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MEXICO

Blessed John Paul II was a pilgrim to Mexico 5 times: in 1979, 1990, 1993, 1999 & 2002.

The first thing John Paul II did on his first ever apostolic voyage as Pope was to visit Our Lady of Guadalupe and offer up this prayer:

_{¡Oh Virgen Inmaculada
Madre del verdadero Dios y Madre de la Iglesia!
Tú, que desde este lugar manifiestas tu clemencia y tu compasión
a todos los que solicitan tu amparo;
escucha la oración que con filial confianza te dirigimos,
y preséntala ante tu Hijo Jesús, único Redentor nuestro.}

_{Madre de misericordia,
Maestra del sacrificio escondido y silencioso,
a Ti, que sales al encuentro de nosotros, los pecadores,
te consagramos en este día todo nuestro ser y todo nuestro amor.
Te consagramos también nuestra vida, nuestros trabajos, nuestras alegrías, nuestras enfermedades y nuestros dolores.}

_{Da la paz, la justicia y la prosperidad a nuestros pueblos;
ya que todo lo que tenemos y somos lo ponernos bajo tu cuidado, Señora y Madre nuestra.}

_{Queremos ser totalmente tuyos y recorrer contigo el camino de una plena fidelidad a Jesucristo en su Iglesia:
no nos sueltes de tu mano amorosa.}

_{Virgen de Guadalupe, Madre de las Américas,
te pedimos por todos los obispos, para que conduzcan a los fieles por senderos
de intensa vida cristiana, de amor y de humilde servicio a Dios y a las almas.}

_{Contempla esta inmensa mies, e intercede para que el Señor infunda hambre de santidad en todo el Pueblo de Dios, y otorgue abundantes vocaciones de sacerdotes y religiosos, fuertes en la fe y celosos dispensadores de los misterios de Dios.}

_{Concede a nuestros hogares la gracia de amar y de respetar la vida que comienza.
con el mismo amor con el que concebiste en tu seno la vida del Hijo de Dios.
Virgen Santa María, Madre del Amor Hermoso, protege a nuestras familias,
para que estén siempre muy unidas, y bendice la educación de nuestros hijos.}

_{Esperanza nuestra, míranos con compasión, enséñanos a ir continuamente a Jesús y, si caemos, ayúdanos a levantarnos, a volver a El, mediante la confesión de nuestras culpas y pecados
en el sacramento de la penitencia, que trae sosiego al alma.
Te suplicamos que nos concedas un amor muy grande a todos los santos sacramentos que son como las huellas que tu Hijo nos dejó en la tierra.}

_{Así, Madre Santísima, con la paz de Dios en la conciencia, con nuestros corazones libres de mal y de odios, podremos llevar a todos la verdadera alegría y la verdadera paz,
que vienen de tu Hijo, nuestro Señor Jesucristo, que con Dios Padre y con el Espíritu Santo,
vive v reina por los siglos de los siglos. Amén.}

_{(25th January (Feast of the Conversion of St Paul) 1979 - in French, Portuguese & Spanish)}

Below are responses to Totus2us's podcasts given by Mexicans
- many thanks to you all   ♥

_{You can download the free mp3s individually by right clicking where you this diamond   ♦}

Oraciones en español en Totus2us

El Santo Rosario
_{- escuchar aquí en Totus2us o descargar el mp3 gratis aquí en iTunes o aquí en XML.}

La Coronilla y Novena a la Divina Misericordia       ♦

Oraciones por los Sacerdotes       ♦

Alfonso       ♦

_{"I know Mary as the Virgin of Guadalupe but I know she has appeared in different places with different colour skins but with the same meaning - with this love and help."}

Berenice       ♦

_{"Mary, the Guadalupe Virgin, is the one I keep always in my wallet and the one  I give every single morning thanks for giving me a new day of living."}

_{Berenice gives her algo acerca de María in English & Spanish.}

Bernardo       ♦

^{"Our Lady of Guadalupe is the most important thing we have in our country and the essence of our nation is Our Lady."}

^{Bernardo gives his algo acerca de María in English and Spanish.}

Bismark       ♦

_{"La Virgen de Guadalupe es el símbolo del amor, símbolo de la paz, la madre de todos los hombres."}

Carmen       ♦

_{"Our Lady of Guadalupe means everything for me.  She's been absolutely wonderful to me since the moment I was conceived and she has been guiding me along my life through everything, absolutely everything."}

Cesar       ♦

_{"The Guadalupe Virgin is my heart, is my mother. The Virgin for Mexicans, for other nationalities, is the mother. In this moment the world needs hope, love, compassion. My mother, Our Lady of Guadalupe, represents every concept about love. We humans, we need to understand we need to give love right now, in this moment. Because of this I love Guadalupe, my mother, forever."}

_{Cesar gives his algo acerca de María in English & Spanish.}

Daniella      ♦

_{"Our Lady means to me many things. First of all, she's the mother of Our Lord but also I think she represents the purest love we can experience or even relate to. For me she's also having those arms to go to when looking for understanding or help. She also helps me to think about how I want to be with others, and how she treated Our Lord and everybody around her throughout her life; and her love and her patience.  She is an important guide in my life."}

_{Daniella gives her algo acerca de María in English & Spanish.}

Daniella       ♦

_{"For me, Mary is someone I have to have in my life."}

Domenica       ♦

^{"For me the Virgin Mary has always been very important … I feel her very close to my heart."}

Domitilla       ♦

_{"I had a very nice experience with the protection of the Blessed Holy Mother. In Mexico we venerate her a great deal, and we believe that she is with us the whole time - when you don't know what to do, you ask her for guidance and she will give it to you ... Always, when I feel lost, I ask her for help and she is with me, all the time."}

_{Domitilla gives her algo acerca de María in English & Spanish.}

Eugenia       ♦

_{"For me Mary means the mother of us all, especially coming from a country where she appeared to St Juan Diego, a very simple Indian man and she appears to us always, especially during prayer, and I feel her company when I pray the rosary."}

_{Eugenia gives her algo acerca de María in English & Spanish.}

Jorge       ♦

_{"Mary is my hope, my happiness, my all."}

José       ♦

_{"Our Lady of Guadalupe is the lady who protects us and takes care of us, and is something good in the world."}

_{José gives his algo acerca de María in English & Spanish.}

Josephina       ♦

_{"Mary is for me my mother."}

_{Josephina gives her algo acerca de María in English & Spanish.}

Martha      ♦

_{"For me Mary is my mother, my confidante, is the person who approaches me more to Jesus. She is somebody that I can trust that in the smallest, small hole that she has when she is crossing her hands, I can actually make myself enter this small hole and make myself safe and comfortable. She is everything that I want and that I love."}

_{Martha gives her algo acerca de María in English & Spanish.}

Omar       ♦

^{"We love our Guadalupe Virgin because she chose our country to change our world, and to change our culture, to defend us and to hear all our prayers."}