As the Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, I think it’s important to remember that Mary appeared to a poor Indigenous man as an Indigenous woman speaking Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs. Mary did not appear to a Spanish conquistador or cleric, and she did not appear as a Spanish speaking White European.
Our Lady of the Lowly
Our Lady of the Lowly
Our Lady of the Lowly
As the Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, I think it’s important to remember that Mary appeared to a poor Indigenous man as an Indigenous woman speaking Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs. Mary did not appear to a Spanish conquistador or cleric, and she did not appear as a Spanish speaking White European.