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[choir singing]
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♪
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[dramatic instrumental music]
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♪
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male narrator: Nearly
five centuries have passed,
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yet this event endures
in the hearts of millions,
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transcending divisions
and uniting cultures
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with its timeless message.
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Its legacy: an ancient fabric
miraculously intact,
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an image that defies
scientific explanation,
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an intricate set of symbols
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that would bridge two worlds
and countless cultures,
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and the transformation
of a continent.
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♪
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This is the story
of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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When Pope John Paul II arrived
in Mexico City
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for the canonization of
Saint Juan Diego
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in July of 2002,
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millions of Mexican Catholics
turned out.
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[crowd yelling]
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They lined the streets
and filled the plazas.
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They came together
to celebrate the making
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of the first indigenous saint
of the Western Hemisphere
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and the woman whose image has
changed the course of history.
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- The canonization
of Saint Juan Diego
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is very significant,
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because if the apparition
of Our Lady of Guadalupe
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is not authentic,
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there is no Saint Juan Diego.
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So as part of that whole process
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of reviewing the life
of Juan Diego,
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you have to validate,
authenticate
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the apparition
of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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So that's one way in which
his canonization
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is very significant.
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[dramatic percussive music]
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narrator: When the Spanish
conquistador Hernán Cortés
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landed in Mexico in 1519,
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he encountered
a thriving Aztec empire
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that extended throughout
Mexico's central plateau.
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According
to an indigenous legend,
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the Aztec god Huitzilopochtli
delivered a sign
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indicating where they should
build their city:
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at the site where an eagle,
perched on a cactus,
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was seen devouring a snake.
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In 1324, the Aztecs founded
a city named Tenochtitlan,
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which for them
was the center of the universe,
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the place where the cycle
of the universe was sustained
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by human sacrifices.
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Hernán Cortés formed
a military alliance
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with native tribes
opposed to the Aztecs.
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Amazingly,
in just two short years,
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he succeeded in conquering
the Aztec empire.
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The Spaniards began
constructing a new capital
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using materials
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from the recently destroyed
Tenochtitlan,
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or present-day Mexico City.
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During the first stage
of evangelization,
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a few missionaries attempted to
convert the indigenous people.
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However, the task
would prove to be
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a very arduous undertaking.
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- To understand
the dramatic impact
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that Our Lady of Guadalupe has
on the native population,
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you really have to put yourself
in the position of these people
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at the collapse
of the Aztec Empire
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and what their understanding
of religion really was.
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We have to remember
the horrific face
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of the Aztec deities
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that were there to receive
the human sacrifices.
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We have to understand
the history of the Flower Wars,
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in which battles were waged
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in order to obtain prisoners
for sacrifice.
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So now what were
the native peoples expecting
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the god of the Spaniards
to be like,
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the victors to be like?
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narrator:
Bishop Juan de Zumárraga
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was known as protector
of the Indians.
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He bears the responsibility
of defending the natives
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from cruel abuses carried out
by the new Spanish government,
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including their widespread
enslavement and murder.
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His courageous stand
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leads to at least one
assassination attempt
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by corrupt members
of the first audiencia,
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or royal court, in New Spain.
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Bishop Zumárraga, infuriated
by the continued abuses,
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and facing numerous threats
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against the lives
of his fellow priests,
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decides upon drastic measures.
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In 1530, he excommunicates the
members of the first audiencia
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and abandons Mexico City.
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narrator: Zumárraga wrote
a letter to Emperor Charles V
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detailing the many abuses
carried out
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against the native people.
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narrator: The story
of what happens next
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is passed down
through the centuries
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by the humble man
who experienced this event
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and who shared his encounter
widely.
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Eventually, his testimony is
captured in an ancient text
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known as the Nican Mopohua,
written in the 16th century
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by the Indian scholar
Antonio Valeriano.
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narrator: The Nican Mopohua
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recounts the story
of Juan Diego,
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a Catholic convert and widower.
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His Indian name
was Cuauhtlatoatzin,
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meaning "eagle who speaks
divine things."
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Some skeptics have cast doubt
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on Juan Diego's
historical existence,
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a claim denied
by Miguel León-Portilla,
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a premier authority
on Aztec language and culture.
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- In the apparitions in Mexico
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of Our Lady of Guadalupe,
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like many other apparitions
in the world,
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oftentimes Our Lady will appear
to very humble people
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and, in this case,
to the Indian Juan Diego,
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a humble man, a very simple man
of simple faith,
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because those who have a heart
like children
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and who are open to God
can receive this message.
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narrator: On December 9, 1531,
Juan Diego walks
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along the western side
of Tepeyac Hill
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on his way to catechism
at a Franciscan mission
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just north of Mexico City.
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narrator: According
to the account
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in the Nican Mopohua,
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the woman identifies herself
as "the mother of the true God"
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and asks that a sacred house
be constructed in her honor
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on Tepeyac Hill.
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She asks Juan Diego
to bring this message
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to Bishop Zumárraga.
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- [speaking Nahuatl]
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narrator: Juan Diego returns to
Tepeyac Hill empty-handed.
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The woman asks him to return
to Bishop Zumárraga
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with the same message.
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He obeys, and this time,
the bishop asks for a sign.
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narrator: On Monday,
Juan Diego fails to show up.
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His uncle Bernardino
is gravely ill, facing death.
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narrator: He asks Juan Diego
to find a priest
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to administer last rites.
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On December 12, 1531,
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Juan Diego sets out
towards Tlatelolco
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to find a priest for his uncle.
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narrator: In a hurry,
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Juan Diego tries to avoid
meeting the virgin.
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He goes around Tepeyac Hill,
but the woman comes down
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from the top of the hill
and cuts him off.
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Juan Diego explains
why he is in a hurry.
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But the woman tells him
to have no more fear,
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that she holds him
in the fold of her mantle
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and in the cradle of her arms,
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and she assures him
that his uncle is well.
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narrator: Juan Diego asks her
to honor him
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but letting him be
her messenger.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe
now instructs him
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to climb to the top
of Tepeyac Hill
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and gather up in his tilma
all the flowers he finds.
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Upon reaching the summit,
Juan Diego is amazed
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to find extraordinary flowers
in full bloom.
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These flowers would be the sign
for the bishop.
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[sweeping music]
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narrator:
This remarkable image--
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inexplicable in its style,
luminous colors, and imagery--
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would change the course
of history
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for the entire continent.
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[lively piano music]
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♪
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Today that sacred house
asked for by the Virgin
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is now the Basilica of Our Lady
of Guadalupe,
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the most visited
Catholic shrine in the world.
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Each year,
millions of pilgrims come
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to celebrate their faith
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and the miraculous image
of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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narrator: The shrine
of Our Lady of Guadalupe
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is a source of inspiration
for the faithful.
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They come here to find
the comfort of their mother
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and to pray
for her intercession.
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- A lot of the pilgrimages
that I've done,
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a lot of the people
are from the United States.
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They don't have any Latino
heritage or anything.
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But they've always wanted
to go,
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and the blessings
that they receive--
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I've seen people start
to pray the rosary again.
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People have gone to confession
for the first time in many years
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when they've gone to the shrine.
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Spiritual direction,
the healing of marriages,
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reconciliations between
family members and so forth.
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It's really
a tremendous blessing
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that takes place there,
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and I think that Our Lady's
presence in that tilma,
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still to this day,
has a lot to do with that.
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- The first time I went
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to the shrine
of Our Lady of Guadalupe
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and approached the tilma,
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I knew I was entering
into the presence
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of something sacred and holy.
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The supernatural presence
of the icon
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made an impression on me.
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I was immediately touched
by the devotion of the people.
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I mean, it was
an incredible experience
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of their tenderness
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and their approach to Mary
as their mother.
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And from that moment on,
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I've had a loving experience
of Mary.
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narrator: The image
of Our Lady of Guadalupe
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holds many unsolved mysteries.
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The first mystery
is its very existence.
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A 1946 study by the National
Autonomous University of Mexico
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confirmed that the tilma
is made of ixtle,
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or izote agave fibers
from the cactus plant.
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- I think it's very important
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to examine miracles
in a scientific way
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and to look for an explanation
in the natural world,
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which everybody tends to do
and wants to do,
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and then we discover
a rather miraculous things
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that can't be answered
from ordinary experience.
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narrator: In the 18th century,
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a scientist
named Dr. Bartolache
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commissioned the creation
of two works
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similar to the Guadalupe image.
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These paintings were also
created on agave cloth
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and were placed in locations
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around the Basilica
of Guadalupe.
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narrator: The survival
of the tilma
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is even more amazing
when one considers
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that it was left
completely unprotected
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for more than a century.
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[solemn flute music]
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narrator: Many aspects
of the image
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defy logic and science.
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The tilma has a seam
running down its center
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rendering the cloth
a poor canvas choice.
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But researchers are astonished
to discover
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that the very flaws
of the tilma's fabric
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reveal the genius of the image.
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narrator: The tilma also lacks
any preparation or imprimatura,
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a necessary step
when painting on fabric.
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narrator: The lack
of preparation is made clear
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by a startling realization.
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The same image appears
on both the front and back
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of Juan Diego's tilma.
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narrator: In 1795,
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an accident nearly destroys
the tilma.
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A worker
cleaning the glass encasement
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clumsily spills nitric acid
on the image.
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narrator:
Among the many wonders
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of the Guadalupe apparition
are new discoveries being made
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into the images
present in her eyes.
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José Aste Tonsmann
is a Peruvian engineer
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and an expert
in digital image processing.
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In the late 1970s,
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he began applying his studies
to the tilma.
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narrator: In the human eye,
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the cornea reflects the image
in front of us.
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Both eyes will show
the same image
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but different sizes.
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This phenomenon is precisely
what Tonsmann found
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when magnifying both eyes.
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Each eye contained mirror
images of the same scene.
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narrator: The incredible
devotion
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inspired by
Our Lady of Guadalupe
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and her miraculous image
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can be traced back
to the very first years
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following her apparition
to Saint Juan Diego.
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Despite ongoing tension
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with the Spanish colonial
government,
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the apparition triggers one of
the greatest conversions
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to the Catholic faith
in history.
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- This marks a difference
in the type of evangelization
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between the New World
and the Old World.
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What had been
the typical model was,
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one baptized the prince
or the king or the queen,
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and the followers followed
his decision
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as to the religion
of the kingdom.
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But in The New World,
what happened
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with Juan Diego
and Our Lady of Guadalupe
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was a conversion beginning
among the people
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that then filtered up
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instead of a conversion
at the top
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which filtered down.
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narrator: The native people
are drawn
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by Juan Diego's
powerful encounter
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with Our Lady of Guadalupe,
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but they are also amazed
by an image
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that reveals
the Christian faith
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through symbols
they could understand.
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In Aztec society, codices,
or pictorial manuscripts,
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were an essential means
of communication.
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narrator: The image
also contained symbolism
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that would transform
the worldview
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of the indigenous people.
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Their new understanding of God
and of love
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would help eliminate
the long-standing practice
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of human sacrifice.
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narrator: Like European
iconography,
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Our Lady of Guadalupe
is standing on the moon,
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but for the indigenous mind,
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the moon represented the home
of the omnipotent God.
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narrator: The many symbols
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in the image
of Our Lady of Guadalupe
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led to millions of conversions.
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This powerful symbolism
was further strengthened
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by a major festival
called Panquetzaliztli,
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celebrated
around the winter solstice,
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which, in the Julian calendar,
took place on December 12th,
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the same date as the apparition
of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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- With Our Lady of Guadalupe,
what we find
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is actually the transformation
of a culture
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according to new norms
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validating its own heritage
and its own history.
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Good example of this
can be seen in Mexico in 1544,
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when Mexico experienced
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one of the worst droughts in
its history.
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Typically, the Aztecs responded
to such a situation
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by the massive sacrifice
of many young children.
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After Our Lady of Guadalupe
in 1544,
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there was a massive pilgrimage
of young children
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to the shrine
of Our Lady of Guadalupe,
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so the transformation
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from a culture, we might say,
of death
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to a culture of life.
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narrator: Our Lady of Guadalupe
is often called La Morenita,
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a reference
to her darkened complexion
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that makes her the perfect
symbol of a mixed people.
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- Saint John Paul II referred
to Our Lady of Guadalupe
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as the perfect model
of enculturation.
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This means that she comes
to the indigenous people
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in their own customs
and imagery.
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And, in fact, in her face,
the mestiza face,
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they see in her an affirmation
of their human dignity,
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their human worth,
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and of course the response
is overwhelming.
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narrator: Even during the
Mexican Revolution of 1910,
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Emiliano Zapata and his troops
entered Mexico City
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carrying a banner
of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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Despite Mexico's
Catholic identity
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and the Guadalupan devotion,
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church state tensions reach
a peak during the 1920s.
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In an effort to suppress
the faith of Mexico's citizens,
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the government set out
to destroy
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the church's
most important symbol.
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narrator: In 1921, an agent
working for the government
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places a bomb
hidden in a basket of flowers
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directly under the tilma.
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narrator:
In the following years,
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the persecution of Catholics
only increases.
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This leads to a rebellion
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against the repressive
government
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known as the Cristero War.
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These Catholic freedom fighters
choose Our Lady of Guadalupe
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as their patron
and their inspiration.
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[lively music]
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narrator: Many victims
of the Cristero war
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flee to the United States.
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This mass immigration serves
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to increase
the already budding devotion
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to Our Lady of Guadalupe
outside Mexico's borders.
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- The Cristero imprint
on Mexicans
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coming to the United States
was rather large,
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because a lot of the people
who were exiled from Mexico
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during the Cristero period
came to Los Angeles,
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and they wore it
on their shirtsleeves.
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That was--if you were Mexican,
you were a Guadalupano.
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And so the devotion has been
very strong.
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It's spread now
throughout the United States.
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narrator: In 1941, delegates
from the 20 American republics
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came to the shrine of Our Lady
of Guadalupe in Mexico City
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to pray for peace
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amidst the horrors
of the Second World War.
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Archbishop John Cantwell
of Los Angeles
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led a delegation
from the United States.
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The Mexican church
was so grateful
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for Archbishop Cantwell's
presence and support
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that they gifted
the Los Angeles archdiocese
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with a relic of Saint Juan
Diego's miraculous tilma.
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To this day, it remains
the only such relic
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in the United States.
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In recent years,
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under the auspices
of the Knights of Columbus,
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the relic has passed through
numerous American cities
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and been venerated at large
Guadalupan celebrations
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in both Phoenix
and Los Angeles.
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- [singing in Italian]
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♪
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n- In speaking of a New World,
what we're really talking about
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is the unity of different
peoples and different cultures
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to create something
that did not exist before.
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In the United States,
for example,
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our country
is a great melting pot
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of many immigrant groups,
of many ethnicities,
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of many religious traditions
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coming together
to forge a new society.
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This is primarily the message
of Our Lady of Guadalupe,
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that regardless of differences,
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there is a basic unity
of human dignity
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and a respect
for different cultures.
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And if we maintain that,
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we can actually create
something new.
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♪
404
00:42:53,370 --> 00:42:55,372
- I have my passion
for surfing,
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00:42:55,372 --> 00:42:57,541
and I have my passion
for Our Lady,
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especially Our Lady
of Guadalupe.
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When I was a young man,
I was raised
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in a very difficult, tumultuous
family setting,
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and I really bit
onto the culture
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00:43:07,918 --> 00:43:09,720
and the bad things
of the culture.
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So I got involved with a lot of
drugs and lot of promiscuity.
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It was after reading a book
about the Blessed Virgin Mary
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that I really got what I call
the divine 2x4 experience.
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God just hammered me
with the truth,
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and I fell madly in love
with him and with Our Lady
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and with the Catholic Church.
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I do consider myself
a Guadalupano.
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She's my mother,
and I feel united with those
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that I don't even speak
their same language.
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A mother always unites
her children,
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and that's a big part, I think,
of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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[soft guitar music]
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♪
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[bold cello intro]
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♪
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[upbeat string music]
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narrator:
The spread of devotion
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to our Lady of Guadalupe
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across the American continent
is captured
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in this beautiful and idyllic
shrine dedicated in her name.
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La Crosse, Wisconsin,
is a far cry
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from bustling Mexico City,
but it is here
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that a new generation of
Guadalupanos is being formed.
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- Thank you very much.
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- Thank you.
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- After the synod on America,
the church in America,
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in which Saint John Paul II
underlined so powerfully
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the importance
of Our Lady of Guadalupe
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for the living of the faith
in the whole continent:
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North America, Central America,
South America.
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Then I understood that it
should be a shrine to Our Lady
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under her title
Our Lady of Guadalupe.
443
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- We have people coming
from everywhere.
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00:44:41,145 --> 00:44:42,846
I've had people
from as far away as China.
445
00:44:42,846 --> 00:44:45,149
The ones that are always
the most interesting
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are the ones who simply see
the roadside sign
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and just come in.
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♪
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- What I hear most of all
from the pilgrims
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is that when they come here,
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the minute they come up
on the grounds,
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they have a sense of peace,
and they're inspired to pray.
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The heart of the message
is very simple,
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that she wants to show
to her children
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God's love for them.
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♪
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- I've always been infatuated
with the story
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of Our Lady of Guadalupe
and her message
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and Saint Juan Diego,
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and we've always tried to
share that with our children,
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and we happened to kind of just
stumble upon it.
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Then we found out they were
building this church,
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so we've kept coming now for
the last eight or nine years.
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- I came from California,
from San Diego,
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to commemorate this shrine,
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because she is Our Lady
of the Americas,
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and she's really a lady
for all of us,
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for those
from the tip of Argentina
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all the way up to
the United States and Canada.
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So we look to her for guidance,
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for inspiration
in our daily lives.
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narrator: The shrine
in La Crosse
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has opened new hearts
to the message of Guadalupe
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and has united people
of all ethnic backgrounds
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in their common faith.
476
00:46:04,394 --> 00:46:08,799
- I can speak to Our Lady
of Guadalupe's effect
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00:46:08,799 --> 00:46:12,069
in the local community and with
the people who come here.
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It's a community of believers,
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and I think
that the propagation
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of devotion
to Our Lady of Guadalupe
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beyond the Hispanic community
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will simply bring
more understanding
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that we're all in this
together.
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The whole thing
initially was funded
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by well-meaning Anglos,
non-Hispanics
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who simply caught the message
of what the Pope was saying
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and what the bishop,
now Cardinal Burke, was saying
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and went with it.
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00:46:37,094 --> 00:46:38,762
It's--you have to see it
490
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to even believe
this could happen.
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narrator: As patroness
of the Americas,
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our Lady of Guadalupe
also inspires Canadians.
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And in a special way,
she speaks
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to the First Nations
communities.
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00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:58,115
- When I read that story
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and how,
as early as December 1531,
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when Our Lady appeared to an
indigenous person in Mexico,
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speaking his language
and taking, in fact,
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a complexion
of indigenous children,
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I was just overwhelmed
and deeply touched.
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First of all, she takes
the complexion of our people
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and how she knew
of the particular distress
503
00:47:24,541 --> 00:47:26,009
that the people were in,
504
00:47:26,009 --> 00:47:28,545
how they were treated
less than human
505
00:47:28,545 --> 00:47:31,415
but how she came
to raise their dignity.
506
00:47:31,415 --> 00:47:33,116
And when you stop and think,
507
00:47:33,116 --> 00:47:35,185
when Our Lady appeared
to Saint Juan Diego,
508
00:47:35,185 --> 00:47:38,689
at the time,
his age was 57 years old.
509
00:47:38,689 --> 00:47:41,358
And so she appears to elders,
510
00:47:41,358 --> 00:47:43,594
which elevates, then,
the significance of elders
511
00:47:43,594 --> 00:47:47,364
in all our cultures
as indigenous peoples.
512
00:47:47,364 --> 00:47:50,067
narrator: Inspired by the
mestiza face of Our Lady,
513
00:47:50,067 --> 00:47:53,103
Nicholas began touring
First Nation communities
514
00:47:53,103 --> 00:47:55,439
with the Guadalupe image,
515
00:47:55,439 --> 00:47:58,041
sharing Juan Diego's encounter
and example
516
00:47:58,041 --> 00:48:00,510
of an enculturated
evangelization
517
00:48:00,510 --> 00:48:04,214
that respects indigenous
culture and experience.
518
00:48:04,214 --> 00:48:06,583
- When I first saw
the missionary image
519
00:48:06,583 --> 00:48:08,685
of Our Lady of Guadalupe
which is Canadian,
520
00:48:08,685 --> 00:48:12,122
I fell in love with her
immediately,
521
00:48:12,122 --> 00:48:15,025
but I was overcome by the fact
522
00:48:15,025 --> 00:48:17,561
that this was the face
of Our Lady,
523
00:48:17,561 --> 00:48:19,329
of the mother of Jesus.
524
00:48:19,329 --> 00:48:21,131
And the only place in the world
525
00:48:21,131 --> 00:48:25,035
where she has left behind
her face was in Mexico.
526
00:48:25,035 --> 00:48:26,937
Each summer, I bring
the missionary image
527
00:48:26,937 --> 00:48:29,606
of Our Lady of Guadalupe
to this area of New Brunswick
528
00:48:29,606 --> 00:48:33,310
and go around to not only
First Nation communities
529
00:48:33,310 --> 00:48:35,445
but non-native communities
as well
530
00:48:35,445 --> 00:48:39,483
to actually share the story.
531
00:48:39,483 --> 00:48:41,919
And so when you hear words
of people
532
00:48:41,919 --> 00:48:43,720
who are the walking wounded
533
00:48:43,720 --> 00:48:45,789
and then later on
you see them rejoice,
534
00:48:45,789 --> 00:48:47,958
they say, "Thank you very much
535
00:48:47,958 --> 00:48:50,694
for bringing the story of
Our Lady of Guadalupe to us."
536
00:48:50,694 --> 00:48:52,629
And there are
many, many stories
537
00:48:52,629 --> 00:48:54,665
over this past eight years
538
00:48:54,665 --> 00:48:56,600
that I've taken
the image around
539
00:48:56,600 --> 00:48:59,569
where she has brought
great comfort to people.
540
00:49:11,081 --> 00:49:15,218
[lively piano music]
541
00:49:15,218 --> 00:49:17,220
- The fact
that Our Lady of Guadalupe
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00:49:17,220 --> 00:49:20,924
communicates with a poor person
like Juan Diego
543
00:49:20,924 --> 00:49:25,896
is a message of what we call now
option for the poor,
544
00:49:25,896 --> 00:49:29,700
which Pope Francis is
talking about all the time.
545
00:49:29,700 --> 00:49:33,370
Our church must be a church
of the poor for the poor,
546
00:49:33,370 --> 00:49:36,773
evangelical poverty of
simplicity and of humility
547
00:49:36,773 --> 00:49:39,876
and that is a very strong
message for today.
548
00:49:39,876 --> 00:49:41,611
narrator: While devotion
to Guadalupe
549
00:49:41,611 --> 00:49:44,381
remains most widespread
in the Western Hemisphere,
550
00:49:44,381 --> 00:49:47,384
it is increasingly
a global phenomenon.
551
00:49:47,384 --> 00:49:50,287
At the National Shrine of Our
Lady of Guadalupe in Manila,
552
00:49:50,287 --> 00:49:54,024
Filipino Catholics continue
a centuries-long tradition.
553
00:49:54,024 --> 00:49:55,258
- Our Lady of Guadalupe
554
00:49:55,258 --> 00:49:57,894
has a great impact
on the Filipinos.
555
00:49:57,894 --> 00:50:00,197
The devotion was brought in
from Mexico
556
00:50:00,197 --> 00:50:06,770
through Spanish missionaries
and such that by 1935,
557
00:50:06,770 --> 00:50:10,240
the Holy Father Pius XI,
at that time,
558
00:50:10,240 --> 00:50:12,709
decided to declare
Our Lady of Guadalupe
559
00:50:12,709 --> 00:50:15,379
as the patroness
of the Philippines.
560
00:50:15,379 --> 00:50:17,714
There are two things
that were originally, I think,
561
00:50:17,714 --> 00:50:22,019
was the inspiration
for the people to be in love
562
00:50:22,019 --> 00:50:23,787
with Our Lady of Guadalupe.
563
00:50:23,787 --> 00:50:25,589
One is the color.
564
00:50:25,589 --> 00:50:29,192
The color of the Blessed Mother
Guadalupe is an Indio,
565
00:50:29,192 --> 00:50:32,729
and we were called Indios
by the Spaniards.
566
00:50:32,729 --> 00:50:36,400
The second is that the one
to whom he appeared
567
00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:39,603
was also an Indio, Juan Diego.
568
00:50:39,603 --> 00:50:43,807
I think that the impact
of the devotion to Our Lady
569
00:50:43,807 --> 00:50:50,047
is not only on families
but all society in general.
570
00:51:33,890 --> 00:51:36,293
- Until recently,
Our Lady of Guadalupe
571
00:51:36,293 --> 00:51:38,895
has been seen
almost exclusively
572
00:51:38,895 --> 00:51:41,031
as a Mexican phenomenon
573
00:51:41,031 --> 00:51:45,168
or a Latin American Hispanic
phenomenon,
574
00:51:45,168 --> 00:51:48,572
but we need
to open our horizon a bit.
575
00:51:48,572 --> 00:51:49,840
We have to understand
576
00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:53,376
that she is the patroness
of the Philippines,
577
00:51:53,376 --> 00:51:58,248
and so she reaches the hearts
of millions of Asians.
578
00:51:58,248 --> 00:51:59,783
We have to remember
that at the time
579
00:51:59,783 --> 00:52:02,018
of the appearance
of Our Lady of Guadalupe,
580
00:52:02,018 --> 00:52:04,121
New Spain existed
581
00:52:04,121 --> 00:52:06,690
throughout the western part
of the United States,
582
00:52:06,690 --> 00:52:10,627
and so she is an apparition
for the United States
583
00:52:10,627 --> 00:52:13,763
as well as for Mexico.
584
00:52:19,736 --> 00:52:23,640
- Our Lady of Guadalupe is the
mother of the Sisters of Life.
585
00:52:23,640 --> 00:52:27,744
We process to her every night
at the end of our night prayer,
586
00:52:27,744 --> 00:52:30,480
throughout our convent,
singing the "Salve Regina,"
587
00:52:30,480 --> 00:52:33,450
acknowledging her
as our mother.
588
00:52:33,450 --> 00:52:35,519
Unlike her other apparitions,
589
00:52:35,519 --> 00:52:39,389
there's nothing like
the Guadalupe apparition,
590
00:52:39,389 --> 00:52:45,395
because when she came here,
she came simply as a mother.
591
00:52:45,395 --> 00:52:49,499
She didn't exhort the people
to prayer, to conversion,
592
00:52:49,499 --> 00:52:51,067
to fasting.
593
00:52:51,067 --> 00:52:54,070
That wasn't her message
to these people.
594
00:52:54,070 --> 00:52:57,073
Her message
was a message of love.
595
00:52:57,073 --> 00:52:59,776
She came with the assurances
of love,
596
00:52:59,776 --> 00:53:04,047
that "I am here,
I am your mother."
597
00:53:06,583 --> 00:53:09,252
- In my confessional
in Philadelphia--
598
00:53:09,252 --> 00:53:10,887
I hear confessions
every Sunday night,
599
00:53:10,887 --> 00:53:12,756
and right outside
my confessional
600
00:53:12,756 --> 00:53:16,560
is a beautiful mosaic
of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
601
00:53:16,560 --> 00:53:19,696
I can see through the door
the number of people
602
00:53:19,696 --> 00:53:21,531
who stop at the shrine
of Our Lady of Guadalupe
603
00:53:21,531 --> 00:53:24,901
and pray
as they prepare for confession,
604
00:53:24,901 --> 00:53:27,470
and I think
that it's kind of symbolic
605
00:53:27,470 --> 00:53:30,574
of the role
of Our Lady of Guadalupe
606
00:53:30,574 --> 00:53:33,076
leading us further
into our Christian life
607
00:53:33,076 --> 00:53:34,377
day by day,
608
00:53:34,377 --> 00:53:37,347
asking us for constant
transformation, change,
609
00:53:37,347 --> 00:53:38,848
and conversion.
610
00:53:38,848 --> 00:53:40,150
[dramatic music]
611
00:53:40,150 --> 00:53:42,886
- Our Lady of Guadalupe
has been referred to
612
00:53:42,886 --> 00:53:45,989
as the Mother
of the Civilization of Love.
613
00:53:45,989 --> 00:53:50,594
So what is the motherly message
of our Our Lady of Guadalupe?
614
00:53:50,594 --> 00:53:55,165
It is one of concern,
of compassion, of love
615
00:53:55,165 --> 00:53:57,167
for all members of society,
616
00:53:57,167 --> 00:54:00,070
even the poorest,
even the outcast.
617
00:54:00,070 --> 00:54:05,575
And so if the person is created
out of love for love,
618
00:54:05,575 --> 00:54:11,881
only a civilization of love
is worthy of human dignity.
619
00:54:11,881 --> 00:54:14,351
And this is fundamentally
the message
620
00:54:14,351 --> 00:54:16,119
of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
621
00:54:16,119 --> 00:54:18,121
♪
622
00:54:55,258 --> 00:54:57,627
narrator: For almost
five centuries,
623
00:54:57,627 --> 00:55:01,197
Our Lady of Guadalupe
has united bitter enemies,
624
00:55:01,197 --> 00:55:03,900
endured as a symbol of hope,
625
00:55:03,900 --> 00:55:07,003
and defied
scientific explanation,
626
00:55:07,003 --> 00:55:10,774
becoming the patroness
of the Americas.
627
00:55:10,774 --> 00:55:16,079
Today her presence is as real
as it was in 1531,
628
00:55:16,079 --> 00:55:19,616
when Juan Diego first walked up
Tepeyac Hill
629
00:55:19,616 --> 00:55:23,320
and encountered the woman
millions would come to call
630
00:55:23,320 --> 00:55:25,088
"Our Mother."
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