Fri 12 Dec 2008
Christian Mexicans today celebrate the Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe:
The feast commemorates the virgin’s appearance before Mexican peasant Juan Diego in 1531.
Legend has it that when Diego received a vision of the Virgin Mary she was unlike more traditional, European images of the mother of Christ: She was brown-skinned and with indigenous features.
To make it clear, we Lutherans – whether we are Mexicans or not – do not celebrate this day.