On your visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, you will find six commemorative churches of the Apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico in the year 1531.
This is the church where the Original Tilma, the Ayate in which Our Lady of Guadalupe imprinted herself in 1531, is publicly exposed.
To view the image as closely as possible, you must pass under the altar through the conveyor belts that will take you beneath the sacred image.
See MoreIn November 1921, a man placed a bouquet of flowers that contained dynamite inside, which exploded. Neither the altar nor the miraculous image were damaged, as tradition makes reference the Holy Crucifix above the tabernacle stopped the explosion, falling to the ground twisted. From that event, the Holy Crucifix was venerated for the miracle and began to grant miracles.
The Original Tilma was displayed here for 267 years. Its construction began in March 1695.
See MoreTradition says that where this chapel is located Our Lady of Guadalupe told Saint Juan Diego to give the message to the Bishop that She wanted a sacred little house to be built, where She will hear our sadness, our pain, and despair, and remedy it under Her compassionate gaze.
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This is the Spiritual church; on the floor, you will see metal flowers that suggest the boundary that once marked the location of an ancient church.
Tradition says that Our Blessed Mother stopped Saint Juan Diego exactly at this place during the last apparition.
Tradition says that this chapel was built due to the favors and miracles received from the faithful. It is called Little Well because inside it there is a small well of water that once flowed. This water was believed to have healing miracles attributed to it. The first public miracle took place here.
See MoreAccording to tradition, the hermitage was built a few days after Our Lady of Guadalupe image was imprinted on Saint Juan Diego’s Ayate in 1531.
The original hermitage was reconstructed in 1532-1533.
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