Nican Mopohua: Marian Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Canonization of St. Juan Diego, and Devotions and Prayers
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“Nican Mopohua” (“Here it is told”) is the oldest narrative of the apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe. This richly illustrated eBook is a unique production that combines the chronicles of the Marian apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe to Juan Diego and Juan Bernardino, with information on the tilma, church approval, building of the shrines, canonization of Juan Diego, and appropriate historical background. There is also a chapter on today’s veneration of Our Lady of Guadalupe with all known devotions and prayers. The eBook Appendix includes the complete text of the “Nican Mopohua” in its original Náhualt language, as included in the “Huei tlamahuiçoltica,” a 36-page tract published in Mexico City in 1649 by Luis Laso de la Vega.
Michael Amadio
Michael Amadio has worked in a number of executive marketing positions and has been a professionalfree-lance translator for 30 years. He lives in Los Angeles.
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Nican Mopohua - Michael Amadio
NICAN MOPOHUA
The Chronicles of
the Marian Apparition of
Our Lady of Guadalupe,
the Canonization of
St. Juan Diego, and
Devotions and Prayers
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
MARIAN APPARITIONS
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE APPARITION
The Story of Juan Diego: Saturday, December 9, 1531
The Story of Juan Diego: Sunday, December 10, 1531
The Story of Juan Diego: Monday, December 11, 1531
The Story of Juan Diego: Tuesday, December 12, 1531
The Story of Juan Bernardino
APPARITION APPROVAL AND THE SHRINES
Tepeyac Chapel and Statue
The Old Basilica
The Modern Basilica
Villa Guadalupe
JUAN DIEGO’S TILMA
THE CANONIZATION OF JUAN DIEGO
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE PRAYERS AND DEVOTIONS
Pope John Paul II Prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe
Pope Pius X Prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe
Extended Pope Pius X to Our Lady of Guadalupe
Holy Holiness Benedict XVI Prayer to the Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Vatican Gardens
Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles Prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic
CNA Prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe
Memorare to Our Lady of Guadalupe
Morning Prayer Offering the Day to Our Lady of Guadalupe
Dedication of a Child to Our Lady of Guadalupe
Tridium to Our Lady of Guadalupe
Chaplet of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe
APPENDIX: COMPLETE TEXT OF THE NICAN MOPOHUA IN THE NÁHUALT LANGUAGE
Marian Apparitions
A Marian apparition is a reported supernatural appearance by Mary, the mother of Jesus. According to the norms of the Catholic Church in effect since the Council of Trent in the 16th century, the bishop of the area has the responsibility of evaluating first the merits of any alleged vision and the events in which it occurrs. After an investigation, if the vision has been determined to constitute an authentic supernatural appearance of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the apparition is considered approved for the entire Church, unless the decision is overturned by the successor of the bishop or if the Holy See were to overturn his decision.
A distinction can be made between Vatican approved apparitions and apparitions that have been approved only by the local Governing Authority responsible for the area in which the event was reported.
Vatican approved apparitions are typically widespread veneration endorsed by the Holy See, as indicated by the inclusion of a fest day in the liturgical calendar of the Church, besides the veneration observed by the particular diocese in which the apparition occurred.
There are only six apparitions designated as Vatican approved:
• Our Lady of Guadalupe, which dates to 1531 and occurred in Mexico
• Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (Our Lady of Graces), which dates to 1830 and occurred in France
• Our Lady of La Salette, which dates to 1846 and occurred in France
• Our Lady of Lourdes (The Immaculate Conception), which dates to 1858 and occurred in France
• Our Lady of Knock, which dates to 1876 and occurred in Ireland
• Our Lady of Fátima (Our Lady of the Rosary and The Immaculate Heart of Mary), which dated to 1917 and occurred in Portugal
The oldest, Our Lady of Guadalupe, whose feast day is celebrated on December 12 of the General Roman Calendar, has become a symbol of the Catholic faith for Mexico and for the Mexicans around the world. Our Lady of Guadalupe is recognized as the Patroness of the Americas.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Apparition
It is the early morning of Saturday, December 9, 1531, of the Julian calendar. It is just a couple of weeks before the winter solstice, the trees have shed their summer foliage, the grass dried out, and nothing is blooming in the cold weather of Central Mexico high plateau, at an altitude of about 7,000 feet. A middle aged man walks alone in the dawn light and, to fend off the cold, he wears his tilma, a traditional cloak-like outer garment for men made of cactus fiber. The place is Tepeyac Hill, a rural area now part of Mexico City.
What happened that morning, and the following three days, spreads initially only by word of mouth. A report probably composed by a native Aztec man, Antonio Valeriano, who had been educated by Franciscans, will appear only later (reliably dated 1556) and records all the stories transmitted orally in the years since the apparition. The record, called Nican Mopohua
(Here It Is Told
), is written in the native language of its author, and tells how the Perfect Virgin Holy Mary Mother of God, our Queen, miraculously appeared out at Tepeyac, widely known as Guadalupe.
It is the story of what happened that cold morning in December and the three following days.
What follows is that