Our Lady of the Conception 2

San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico (1224)

In 1623, some trapeze artists brought the body of their daughter to the San Juan chapel for burial. The young acrobat had fallen during practice onto some upright blades sticking up from the ground to make the show more thrilling. The chapel caretaker, an old woman named Ana Lucia, put the Virgin’s statue on the girl’s breast, and the child revived. The grateful father took the fragile statue, made of cornstalks and glue, to Guadalajara for restoration. From then on the shrine’s fame and miracles multiplied. Meanwhile, the town grew, changing its name to San Juan de los Lagos. A new church was built, and then another-each larger, more splendid. On November 30, 1769, the statue was installed in the third church.

 

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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill

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