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The Virgin of Guadalupe and miraculous facts about the Tilma Mary, Empress of the Americas Kean Spellman click anywhere on page to continue • The year was 1531 • Juan Diego a humble widower + convert, and one of only a small fraction of converts from the Aztec Pagan religion. The Virgin of Guadalupe changed the course of Mexican history: • 1. That year there were three earthquakes in Mexico and an eclipse of the sun. • Mary appeared on the most important feast day of the Aztec religion… December 9 – the feast of the Immaculate Conception. • 2. To replace the Aztec practice of human sacrifice that the Spaniards has suppressed, Mary brought the final sacrifice of Jesus Christ… The slaughter of hundreds of thousands per year. • 3.Her complextion is olive, an Aztec Indian, but in a European dress. • She is robed in a royal Tourquise blue – the Aztec Color • She blocks out the SUN (chief Aztec God) • She has the MOON under her feet (another God) • She is pregnant • 4. No sign of paint has been discovered on the actual tilma. From a distance of 3-4 inches from the image, one can see only the maguey cactus fibers of the material: the colors disappear. Scientific studies have not been able to discover the origin of the coloration, nor the way the image was “painted”. They cannot detect vestiges of any brush strokes or any other known painting technique. • 5. The Tilma is now 480+ years old. When the material was examined under a laser ray, it was shown that there is no coloration on the front or the back of the cloth. • The color on the original is just as vibrant as it was in 1531 and using the fabric itself, the image has a 3dimensional look when seen in person. Isn’t that amazing? • 6.The tilma, has been attacked by bombs, handling, candle black but has not shown any disintegration. • Notice the black tie ribbon – the traditional Aztec dress for a woman with Child. • Notice her posture, submissive and prayerful, and yet she is walking towards you. • She has a cross on her neckline, and below her hands as in a Rosary • 7. In the year 1791, muriatic acid accidentally spilled on the upper right side of the tilma. During the period of 30 days, without any special treatment, the affected fabric re-constituted itself miraculously. • 8. The stars that appear on the Mantle of Mary reflect the exact Winter Equinox configuration and positions that astronomers have proved would have been seen in the sky the day the miracle happened. • On the right side of the Virgin’s mantle, the southern constellations are indicated: • Orphiuchus constellation. • Libra, corpio,Lupus,Hydra. • Further down, one can clearly see the Southern Cross; above it appears the slightly inclined square of the Centaurus constellation. • On the left side of the Virgin’s mantle one sees the northern constellations: • Stars of the Herdsman constellation; the Great Bear. To its right is Berenice’s Hair; below it, Hunting Dogs, and to its left, the Thuban, which is the brightest star of the Draco constellation. • Another pair of constellations: the Auriga and at the bottom, three stars of Taurus. • Thus, in their totality and proper places, the 46 most brilliant stars that can be seen on the horizon of the Valley of Mexico are identified. • 46 Stars = Books of Old Testament • 9. The angel was painted on the mantle in the 1800’s. This human paint has faded. • Communists in 1921, placed a concealed, high powered explosive bomb the feet of the tilma. The explosion destroyed everything around it. Mary the Woman of Revelation The explosion bent a thick gold plated iron cross into a pretzel, but the class encased tilma was not even cracked. Not a soul was hurt in the packed Cathedral. But there is more… • 10. Scientists discovered that the eyes of Mary have the three refractive characteristics of a human eye. • 11. In the eyes of Mary (only about 1/3rd inch in size), miniscule human figures were discovered that no artist could have painted. The same scene is repeated in each eye. Using digital technology, the images in the eyes were enlarged many times, revealing that each eye reflected the figure of the Indian Juan Diego opening his tilma in front of Bishop Zumarraga. Do you know the size of this scene? One fourth of a millimeter (1/100th of an inch). • It is evident that all these unexplainable Miracles were given to us for a reason: To convert a continent and catch our attention in 2012. Have they caught yours? • To close, let us look at review and remember three surprising facts: • In the Indian language, "Guadalupe" means to “crush the head of the serpent.” Properly refers to Genesis 3:15: Mary, the conqueror of evil. • The image also depicts a detail from the Bible Apocalypse 12: “And a great sign appeared in Heaven: A woman clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet.” • 3. The Virgin wears a black band at her waist, which symbolizes pregnancy, to indicate that God wanted Jesus to be born again in the Americas, within the heart of each American. “While I live I will praise the Lord: I will sing praise unto my God while I have any being” (Ps 146:2). • Never forget the words she spoke to Saint Juan Diego, and her touching Maternal tone to him: • My little child, the smallest of all, let nothing afflict you. • Do you not know that you are in my lap? • Am I not here, I, who am your mother?