THE VIRGIN OF GUADeLUPE



Bienvenidos, mis hijos,

we are together again.
You have known me by many names: Temazcalteci,
Grandmother of the Baths, Herbalist and healer,

Matron of midwives and those with the sight.

Tonantzin, Mother of Earth and Corn.
And Guadalupe, the Virgin, Goddess and Saint.

I remember the humble man Juan Diego.
I appeared to him. I filled his cape with roses, 
so even the mighty churchmen believed his vision.
And they built my shrine, the holiest in Mexico: 
There you may seek me, in body and heart.

Dance on my day, and your corn will be sweet.
Aztec and Catholic hold in common my promise and praise.

Buy a seven day candle with my picture on the glass,
Set it on your table, to shine upon your life.
To shine from the other world
delivering the light to you.
Para ti. Bless you, my children.

by Mary Kay Landon