A NEW ERA - Spring 2017 Perfect Wedding Magazine PWSpring2017 | Page 134

T RAVEL
A peaceful and inspiring
place amongst the chaos of
one of the largest cities in
the world, The Basilica of
Our Lady of Guadalupe
(Basílica
de
Nuestra
Señora de Guadalupe) is a
Roman Catholic church, basilica and
National shrine of Mexico. The church
has been rebuilt three times due to
damage and sinking foundations.
According to the Miraculous Story, a
priest sent peasant Juan Diego to gather
roses from the garden. He would use his
cloak to carry the roses back to the
church. When he unfolded his cloak to
drop the roses to the church floor an
image of the Virgin Mary was left
stained into the cloth. Skeptical are the
non-believers until a recent scientific
study has shown that the reflection of
those present at the time the roses were
dropped from the cloak (Dec.09, 1531)
is shown in the eyes of the Virgin Mary.
Considering the size of the pupils in the
image, and technology available in 1531,
it is impossible for this to be man-made.
The actual cloak is displayed here.
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