Ave Maria!
I think it is good to point out positive attention given to the Church and to Our Lady by the mass media and and it is hard to get more positive than half a million people coming to Des Plaines in the suburbs of Chicago on a very wintry feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. It is enough to warm the coldest of winter days. I hope you had a blessed feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
DES PLAINES — Despite the snow, the shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines is expected to draw close to a half million people in the next 24 hours.Overnight, hundreds of faithful will carry torches from the shrine to their home parishes throughout the suburbs and Chicago neighborhoods.There is just not enough snow to snuff out the faith of a half a million Catholics making their way by the Mother of God.If anything, the steady snow only adds to the splendor of the shrine. The faithful of all ages come with flowers candles and their prayers. Parishioners recreate the day Mary is said to have appeared to Juan Diego back in the 16th century.The first of several scheduled masses officially began the celebration, which will end with a mass Monday on the feast day for Our Lady of Guadalupe. Cardinal Blase Cupich will also say mass there early Monday morning.
Source: Half a million faithful expected to flock to Our Lady of Guadalupe shrine | WGN-TV
