Guadalupe, an account of the story and meaning
of one of the most powerful religious symbols of our day. For
centuries Guadalupe has served as one of the sustaining symbols of
Mexican, Latin American, and U.S. Hispanic identity and
spirituality. But more than that, in this lyrical and inspiring
work Elizondo shows that Our Lady of Guadalupe has an even wider
significance and relevance to the church universal at the dawn of a
new millennium.
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