Our Lady of Guadalupe / myLot

United States

December 12, 2018 9:21pm CST

Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Patron Saint of Mexico and the Americas and today is the day we Catholics celebrate her. The photo is of the display set up in our sanctuary at church for this special day. The flowers are all real. If you don't know the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Saint Juan Diego, you can learn it here at this site: https://youtu.be/vG_mfgfDtac It is a simplified version we use to teach the elementary school kids the story but it is also how I learned the story just a few years ago. Does your church celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe?

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Ana Rosa

@roseannvs (171)

• Philippines

13 Dec 18

We have a place named Guada Lupe here in my country, I think it was influenced by Spanish long time ago.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

13 Dec 18

I think you are correct. The Spanish occupied your country for a long time before they lost to the Americans in the late 19th Century.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (80783)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

13 Dec 18

That is a lovely display. I am not Catholic. I was raised Lutheran. Thank you for the link.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

13 Dec 18

You are welcome. It is a nice story and the video covers the major events without getting too bogged down in details.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472078)

• Switzerland

13 Dec 18

No, we do not celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe, but today the European northern countries celebrate Saint Lucy. We celebrated The Immaculate Conception the last 8th of December (both here in the south of Switzerland and Italy).

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

13 Dec 18

We also celebrated The Immaculate Conception on the 8th.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472078)

• Switzerland

13 Dec 18

@DWDavis I think that it's celebrated in several countries through Europe, but not all the countries.