Jesus gave us all this Mother, his Mother, our good Mother. We are a community that, with a Mother, must feel safe." The Pope mentioned in particular the council of Russian monks in the Middle Ages, who said: "When there is spiritual turbulence, we must gather under the mantle of the Mother of God." He continued : "And that's what I want to tell you. She said it herself to Juan Diego: "You mustn't be afraid. Am I not here, I who am your good Mother?" (1)
May Our Lady of Guadalupe pray for the Americas.
(1) Our Lady of Guadalupe was proclaimed "Queen of Mexico and Empress of the Americas" by Pope Saint John Paul II in the year 2000. On January 12, 2017, inspired by the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe to Saint Juan Diego in 1531 in Mexico, Spanish-speaking immigrants in the United States received a video message from Pope Francis that was broadcast during the Mass presided over by the Archbishop of Los Angeles, United States, on the occasion of National Migration Week.
Adapted from: Zenit