THE CHRISTMAS CARD - with Gold Foil
THE CHRISTMAS CARD - with Gold Foil
A Christmas Card that encompasses the Advent and Christmas Seasons perfectly, including the Feasts of The Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Saint Juan Diego, Christmas, and the Epiphany. Printed on exquisitely extra-heavy archival matte paper with gold foil accents on front and back. Warm hearts with this mini work of art that will be stuck to your friends’ refrigerators all year round!
Available in English and Spanish - select at check out. Only the front of the card will be in English on both the English card and on the Spanish card.
The back contains a brief history of the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe (see below). Inside Left, a short Christmas prayer, and Inside Right, simply “Merry Christmas!” leaving plenty of room to write your personalized message - or just sign the card for a complete and heartfelt greeting.
Cards measure approximately 5"x7" and come with crisp white envelopes. This is a very special Christmas Card printed in limited quantities.
The back of the card reads:
The Story of Our Lady of Guadalupe
On Saturday morning, December 9, 1531, Juan Diego, a native American, was on his way to Mass for the (then) Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. As he reached Tepeyac Hill, he heard beautiful music and a beautiful voice calling his name. Our Blessed Mother appeared to him as the “woman clothed with the sun” of the Book of Revelation, pregnant with the Child Jesus. She instructed Juan Diego to go to the house of Bishop Juan de Zumárraga and to request that a chapel be built in her honor on Tepeyac Hill so that she might show the infinite majesty and mercy of God to all His children.
Juan Diego went to the Bishop who requested time to consider the matter. On his return home, the Blessed Mother appeared to him for a second time. Disappointed that he had failed in his mission, he asked Our Lady to send a more esteemed messenger so that the Bishop would believe the message, but she instructed Juan Diego to return to the Bishop with her request.
Juan Diego returned to the Bishop again on December 10. The Bishop responded by asking for a sign so that he might believe the Blessed Mother’s request. On his way home, Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to Juan Diego, and he told her of the Bishop’s request for a sign. Our Lady promised to provide the sign for the Bishop when Juan Diego would return to her on the next day.
Juan Diego missed his appointment with Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 11 because he was looking after his uncle Juan Bernardino who was gravely ill. On December 12, he was hurrying to bring a priest to administer the sacraments to his uncle who was dying. He took a different route in order to avoid another encounter with the Blessed Mother, embarrassed that he had missed the appointment on December 11 and not wanting to be delayed in seeking spiritual help for his uncle.
Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to him nonetheless, assuring him that she was with his uncle who was already cured. She instructed Juan Diego to gather flowers on the top of the hill as a sign to take to the Bishop. He trusted Our Lady and found on the top of the frozen and barren hill the most beautiful flowers. He gathered them and Our Blessed Mother arranged them in his cloak, or tilma as it was called. Juan Diego then hurried to the Bishop’s house where he opened his tilma to show the flowers to the Bishop. Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared depicted on the tilma. The Bishop immediately understood the truth of Juan Diego’s message from the Blessed Mother and hastened to have the chapel built on Tepeyac Hill.
In 1990, Pope Saint John Paul II visited Mexico and beatified Juan Diego. Ten years later, in 2000, Juan Diego was declared a Saint and Our Lady of Guadalupe was pronounced Patroness of the Americas and of the Unborn.
Cover Art: Guadalupe of Bethlehem
Oil on Canvas by Rachel Black
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