One of the intercessions for evening prayer tonight, though rhetorically clunky, is theologically brilliant:The image of the mother of your Son was imprinted on the garment of the Indian Juan Diego with features of his race, imprint within us Mary's virtues and her love of the defenseless.
The mysteries of our faith are Incarnate in the very particularity of each people on earth. And even in the tragic story of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, Our Lord and his Mother are present to them from within.
So let's give thanks today for Our Lady of Guadalupe, Queen of Mexico and Empress of all the Americas.
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