Far from home, Virgin of Guadalupe comforts believers
Tagged: aztec, familyPosted on: December 12th, 2007
Powerful drumbeats echoed off the sanctuary ceiling and dancers in traditional Aztec garb leaped and spun at a frenetic pace as statues of Jesus and Mary cast beatific gazes upon them.
There was a time when the performance of an indigenous ritual might have been shocking at a Roman Catholic church; not so Wednesday at Holy Family Church in Waukegan, as parishioners gathered before dawn to mark the 476th anniversary of the appearance to an indigenous Mexican peasant of a dark-skinned Virgin, now known to the world as the Virgin of Guadalupe.
“She’s really the blending of the two cultures into one,” said Rev. Gary Graf, pastor of the church.”*
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