Virgen de Guadalupe: It is the origin of the December 12th celebration in Mexico

Virgen de Guadalupe: It is the origin of the December 12th celebration in Mexico

For many Mexicans, it is a reason for celebration across the country.
For many Mexicans, it is a reason for celebration across the country.

December 12 marked one of the most important fechas for the Catholic fields in Mexico: el Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe. The Gobierno de la Ciudad de México is home to millions of visitors who stay on Cerro del Tepeyac Basilica of GuadalupeDonde se encuentra y yate que, según the tradition, porta the imagen milagrosa de la Virgen Morena.

Before the great prosperity, the local authorities implemented a security officer to ensure the integrity of employees. Since this year, the “alcohol metro” has been used to prevent accidents, particularly because of the tragic incident earlier this week when a walking group of cyclists was blown up by a conductor in February 2014.

On the 492nd anniversary of the arrival of the Virgin of Guadalupe in San Juan Diego in Mexico City (Mexico), Catholic spirits passed through the courtyard of the Basílica de Guadalupe in the evening. EFE/Isaac Esquivel
On the 492nd anniversary of the arrival of the Virgin of Guadalupe in San Juan Diego in Mexico City (Mexico), Catholic spirits passed through the courtyard of the Basílica de Guadalupe in the evening. EFE/Isaac Esquivel

In addition, in the context of the sanitary emergency situation in which we find ourselves, unnecessary medications must be taken to avoid agglomerations and reduce losses:

  • Prohibition of attendance checks: In order to avoid prolonged concentrations, liturgical celebrations will be broadcast virtually.
  • sin pernoctaciones: It is not permitted to have the fields in the forecourt on the way to the basilica during the night.
  • Controlled transport: Dentro del templo, hikers should maintain a continuous flujo with a maximum duration of 15 minutes.
  • Uso obligatorio de cubrebocas We recommend that you carry out a full evacuation.
  • Limitations of familiar people: You shouldn’t bother molesting younger children in order to protect the most vulnerable.

These medidas can balance tradition with responsibility for health and recognize the importance of the celebration for the millions of faithful who have gathered in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe over the past year.

Accesses security gates and modules via the hiking trail to the Basílica de Guadalupe. Credit: Cuartoscuro
Accesses security gates and modules via the hiking trail to the Basílica de Guadalupe. Credit: Cuartoscuro

Every day in December, The Basílica de Guadalupe was transformed into an epicenter of devotion, thousands of fields had to give a good rating, they gave gifts to their loved ones or simply gave tribute to the Virgin Morena. The history of this migration has left deep marks on the mindset and Mexican identity.

According to tradition, in 1531, the Virgin Mary appeared to the indigenous Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin on Tepeyac Hill before venerating Tonantzin, Mother of God of the Original Pueblos. When we met, the Virgin was reading about the construction of a temple in this area. When he greeted the Obispo fight Juan de Zumárraga, Juan Diego presented his voice with the image of the Blessed Virgin and was inexplicably transported through time on a rosary.

This story, told in English Nican Mopohua In 1556 he combined pre-Hispanic spirituality with the Catholic Church and linked him to the evangelization of Mexico.

Peregrinos look at the image of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in the basilica during her feast. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Peregrinos look at the image of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in the basilica during her feast. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Although Guadalupana’s devotion is undeniable, there is no controversy in her tradition. Alguno’s historians questioned Juan de Zumárraga about his performanceswhen the order came that the relationship was not completed until 1649, more than a siglo after that.

Asimismo, the Advocación Guadalupana exists in Spain as the patron of the evangelization of the New World. Hernan Cortés went into the Mesoamerican animal world with a standard that allowed their image to be transported. Since the plasma version, at the moment in which it is, contains young mestizos and indigenous elements, like the angel unfortunately suspected with the three colors, we must invoke the connection with national identity.

This is the question that is considered the first Bandera of Mexico. Photo: Wikimedia/Mexboxeo-bandera
This is the question that is considered the first Bandera of Mexico. Photo: Wikimedia/Mexboxeo-bandera

The Virgin of Guadalupe is much more than a religious icon. Represents a point of union between pre-Hispanic and European culturesand her image was transformed into a symbol of the identity of millions of Mexicans, including their religious commitment.

Mientras peregrinos llegan to the basilica in the middle of an operativo without precedents, since it is clear that the Guadalupan has a Fuerza poderosa siendo siendo en fuerza poderosa que mueve corazon sy bodypos. In every step of the journey, in every final ending and in every spoken speech, he responds to a message of despair and gratitude that has overcome time and adversity.

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