Our Lady of Guadalupe Ornament

In December of 1531, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to an Indian convert to the Faith in Mexico. She requested a church to be built and asked him, Juan Diego, to go to the bishop to let him know. Juan was not highly regarded by the Spaniards, nor by his fellow countrymen, as he was poor and not many Mexicans had as yet embraced the Catholic Christian Faith.When Juan was finally brought in front of the bishop, he was met with skepticism and returned to the Virgin asking for a sign to prove it was really she who was asking for the church. She directed him to a place on the mountain where he was delighted to find roses growing right in the middle of winter! He gathered them in his tilma, or cape, and brought them to the bishop.When he opened the tilma for the bishop, the roses spilled out, revealing a beautiful portrait of the Virgin, which has miraculously survived to this day. After the church was built, one million people converted every year for 10 years and human sacrifice to the p