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Our Lady of Guadalupe - Prayer, Guided Meditation, and Labyrinth Walk


An offering from the Montclair Center for Spiritual Practices

Our Lady of Guadalupe - Prayer, Guided Meditation, & Labyrinth Walk

 Mother
Mary. She is revered in all nations, and speaks all languages. She is fair
skinned, dark skinned, and all shades in between. Her names are many. We know
her as the Mother of God, the the Queen of Peace, the Black Madonna, Blessed
Mother, Mother of Mercy, Holy Mother, Lady of the Angels, and  many other names. She is the Mother of All

Peoples. In Latin America, she is known as the Goddess of the Americas. In

Mexico she is revered as Our Lady of Guadalupe – La Virgin Morena (The

Dark Virgin). 


Thursday, December12th, is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. On this day in 1531, during

the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, Mother Mary appeared to an indigenous

peasant now known as Juan Diego, on a hilltop outside of Mexico City. Her appearance

to a humble farm worker during this time of great strife and oppression, was a

clear sign of her love for and solidarity with the poor. Manifesting the

Feminine Face of God, Mary brought comfort and strength to the indigenous

people of the Sixteenth Century, and has continued to do so for all those who

call on her.



In honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Montclair Center for Spiritual Practices will be offering a prayer service where we

will tell the story of how The Mother appeared to Juan Diego. We will meet Mary

as Shakti, the divine energy that permeates and animates the entire Creation. We

will honor her for bringing the feminine face of God to the Christian

tradition, and recognize her as Universal Mother for people of all faith

traditions. And we will pray and walk into the embrace of this Mother who loves

and is available to us all.


Our prayer will begin at 7pm in the sanctuary. After the service, there will be

an opportunity to bring your prayer into the labyrinth, and to allow this

ancient sacred pattern to offer you what it may. A special collection of 

"Ave Marias" (some traditional, some not so) will provide music for

our walk.

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