Today is the day of the feast of St. Juan Diego. Juan Diego had a wife who died. Then he became a widower. Juan Diego was walking 14 miles to Mass when he met a beautiful lady. The lady requested a shrine where she was standing. She told him that she was Mary Immaculate. She said to go and tell the Bishop for permission to build a shrine. The bishop did not believe Juan Diego. He asked for a sign that she was Mary.
Juan Diego went to go tell Mary to give him a sign, but his uncle was very ill. Mary had told him to come the next day, but he couldn't because he had to look out for his uncle. The next day he felt embarrassed because he did not come the day before. His uncle was dying, and Juan Diego was going to get a priest. On the way he met Mary again.
She said that he shouldn't worry about his uncle, and that he would be safe. She said to use his cloak to go get roses from the old rock and take them to the Bishop. She arranged the flowers in his cloak, and he went to go show the Bishop. The Bishop was surprised to find roses in winter. As he let the roses fall to the floor, a picture of Mary Immaculate appeared on his cloak. The Bishop felt sorry for not believing him, and he fell to his knees and prayed for Mary's forgiveness.
A shrine was built as Mary requested. Juan Diego's cloak is still seen at the church: it's color is unfaded to this day. We celebrate this day for St. Juan Diego, who was cannonized on July 31, 2002 by Pope John Paul II.
Written by Lauro and Emily S.
4 comments:
I love the picture of Juan Diego you put up on the blog . You guys wrote a nice story.
-MIRANDA
Mary is a model for us and we should say yes to GOD and no to sin like Mary.
-MIRANDA
St. Jaun Diego is a romodle to us in his catholic faith.
I liked the picture I wrote a story about him. Mark
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