Outreach to Mexican Mary pilgrims
Every December literally millions of people set out on pilgrimages in honour of La Virgen, Our Lady of Guadalupe. This representation of the ‘Mother of God’, made in 1531, is reproduced all over Mexico. It is amazing how one image can captivate a culture.
Iain Taylor; www.godreports.com
Their motivations are mixed: some are showing their devotion to the Virgin; some want to earn favour and outweigh sin committed; some go with gratitude for a healing they feel the Virgin gave them.
