1 SCIENCE AND GUADALUPE VIRGIN Ana Hernandez December 2006. Next you will find some interesting ideas. Some are translated from Spanish information and some are copied directly from the web. If somebody needs the original sources, please do not hesitate to contact. Please excuse my bad English. It is not my first language. PRIVATE REVELATIONS There are two kinds of revelations: (1) universal revelations, which are contained in the Bible or in the depositum of Apostolic tradition transmitted by the Catholic Church. These ended with the preaching of the Apostles and must be believed by all; (2) particular or private revelations which are constantly occurring among Christians. When the Church approves private revelations, she declares only that there is nothing in them contrary faith or good morals, and that they may be read without danger or even with profit; no obligation is thereby imposed on the faithful to believe them. The Catholic Church has officially recognized Guadalupe apparition like a private revelation.
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE APPARITION. A unique apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary: the one where she left us a miraculous life-sized portrait of her self. The "Nican Mopohua" is the original narration of the apparitions written in nahuatl (Aztec language). It was written in 1545, fourteen years after the Guadalupe event of December 9 to 12, 1531. Here you can find an English Translation. http://www.sancta.org/nican.html http://www.interlupe.com.mx/nican-e.html http://www.interlupe.com.mx/4-e.html For more historical information of the apparition in Spanish you can search in: http://www.virgendeguadalupe.org.mx/apariciones/documentos/documentos_index.htm
AN IMAGE THAT IS NOT PAINTED BY HUMAN HANDS. Guadalupe Virgin Image was not painted by human hand and here you can read some of the evidences: 1. THERE IS NOT A SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION: THE TILMA SHOULD HAVE DETERIORATED LONG AGO, BUT IS STILL INTACT. Virgin Mary, left an Image of herself imprinted miraculously on Juan Diego's tilma, a poor quality cactus-cloth, which should have deteriorated in 20 years but shows no sign of decay 474 years later and still defies all scientific explanations of its origin. The "tilma" or "ayate", a kind of cloak worn by primitive native Mexicans, is the place where the Image of the Virgin of Guadalupe was miraculously stamped on December 12th, 1531. It consists of two pieces of coarse cloth made of agave fibers of about 1.70 per 1.05 meters (69.99 per 41.3 inches) joined together in the center by a seam of thread made of the same material. The seam is visible up the middle of the figure, turning aside from the face. The original has inexplicably been preserved, in spite of the fact that, it has been touched and handled by many people, it has been exposed to dust, heat, humidity, saltpeter, acid, and that it has suffered several attempts. It is located in the Tepeyac Shrine in Mexico City.