How do the Marist brothers in Mexico practice devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe?
The presence of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the maternal face of God, means we dont just have an intimate love for the Mother of God but also a deep desire to imitate her loving care for those most in need, which was her ardent wish. This is why both Provinces in Mexico have set up educational missions among the people in Chiapas and the Tarahumara in Chihuahua, in addition to several insertion communities among the poor. By the way, before we conclude – where does the word Guadalupe come from? In researching this, Ive learned that the term Guadalupe is a misnomer the word is derived from a combination of Arabic and Latin roots. Guada is the Arabic word for river, and lupe comes from lupus, wolf. Confusion entered in because the interpreter, Father Juan Gonzlez, as well as the Bishop, Juan de Zumrraga and the rest of the Franciscan missionaries came from a Monastery in Extremadura (at that time called “the monastery of Guadalupe”) where people venerated a small statue of Our Lady, about a f
