Ramón Bejarano: The Virgin of Guadalupe brings hope in an extraordinarily difficult year [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
The so-called Guadalupe Event occurred in December 1531, just 10 years after the fall of Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital. Some 489 years later, this occurrence continues to have relevance for all of us who inhabit these lands. The year 2020 has been extraordinarily difficult, given the COVID-19 pandemic, immigration policies involving the United States and countries south of it, social unrest sparked by racism, natural disasters and economic disparity that benefits the most rich and discards the most poor.
Our Lady of Guadalupe arrived in a moment of great anxiety for the native peoples of this continent. Their culture, their cities and their way of life had been destroyed. Creation, as they knew it, was ending. María of Guadalupe brought them hope and strength. The color of her skin and her clothing were familiar. She spoke their native tongue. She presented he