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Today is Thursday, May 7th, 2020.

This week on the Catholic Sprouts podcast, we have been talking about Mary's apparition

or appearance to a poor Indian man named Juan Diego.

This happened almost 500 years ago in what is now Mexico.

Mary appeared and asked him to take a message to the Archbishop that a chapel should be built on that place.

And the sign that she gave Juan Diego was roses to take to the Archbishop.

But when he entered the archbishop's

office, the roses, of course, were amazing, but so much more amazing was the image of our lady

of Guadalupe that appeared miraculously on the tilma of Juan Diego. Now, this tilma, remember, it's like a large outer garment that a poor Indian

man would wear. It is still around today. If you go to Mexico City in Mexico, you can go to the

cathedral where it is housed and you can still see it. There are so many miraculous things that have to do with this image of our lady

Guadalupe on the Tilma that I cannot possibly cover them all,

but we are going to talk about some of them.

And as you listen, I want you to try to remember what is the most fantastic one that you

hear.

And my challenge for you today is to take that fantastic fact and share it with someone else. Even if you're just sharing it with your

brother or sister, who happens to be sitting by you now, because I know we don't get out

very much right now. But here we go. Here are some amazing things. So first of all, my

friends, remember that Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to Juan Diego almost 500 years ago.

Now, this tilma that he was wearing was made out of fibers from a cactus. And generally, a person

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