The Cloth of Our Lady of Guadalupe

The cloth of the tilma of Our Lady of Guadalupe has been thoroughly studied. The name of the hill of the apparitions and the mystery of Christ in the symbolic language of the ancient Aztec are evoked, down to the position of the stars on Saint Juan Diego's tilma, which corresponds to a projection (and not a representation: mirror image) of the exact position of the constellations on the morning of December 12, 1531. This symbolic language highly affected the Indians who responded massively to the message: nine million baptisms were requested in seven years, compared with only a few tens of thousands in the previous years. Catholic men and women of Mexico - but needless to say all people from both North and South America - have a profound devotion and love for Our Lady of Guadalupe. "Let not your heart be disturbed. Do not fear that sickness, nor any other sickness or anguish. Am I not here, who am your Mother? Are you not under my protection? Am I not your health? Are you not happily within the fold of my mantel? What else do you wish? Do not grieve nor be disturbed by anything."