Dec 09th - Juan Diego

It is by the miracle in which Juan Diego participated that we have such a significant event in the Americas. And make no mistake - it is for all the Americas. Millions of converts came to Christ, not through the efforts of the missionaries - who fought so often with authorities, but through this man. Yet the man remained humble.
If we think of ourselves as small in the eyes of the world then rich, poor, convert, it does not really matter. Once you give your life over to God you give it over to others. Miracles? Yes! Selfless service to others? God's true will!

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I beg you, my Lady, Queen, my Beloved Maiden, to have one of the nobles who are held in esteem, one who is known, respected, honored, (have him) carry, take your dear breath, your dear word, so that he will be believed. Because I am really (just) a man from the country, I am a (porter's) rope, I am a back-frame, a tail, a wing, a man of no importance: I myself need to be led, carried on someone's back, that place you are sending me to is a place where I'm not used to going to or spending any time in, my little Virgin, my Youngest Daughter, my Lady, Beloved Maiden. "Listen, my youngest-and-dearest son, know for sure that I have no lack of servants, of messengers, to whom I can give the task of carrying my breath, my word, so that they carry out my will. But it is very necessary that you personally go and plead, that my wish, my will, become a reality, be carried out through your intercession. For his part, Juan Diego responded to her and said to her "My Lady, Queen, my Beloved Maiden, let me not give you anguish, let me not grieve your face, your heart. I will most gladly go to carry out your breath, your word; I will absolutely not fail to do it, nor do I think the road is painful.

-- Nican Mopohua [Here It Is Told] 54-55, 58-59, 63