In December 1531, the Virgin appeared several times to the Indian Juan Diego on Mount Tepeyac, located in the current capital of Mexico, Distrito Federal. She asked him to build a temple for her and to tell the Bishop.
Fray Juan de Zumárraga, the first Bishop of Mexico, kindly received the Indian but told him that he needed proof to be sure. Following the instructions of the Virgin, Juan Diego took some roses to the Bishop, who understood that the sign was true because it was not the season for roses, but the greatest surprise was when he saw the image of the Virgin printed on the cloak.
So far, a bit of the story, but the most mysterious part comes later, because serious scientific studies carried out on the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe have reached the following conclusions:
- The conservation of the ayate for 450 years is not explained; normally it does not last more than 20.
- It is not explained how the image has not deteriorated in more than 450 years, of which 116 were without glass and subjected to contact with all kinds of objects.
- It is not explained how the ayate was not destroyed when nitric acid fell on it from top to bottom.
- It is not explained how the ayate did not suffer any damage when the bomb exploded on November 14, 1921, which destroyed everything nearby.
- The difference in temperature between the ayate and the metal plate is not explained.
- It is not explained that this image is made on a canvas of these characteristics, without adequate preparation.
- It is not explained how it is possible that in this image there is no dye, neither animal, vegetable, mineral, nor synthetic.
- It is not explained that the eye in the image has the characteristics of a living human eye with the Purkinje-Sansom effect.
- It is not explained that twelve human figures appear in a seven-millimeter eye.
After all this, it seems logical to conclude that this image is not of human origin, since it has no natural scientific explanation. It is logical to think of a supernatural intervention. As Pius XII said, this image is the work of “brushes that are not from here below.”
