GUADALUPAN NEWS. JANUARY 2000.
2000 has begun. What a better way start following His Saintity John Paul II’s thoughts. With a Logo choose in a competition and approved by Vatican Libreria Editrice. Sure very known by all of us.
A blue circle meaning Universe created by God. A Cross formed by three lines, perfectly reminding Year leader motive : the Very Saint Trinity. Five doves in center meaning five continents, but united in painter Escher style, signaling Peace and Saint Spirit.
All is like a "Nahui ollin". Aztec symbol of Divinity, Only True God, By Whom All of Us Live. We find it in all cultures meaning the same, and in all times. From Francocantabric art, even in Via Latina catacombs in Rome or in great Asian Cultures, to masterpieces of modern art.
Besides we see the words CHRISTUS. HERI, yesterday. HODIE, today, and SEMPER, always. Encircled by words IUBILAEUM A. D. 2000.
Message is evident. God’s Son, as an all times spiritual guide, all over the world, in all languages, to all people and in entire universe.
It is also remembered Trinity. Divinity better expression. Peace and Pardon by family union and by God’ s Love. Love, peace and pardon, absolute all of them, we can reach by means of a Saint Year conditions : be repented of our sins, make a confession, pray for His Saintity’s will, a communion, make a charity someone else, and cross one of many saints doors designed all over the world to that effect.
In that way we’ll reach pardon our many faults. But we most keep it with our future behavior.
2000 FEBRUARY GUADALUPAN NEWS
" Christ is the Light send to enlighten all Nations, and Israel glory".
" God Our Lord, Father of Truth and Light. Make bright into your faithful people’s harts, the light never goes off, and give whom are carrying these candles on, the opportunity, to get your plain Glory. By Jesus Christ Our Lord, Amen".
" Now, Lord, your servant can die, after your promise. Because my eyes have seen your Savior. Savior you have putted on all Peoples sight".
These tree parts come from Mass celebrated on February 2nd, called the Candlemas. Is commemorated Jesus Christ’s presentation at Temple after forty days He was born. They are took from the procession to bless the candles, meaning Christ’s Light. Last one are the Simeon’s words, asking God see the Messiahs before died.
A real beautiful liturgy text. Jesus Christ’s Light come us. But once again we find Virgin Maria, this time with Saint Joseph. She plays a very important role. She is the carrier of Her Divine Son to Temple.
In many places of the World this tradition is still present. In Mexico City at Tepeyac, Virgin of Guadalupe in Her Shrine receives faithful people carrying a candle. Let’s pray Her give us light to accomplish Her Son’s will.
MARCH 2000 GUADALUPAN NEWS
Only four days spring equinox has passed, 25th, we celebrate Annunciation. Bringing real beauty messages and hope. In spite it is presented in Lent painful time
First, Conception been a Virgin is produced with hope, love and salvation. Love because God gives us His Son bringing absolute pardon, by means of His pains. Love because He desires take us to Eternal Life with Him. By means of Jesus Christ sufferings. And hope because with those Mysteries we can defeat evil and reach Divinity.
There is also pain as Lent is repent time by meditation of Our Lord Jesus Christ’s physical and spiritual pain.
Virgin Maria is again mediator. She shows us form and way, since She accepts Divine desires. She goes before Christ, who in His Passion tells many times "Here I am, my God. I come to accomplish your will".
When Michael annouces the Virgin is going to be God’s Mother, by means of Holly Spirit, She answers "... I am the Lord’s slave. May accomplish in me, what you have said". That is, She accepts and wants follow God’s will.
Reiteratively, Psalms and Gospels told lesson Virgin Maria recommend us : Accomplish God’s will. And that is we ought to do, in spite we do not like it, to receive His gifts.
APRIL GUADALUPAN NEWS
Virgin Mary has a very special roll in Jesus Christ's Passion. It starts before, with Canaa Weeding, were She intercede for us telling "...do what He says...". In a certain way is what She recommends Juan Diego "...do your part...". Juan Diego hears and acts in consequence.
Se asks us look for accomplish Gods will, without any pressure. That is, think what God desire for us. Do all our efforts to get that, without be stressed by frequent difficulties presents.
She is "Very Real God by Whom All of We Live" Mother. She could act as Queen Mother since She really is. Nevertheless She is not arrogant at all. On the contrary Her life, more in Passion Week, is full of sufferings. Mothers´s pain in front of those of Her beloved Son. Sorrow to know all of them are not just. She accepts, knows Her mission and tries to act in consequence. No matter her heart is breaking.
Jesus Christ, nearly before He dies in Cross, tells Saint John "...Son here is your Mother...". And the Apostle recognizes it in humankind representation. That is why Maria of Guadalupe reminds Juan Diego "... I am not here as your Mother?...".
In the middle of all those sufferings, pains and sorrows a Mother can have in the moment of a Son's physical unjust dead, She stays representing Church as a mediator giving us Hope.
When Virgin of Guadalupe tells Juan Diego "...not this nor other disease will give you sufferings...", She reminds is The Great Mediator. She suffers much more than us, accomplishes God's will and represents a hope in the middle of sorrows.
With Her example invites accomplish God's will, accept this world sufferings, and look for Her in order to receive with Her intercession, the whole God's benedictions.
MAY 2000 GUADALUPAN NEWS
Father Mario Rojas has made a theological analogy very important in this month. Eastern Resurrection and into Eucharistic Concepts of these times.
Sacred Eucharist is really God with his entire splendor, and all his spiritual and physic characteristics. With all Her Greatness and Saintity. With Communion, we are part of those Mysteries and we receive God in all Her species, with His goodwill and full of welfare.
That is why we must receive Him with veneration, full of repent thoughts, grateful, and ask Him for spiritual an materials benefits.
With Virgin of Guadalupe's image, some similar happens, every proportion kept. Codified message She gives, served to evangelize half world, merits pay many attention. By studying it we are incorporated Divinity's greatness. Better when She transmits us Divine Doctrine of Love, Pardon, Gratefulness, Help and Sanctification. Very Saint Virgin of Guadalupe shows us again Her SON's Greatness.
JUNE 2000 GUADALUPAN NEWS
We are following this month with festive Eucharistic Spirit. God’s presence, with all His greatness, and welfare. Eucharist corresponds with Divine Essence. With Father, Son and Holly Spirit, His three Persons. He stays with us, so far the centuries, as a Divine Gift.
Literally, Thanksgiving. Implies the Greatest Sacrament. Bread and Wine stays transformed forever in Trinity’s three Persons. When we received it they stay with us. As an eternal Thanksgiving.
But it ‘s remarkable Virgin Maria, having Jesus Christ in Her womb, She is at same time by means of our evangelization, Eucharist and His bearer. She is also inviting us to consider Her as our Mediator, Intercessor and Vehicle to reach Her Divine Son.
International Eucharistic in Mexico is just finishing. The Second, since the first one took place in 1924. Under Virgin of Guadalupe´s precious mantle, we remember with Eucharist God stays in communication with us simple mortals.
JULY GUADALUPAN NEWS
EUCHARISTIC YEAR. Eucharist continually approach us Our Lord. With her, we are in Communication with God. Always remember she is Redemption. And so is, in our catholic life the most important Celebration. We must remember this very well and more frequently
go to Mass in order to appreciate Jesus Christ’s painful and savior delivery.
Beside, this month we should pray for Pope John Paul’s intentions. Sick people and those with loneliness problems should offer their pains to world conversion. At Interlupe we receive to many sick people petitions. They are deposited free, respectful and, confidentially at Our Very Loved Mother of Guadalupe’s feet in Her Tepeyac shrine. With a Mass celebration to pray for them.
We remember there Mediator’s words to Juan Diego "…¿ am I not here as your Mother?…not this disease nor any other should distress you…". So we must offer God our sufferings.
And every moment we will accomplish Sovereign Pontiff’s petition about world different religions : by means of followers’ mutual respect, Justice and Peace will consolide.
GUADALUPAN NEWS. AUGUST 2000
Virgin Mary Assumption
This month is celebrated Virgin Mary’s assumption to heaven in body and soul, as Mother of the Very Truly God, by Whom all of us live. In 1950 Pope Pío XII, defines Assumption Dogma with this words " Immaculate God’s Mother, the ever Virgin Mary, was assumpted, body and soul to heaven, when Her mortal life finished".
In this day lectures we can read :" Happy Virgin Mary because She carried in Her womb the Eternal Father’s Son", Communion Antiphon. " Since now shall be called happy by all generations". Lc. I, 48. And " Our God who recompense Virgin Mary’s DEEP HUMBLENESS with SUBLIME DIGNITY of being Your Son’s Mother, concede us, by Her merits, to take advantage of redemption grace and receive from You the heaven recompense."
Collect Pray.
With those sentences is understood why Virgin Mary is so important in our religion. Nevertheless they are only a little part of Her virtues and qualities She got and are very good examples of her actions near Jesus Christ. By them it is very clear why we should give Her cult, to dare us think of Her as our Mother and to invoke as mediator of our petitions to God.
Besides, if we remember her apparitions in Tepeyac lands, where She herself offers to hear, console, take care of and intercede for us, and at same time She evangelizes all American continent people. She shows great whishes to approach us Her Divine Son. So how comes we are not able to follow her exemplar life if Guadalupe reiterates we are Her sons?
SEPTEMBER GUADALUPAN NEWS
8th day is celebrated Virgin Mary born. As She was without original sin, brings with Her Salvation hope, Gospel knowledge, messianic prophecies accomplishment and Christ’s, the Very True God, between us, Her life is a real succession of facts, models to follow. Civil and Spiritual Laws respect. Piety, faith, hope, charity, modesty, innocence, and humbleness. Daily work, obedience, respect, and subjection to superiors, friendship, preparation, study, and divine will acceptation. Between others.
Understanding Her Son’s divinity, Her virtues grow and are employed with a happiness never disappeared during the enormous sufferings when facing unfair Passion. More clear when in Cana Weddings affirms Her Intercessor quality and ask for a miracle. She Herself does not know which one. But is quite sure God will decide the best. She submit Him and recommends to follow Jesus instructions.
This day Mass Entrance Antiphon tell us " Let celebrate with joy Very Saint Virgin Mary’s born which gave life to Christ, Our God and Savior "-
We must do. At Tepeyac, under Her Guadalupe advocation, She is named Mother of all of us, sinners. She is converted in our Mediator. She has pity of our sufferings, tray to console us promises help and covers us with Her starry mantle.
At that place is recognized as "… the always perfect Virgin Mary, the Very True God’s Mother, by Which all of we live …". And we, simple and imperfect mortals, only must offer Her cult, love Her very much, tray to imitate Her virtues and ask help so She keeps taking us near Him.
OCTOBER 2000 GUADALUPAN NEWS
This month is going to be the God´s Mother International Congress at Le Puy.en-Velay, France. So in this modest Marian page is a must to comment some His Saintity Juan Pablo's II opinions, published by Zenit
Mary’s greatness is based in humbleness and Her relation with Holly Spirit. Even very loved by Him, did not avoid Her, in her private life, Terrestrial problems.
"Mary lived totally the daily reality all families lived in Her time. She knows very well poverty, pain. exile, bad understanding. But Her spiritual greatness does not make Her far of us… She run our way and has been very near us in Faith pilgrimage"
So John Paul II invite’s us to follow Mary in a personal perfection way. Our love to Her must guide us to a never-ending Magnificat to Father, Son and Saint Spirit. And really She is co-redeemer.
That is what we, Catholics, must explain our Separated Brothers. SHE is the way take us easily to God. And because of that we must exalt Her greatness. In Her Guadalupe’s advocation, with Tepeyac miracle, Our Lord, the unique Very True God we should adore, choice Mary by Her enormous qualities, to evangelize half of the world. John Paul II takes Her as a model to evangelize now the whole planet.
NOVEMBER GUADALUPAN NEWS.
We have already told how tradition celebrate All Saints Day and Faithful Deads day in Mexico. You can find it in last year November Guadalupan News. Also Monsignor Molinari, former Juan Diego’s cannonization process promoter, has published in Vatican "Zenit" bulletin, an excellent and very important explanation on All Saints Day catholic conception. That is, those who without been officially recognized, and simple as all of us, have already reached Eternal Salvation and are already with Our Lord
Also we have written how important is, in our Liturgy, her parents follow all formal requisites to accomplish Divine Low. Nevertheless it most be repeated tireless that Day Antiphon. " Mary, the Almighty has blessed you more than all women in the world, in a way, all men will not stop to praise you ". Judith 13,23.25. And in this day Collect, 21th, we can read : "Celebrating today Virgin Mary’s presentation festivity, we pray Lord, WITH HER INTERCESSION we could participate in your grace plenitude. By our Lord Jesus Christ…"
How it is possible with those quotes, textual, we do not tray to imitate Mary’s virtues, will not give
DECEMBER 2000. GUADALUPAN NEWS
8th Inmaculated Conception is celebrated. 9th , Beatified Juan Diego. 12th our loved Mother Virgin of Guadalupe. 24th, Jesus Christ birth and then the New Year and true beginning of Third Millenium, All those capital importance events. But in all of them Virgin Mary is exalted.
She is born signaled because do not have original sin. With Juan Diego, Her apparitions are remembered. In Her Tepeyac shrine pilgrimages are realized. Near seven millions faithful people pray there, ask personal favors and name Her as Mother of Only True God, Whom all of Us Live, and all of them ask Her to bring us with Her Divine Son. Also True God with the Holy Spirit and Almighty Father. And with the end of month, a new millenium begins, in there Mary Virgin will shine with new evangelization.
All are facts of Virgin Mary exaltation as God´s Mother. But She, as told before, reiterates Her simple and humble role, bring us Her Divine Son, approaches us to Him and intermediates to accomplish our whishes. This month meditations must be dedicated to those facts.
Finally is remembered, Center of Guadalupan Studies XXV Anniversary is just passed. There were very interesting lectures and finished succesfully. Many thanks to God and our Lady Virgin of Guadalupe.