Perfectly suitable as a gang symbol....
Well here we go again. :) Thanks for the thread.
It bears some striking similarities to the Shroud of Turin.
Like the Shroud, I believe it is the real deal.
You are missing some very important facts. The colors meant something to the Aztecs of that era. The constellations are accurate. They worshipped the sun and our Lady of Guadalupe is in FRONT of the sun.
Let alone the eyes on the tilma and what they reveal. You can do your research on the following links.
Catholic Word of the Day: GUADALUPE, 04-24-13,
Our Lady of Guadalupe Documentary to Premiere in DC
Eyes of Guadalupe Image Hold Pro-Family Message, Expert Says
Joe Biden visits shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Science & the Virgin of Guadalupe [Catholic Caucus]
Mary, Mother of Life: Our Lady of Guadalupe (Catholic or Pro-Life Caucus)
Our Lady of Guadalupe - A Mother for us all
A WOMAN AND A DRAGON (Catholic Caucus)
The History of Our Lady of Guadalupe [Catholic Caucus]
Guadalupe: A Living Image (EWTN - Sunday, Sep. 26 at 10 pm) [Catholic Caucus]
Remembering Our Lady of Guadalupe
Catholic Caucus: Our Lady of Guadalupe: She Who Smashes the Serpent
Infamous Hollywood Screenwriter to Pen Film on Our Lady of Guadalupe - Patroness of the Unborn
"Basic Instinct" scribe Eszterhas eyes virgin
Our Lady of Guadalupe ‘completely beyond' scientific explanation, says researcher
Knights of Columbus Congress, Festival for Our Lady of Guadalupe (Catholic Caucus)
The (Miraculous) Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe [Catholic Caucus]
Remembering Our Lady of Guadalupe [Catholic Caucus]
Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast: December 12 [Repost]
Brief History of the Apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe [Catholic Caucus]
The History of Our Lady of Guadalupe [Ecumenical]
2 Questions related to Faith & Apologetics. A Feast day & Our Lady of Guadalupe [Catholic Caucus]
The Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady of Guadalupe called 'Mother Without Borders' in Los Angeles (Catholic Caucus)
Hernándo Cortés and Our Lady
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Church Militant (Catholic Caucus)
Scientists certify Our Lady of Guadalupe tilma
STRANGE LIGHT CLAIMED IN GUADALUPE IMAGE AFTER MEXICO CITY OKAYED ABORTION
STRANGE LIGHT CLAIMED IN GUADALUPE IMAGE AFTER MEXICO CITY OKAYED ABORTION -- posted on News Forum
The Story of Guadalupe: Hope for Our Violent World
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Protectress of the Unborn
Was Our Lady of Guadalupe Wrong?
METHODIST CHURCH DISPLAYS VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE
GUADALUPE DEVOTION IS CROSSING INTO PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS
A Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe
Relic From Guadalupe Tilma to Tour U.S.
The Amazing Truth of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady Of Guadalupe
Celebrating 470 years of an ongoing miracle, the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe 1531
Science Stunned by Virgin of Guadalupe´s Eyes
Perfectly suitable as a gang symbol....
When I was in Catholic school in the early 60’s we were told that there was a reflection in Mary’s eyes of Juan Diego and it was upside down, just as it would be in human eyes.
Interesting. I wonder how the earlier investigators missed 12 other people.
This isn’t a criticism, I have always loved her and the image is a great mystery.
I have also stood before a full-size computer recreation of the Shroud in Rome. It is in a church that also contains, a nail from the True Cross, thorns from the Crown, a piece of the True Cross and a piece from the cross of the Good Thief. In this church is also are finger bones said to be from the finger that St. Thomas put into Jesus’ wounds.
The Shroud is staggering to behold up close and in person, even as a reproduction.
I have also seen Our Lady of Guadalupe in person, in the late 60’s. Very impressive. I hope to visit her again.
Words are insufficient to describe how much I love Our Lady, as so many others do. What a gift from Our Lord to share His mother with us. When I read the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe it changed my life. Her words to St. Juan Diego melted my heart of stone.
How true the words; that of Mary there is never enough.
Ave Maria Virgo Fidelis
Catholics are much better than Muslims.