Truth of the Spirit welcomes back Juanita Salazar Lamb for Part 5 of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Aztec Calendar to bring understanding of the appearance of the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe, to Juan Diego from the viewpoint of the Aztec Calendar. In this episode, Truth of the Spirit explains why the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe, appeared in 1531, why on December 12th, and why on the hill of Tepeyac. Host is Patti Brunner. For audio, video links or to read the script please continue reading.
Juanita Salazar Lamb describes the conversion of the indigenous Aztec natives before and after the supernatural gift of the Tilma of Juan Diego with the miraculous image Our Lady of Guadalupe on Truth of the Spirit with the episode Our Lady of Guadalupe Part 4 Conversions through the Sign of the Tilma. The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared in 1531 to an Aztec Christian peasant between December 9th and 12th and left behind a sign for all to see, even to this day. Included in this episode on Our Lady of Guadalupe will be Juanita Salazar Lamb’s personal testimony of her family’s special devotion to “La Virgen”. For audio and video links or to read the script please continue reading.
Truth of the Spirit hosted by Patti Brunner brings you a remarkable description of the miraculous cloak of Juan Diego in Our Lady of Guadalupe Part 2 – The Codex of the Tilma. Since the Aztecs had no written language, the miraculous image was like a book or codex to those who understood the Aztec culture. Juanita Salazar Lamb takes us on a journey of the images on the Tilma, explaining the message of the Blessed Virgin Mary, under her title of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe was given not just the Aztecs on December 12, 1531, but to all generations who continue to gaze upon it.
Juanita Salazar Lamb describes the four encounters of Juan Diego with Our Lady of Guadalupe on Truth of the Spirit with the episode Intro to Our Lady of Guadalupe and Juan Diego Part 1. The Blessed VirginMary appeared in 1531 in Mexico on Tepeyac Hill to an Aztec Christian peasant between December 9th and 12th and left behind a sign for all to see, even to this day, with instructions to share it with the Bishop Juan de Zummaraga in Tlatelolco. Included in this series on Our Lady of Guadalupe will be #2 The Codex of the Tilma, #3 the Music of the Tilma, and #4 Conversions through the Sign of the Tilma. Host is Patti Brunner.
Juanita Salazar Lamb graduated with a master’s degree with a thesis topic of “La Virgen de Guadalupe in Chicano Popular Culture: Images in Art and Literature” in 2003. She has a diploma from the Instituto Superior de Estudios Guadalupanos Basilica de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe for the advancement of Guadeloupian studies in Mexico City headed by Msgr. Eduardo Chavez, the lead investigator for the canonization of Juan Diego. This became Lamb’s biggest resource with more than 30,000 documents concerning the 2002 canonization of St. Juan Diego.
