A growing catalogue of vocabulary, facts, and articles about Our Lady.
Did you know that the original image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is iridescent? So despite the fact that photographs and copies of the image show the colors as static, the original appears to change colors depending on the distance and angle from which one views it. So although there is sometimes artistic license taken […]
Guadalupedia Post The Aztec Empire sacrificed hundreds of thousands in their religious rites prior to the defeat of the empire by the Spanish in 1521 and the outlawing of the practice of human sacrifice. Pictured below is an example of the kind of obsidian blade the Aztecs would use for a variety of purposes, including […]
“Guadalupedia” Post: Pronounced “teel-mah”. A single rectangular garment worn by Aztec men with a wide variety of uses including carrying food and firewood as a makeshift bag. This photo shows a tilma made with traditional materials and woven in the traditional method. The way in which it is being worn around the neck with extra […]
“Guadalupedia” Did you know that the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe contains no brush strokes? In 1979 two scientists from the University of Florida used infrared to analyze the image and found that there was not a single paint brush stroke on the entire image. Yet another way that science confirms that this image […]
Guadalupedia: Did you know that the original image of Our Lady of Guadalupe maintains a tested and consistent temperature of 98.6°F despite the ambient temperature around the image? Whether it is warmer or colder around the image, she maintains a consistent, healthy, living human body temperature.
Pronounced “Mah-geh”. An agave plant related to the aloe plant, native to Mexico and parts of the American Southwest and Texas. The poorer classes of Aztecs would tear its long blades into fibers for a variety of uses, including drying these fibers, twisting them together and then using them to weave fabric. It is this […]
Did you know that by 1541 over 9 million people converted and were baptized Catholics from the time of the apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe in 1531?
The Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe receives more than 15 million visitors every year.
St. Juan Diego was already 57 years old at the time of the apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe. So if you ever think that you’re too old to try something or do something new…
