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Madre Maria in Mexico.
D.H. Lawrence wrote a novel about Mexico in the 1920's, a time of fierce persecution of the Catholic Church in that country. In his novel The Plumed Serpent, we read about Dona Carlota as she speaks to her Irish friend, Kate. The "Ramon" to whom she refers is her husband, the leader of a group devoted to Quetzelcoatl, the Aztec serpent god. "Could you follow Ramon? Could you give up the Blessed Virgin? I would sooner die!" She continues: "Ah senora, as if a woman who had ever known the Blessed Virgin could ever part from her again!"
Marian devotion Although these words were written in 1929, they could well describe Mexico's love for the Blessed Virgin Mary at the present time: the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is everywhere. In taxicabs. Buses. Hotels and restaurants. Roadside shrines. In every bus station in the nation one c...See the full content of this document
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