Cada 9 de diciembre, pocos días antes de celebrar la Fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, recordamos a San Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, en cuyos vestidos quedó impresa la imagen de la Madre de Dios.
“¡Amado San Juan Diego, ‘el águila que habla!’ Enséñanos el camino que lleva a la Virgen Morena del Tepeyac, para que ella nos reciba en lo íntimo de su corazón,” exclamó con voz potente el Papa San Juan Pablo II durante la homilía de la Misa de canonización de San Juan Diego, el 31 de julio de 2002.
Con estas palabras el Papa le pedía al vidente de Guadalupe que nos muestre el camino del amor y piedad a nuestra madre, la Virgen María, para que todos los fieles la amemos como este santo la amó: con corazón inocente y puro. Quizás por eso, hoy, como ayer, cada vez que queremos desearle el bien a alguien debamos decirle: “Que Dios te haga como Juan Diego.”
Para leer más: https://www.aciprensa.com/noticias/102283/5-datos-poco-conocidos-de-san-juan-diego-vidente-de-la-virgen-de-guadalupe
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St. Juan Diego was canonized by Pope John Paul II on July 31, 2002 in Mexico. This saint, whose feastday we celebrate today, was the indigenous Catholic layman to whom Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared in 1531. Before this time, European missionaries had not seen many conversions of indigenous people to Catholicism. After the Blessed Mother appeared (as a brown-skinned Aztec princess), Christianity began to spread rapidly. St. Juan Diego became the messenger of Our Lady – taking the Gospel to the whole of the Americas. He dedicated the rest of his life to prayer and served in the church that was built in honor of the Virgin. All of this occurred before European colonies were established in what became the United States. For this reason, Our Lady of Guadalupe is known as “Our Lady of the Americas.”
To read more: https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-juan-diego/
