RELIC MEDAL Our Lady of Guadalupe (oval) - eBay (item 370271113060 end time Nov-05-09 12:45:33 PST)


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RELIC MEDAL Our Lady of Guadalupe (oval)

Description

This beautiful silver oxidized medal is imported from Italy, and houses a third class ("touched") cloth relic of Our Lady of Guadalupe.The back of the medal is stamped ITALY and EX INDUMENTIS as proof that this medal is actually manufactured in Italy and the relic is approved by the Church. Early in the morning of December 9, 1531 five miles north of Mexico City, a 57-year-old Aztec Indian by the name of Juan Diego was running to attend mass in the nearest village with a church. As he reached the foot of a hill known as Tepeyac (or Tepeyacac) there seemed to be a sudden silence, broken by a woman's voice calling his name. The sun had barely risen but Juan saw, surrounded by golden beams of light, a young Mexican girl of about fourteen years. She told Juan that she required a chapel to be built at the site of the vision, and then instructed him to run to the Bishop at Mexico City and pass on the message. This Juan did and, after some delay, obtained an audience. The Bishop, it seems, was not unreasonable, and said that Juan could visit him again though he promised nothing. Juan went away, and on the homeward journey again saw the figure he took to be the Virgin Mary at the same spot. She comforted him, and told him to try again at Mexico City the next day, Sunday. The next morning, having been to mass, Juan returned to Bishop Zumarraga. Again, the Bishop was tolerant if uncertain, and finally he asked Juan if his vision could produce some sort of sign, by way of proof. On his way back home to visit Juan Bernardino, an uncle of his who was seriously ill, he saw the vision once more, and she promised that she would provide a sign the following morning. When Juan returned the next morning he was expecting his uncle to die and told the figure about his fears. She at once assured him that Juan Bernardino's health was restored at that instant, and went on to tell him to pick some flowers from the top of the hill, though the season should have precluded their growth. Flowers there were, however, which may have included Castilian roses. Juan picked a few, and took them to the Bishop folded-up in his long outer cape, known as a tilma. Then, a miracle was seen to have occurred. As Juan unfolded the tilma it emerged that the image of the girl he had seen and spoken to on the hill was imprinted on it, in full color. The Bishop and others fell to their knees, and it was commanded that the cloth should be taken and hung up on the wall of the Bishop's private chapel. It is now, of course, public. Furthermore, when Juan went back to his uncle, he found the old man fully recovered, and telling of how he had been healed by a glowing young woman who had said to him: 'Call me and my image Santa Maria de Guadalupe'. "Do not be troubled or weighted 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 your fountain of life? Are you not in the fold of my mantle? In the crossing of my arms? Is there anything else you need? Please do not bid on this medal unless you intend to venerate the relic, to show honor and respect to Our Lady, for the love of God.

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Item location: Southern Gifts, United States

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