Unless you are tight with the Thursday afternoon, rosary praying old ladies – you may not know this;) today is the third Sunday of Advent. It is known as Gaudete Sunday.
One of the candles in the Advent wreath is rose colored for Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete is Latin for Rejoice, as in Gaudete in Domino semper (rejoice in the Lord always,) because the birth of Jesus is coming.
But Wait!
December 12, 1531–
It’s the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, an indigenous peasant, had visions of the Virgin Mary. Legend held that the Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego outside Mexico City and left an imprint on his cactus-fiber poncho. The poncho became an icon for the Virgin of Guadalupe.
It’s early and I’ll stop hurting your brain with too much info but go impress those ladies with your new found knowledge later.
And so it goes
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