Rosary Workshop - OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE
OUR LADY of GUADALUPE
PROTECTRESS OF THE UNBORN - PROTECTRESS OF THE AMERICAS
'Do not be troubled or weighed down with grief.
Do not fear any illness or vexation, anxiety or pain. Am I not here who
am your Mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection?
Am I not the fountain of life? Are you not in the folds of
my mantle?
In the crossing of my arms? Is there
anything else you need?'
(Words spoken to Juan Diego on December 12, 1531)
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MYSTERY OF
THE EYES - ATTACKS
ON MERICA 911
PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION 2000 - OTHER
DATES
PROCLAMATION
OF THE BIRTH OF CHRIST
- ROSARIES
~ MYSTERY of the EYES ~
VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE'S EYES TELL OF MYSTERY
IBM Expert Talks of Microscopic Images Imprinted on Tilma
MADRID, Spain, JULY 17, 2002 (Zenit.org).- In 1929, a microscopic
figure was discovered in the eyes of the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Since then, the mystery of her pupils has challenged science. One of the
men who have expended the most energy in trying to cast light on this image
is Peruvian scientist José Aste Tonsmann, an expert at International
Business Machines in the digital processing of images. Twenty-two years
ago, Aste decided to investigate the presence of other figures reflected
in the Virgin's eyes and, in fact, found 12.
On July 31, John Paul II will canonize Indian Juan Diego, the
witness of the Guadalupe apparitions, in Mexico.
When the human eye focuses, the objects it is looking at are
reflected in its retina. "Right now I am reflected in your eye," Aste explained
to an interviewer. "According to whether the object is close or far, it
will be reflected in a larger or smaller size in the ocular globe," he
said. "And this is what happens with the eyes of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
The image reflected in her two retinas is that of the moment when the Virgin
left her imprint on Juan Diego's tilma."
Q: Can these figures be the work of humans?
Aste: No, for three reasons. In the first place, they are not visible to the human eye, except for one: that of the Spaniard, which is the largest. Nobody could have painted such tiny silhouettes.
In the second place, the origin of the pigments of these figures is unknown. The same is true of the Virgin's image. It is not painted, and no one yet knows how it was stamped on Juan Diego's tilma.
Q: And the third?
Aste: The three figures are reproduced in both eyes. What artist would do that? Moreover, their size varies from one eye to the other, according to how close the personage was to the Virgin's left or right eye.
Q: What process did you follow in your experiment?
Aste: First photographs are taken of the eyes. Then they are digitalized. They are read by the computer, enlarged and screened from the images.
Q: Who appears in the eyes?
Aste: There is a virtually naked servant; an elderly man -- Bishop Friar Juan de Zumárraga; a youth -- the interpreter; an Indian with a tilma -- Juan Diego; a black woman -- a slave; a bearded Spaniard; and, lastly, an Indian family including father, mother, three children and two more adults, who could be grandparents or uncles.
Q: How do you know that the other figures correspond to the slave, the interpreter, etc.?
Aste: There is evidence in history. The elderly man who appears in the Virgin's eyes looks very much like the paintings of that period of Bishop Zumárraga. As to the black slave, Zumárraga said in his will that he released her. We also know that she was called Maria. In the Indies Archives there is a record of the bishop's embarkation when he left for the New World.
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DECEMBER 7th 1941
AUGUST 15th 1945 VJ DAY - END OF WWII JAPAN FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY IN TO HEAVEN - 15 August
SEPTEMBER 11th 2001 WTC/NY - PENTAGON/DC - PA EVE OF THE FEAST OF THE HOLY NAME OF MARY - 12 September BIRTH OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY - 8 September EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS - 14 September 7 SORROWS OF OUR LADY - 15 September |
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2000
INTERESTING DATES TO REMEMBER
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NOVEMBER 7th 2000
DECEMBER 12th 2000
NOVEMBER 25th-26th 2000 BROWARD COUNTY FINISHES RECOUNT FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING (In its ruling, the court decided to set an arbitrary deadline, Nov. 26, for Florida counties performing hand recounts to submit their results to the Secretary of State. The ruling directly contradicted clear Florida statute that sets the deadline at seven days after the election or, in this election year, Nov. 14. Bush Sues Over Absentee Ballots ... ) |
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SEPTEMBER 14th, 325 AD
SEPTEMBER 14th, 1814 AD OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER IS WRITTEN Red, white and blue flag flying over Fort McHenry (Maryland) is seen through the battle fray. Francis Scott Key is inspired to write a song. |
~ PROCLAMATION ~
Proclamation of the Birth of Christ -The 25th of December.
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In the 5199th year of the creation of the world from the time when God in the beginning created the heavens and the earth; the 2957th year after the flood; the 2015th year from the birth of Abraham; the 1510th year from Moses and the going forth of the people of Israel from Egypt; the 1032nd year from David's being anointed king; in the 65th week according to the prophecy of Daniel; in the 194th Olympiad; the 752nd year from the foundation of the city of Rome; the 42nd year of the reign of Octavian Augustus; the whole world being at peace, in the 6th age of the world, Jesus Christ the eternal God and Son of the eternal Father, desiring to sanctify the world by his most merciful coming, being conceived by the Holy Spirit, and 9 months having passed since his conception, was born in Bethlehem of Judea of the Virgin Mary, being made flesh. The Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the flesh. + (From the Christmas Martyrology) |
~ ROSARIES ~
Rosaries and Chaplets dedicated to Our Lady of
Guadalupe:
GUADALUPAN
CHAPLETS - MYSTICAL
ROSE SERIES
MADONNA
OF TEPEYAC - FLOWERS
OF TEPEYAC - MY
LITTLEST SON
ABOUT
SAINT JUAN DIEGO
HE IS REFLECTED IN HER EYES
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HISTORICAL
EVENTS - TESTIMONIES - PRAYERS
FOR UNBORN
CHAPLET
PRAYERS - NOVENA - SPECIAL PRAYERS
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