Episode Thirty Four: Juan Diego
The Saints
The Merry Beggars
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🗓️ 28 March 2026
⏱️ 8 minutes
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage
🗺️ Lent with the Saints - Episode Thirty Four: Juan Diego
In this episode, Kiley reminds us that Mary is our mother, given to us while Jesus was on the Cross, and we'll listen to the story of Juan Diego.
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| 0:00.0 | Lent with the Saints From the Mary farmer in Mexico named Juan Diego and how our lady of Guadalupe appeared to him. Have you ever been on a long walk or road trip |
| 0:39.8 | and felt tired before you got there? |
| 0:43.0 | It's easier when a friend goes with you |
| 0:45.0 | to help you pass the time. |
| 0:47.0 | I'm sure you're asking, |
| 0:48.8 | are we at Easter yet? |
| 0:50.7 | This lent is lasting forever. |
| 0:53.7 | We're so close to the finish, only one week left. |
| 0:57.7 | And we have a wonderful helper to go to to help us finish this journey. |
| 1:02.8 | Mary, Jesus' mother. |
| 1:05.4 | Mary was there walking beside Jesus for every step while he carried his cross. |
| 1:10.9 | She'll always help us to stay close to Jesus if we ask her. |
| 1:22.4 | Not so long ago, Mary appeared to St. Juan Diego, a simple farmer in Mexico. |
| 1:29.3 | Juan Diego wasn't baptized a Catholic until he was 50 years old. |
| 1:34.0 | But once he was a Catholic, he took his faith very seriously. |
| 1:38.3 | He tried simply and lovingly to live out his faith each day. |
| 1:43.9 | Juan Diego was walking to Mass one day, hiking up Tepeak Hill. |
| 1:49.1 | There weren't many churches in Mexico then, so we had to hike a long way to get to Mass. |
| 1:54.3 | He had to leave even before the sun was up. |
| 1:57.6 | Walking quickly, he made it to the top of Tepeyak Hill and was just about to go down the other |
| 2:03.1 | side when something stopped him. |
| 2:06.1 | Let's listen to what happened next. |
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