Today is the Feast of Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, patron of indigenous peoples, instrument and messenger of the Mother of God, the merciful Mother of every human person and all peoples. Here Mary shows and offers her love (which draws its strength entirely from the redeeming grace of her Son Jesus) to the whole world at the dawn of the first global epoch. It was a time full of sorrows and wars and terrible injustices, but also of new opportunities for witness to the Gospel and for mutual service in fraternal love and communion. And, in a special way, this great and enduring sign — given in Mexico City in 1531, before there were any borders — also remains among us who dwell in “this land,” as an “icon” of God’s merciful love for all the peoples of “America,” North, Central, and South.
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