A series of high masses will be celebrated Thursday, December 12, at the Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City, in solemn commemoration of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the principal patroness of the Philippines, Mexico, and the Americas, and the protector of the unborn.
The faithful are invited to attend the high masses which will be held at 6 a.m., 8 a.m., 12 noon, 5 p.m., 6:30 p.m., and at 8 p.m. A solemn procession will be held after the 5 p.m. holy mass.Radiant like the sun, Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared before San Juan Diego, an Indian Christian, on Dec. 9, 1531, at the Tepeyac Hill in Mexico.
To convince the unbelieving bishop, Fray Juan de Zumarraga, Our Lady instructed St. Diego to gather roses at the top of the hill on a winter day on December 12 when no flowers were in bloom and to present these to the bishop. As he opened his ‘tilma’ , the image of Our Lady miraculously appeared on it.
The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe was erected on the site. Today, about 18 to 20 million pilgrims and tourists visit the beautiful basilica every year, making it one of Christianity’s most visited sanctuaries, to see the cloak which miraculously shows no sign of decay even after 488 years. Twenty-five Popes have officially honored Our Lady of Guadalupe, including Saint John Paul II who, in 1999 during his third visit to the basilica, declared Dec.12 as a Liturgical Holy Day and entrusted the cause of life to her loving protection and placed under her motherly care the innocent lives of children, especially those who are in danger of not being born.
In 1935, Pope Pius XI declared Our Lady of Guadalupe as the principal patroness of the Philippines and the missionary of the Blessed Sacrament. In the country, Our Lady of Guadalupe is venerated as the patron saint protector of the unborn, sick, aging, disabled, and others whose lives are threatened.
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