The Mantle of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Dearest Brothers and Sisters,

As some of you may already know, on 13 October 2024, a group of pilgrims from Mexico arrived at our House-Sanctuary in Ghedi (Brescia, Italy). They brought us the gift of a cloth mantle that replicates the one worn by Our Lady during the apparitions of Guadalupe. As is known, her mantle reproduces the sky as it appeared at the time of the apparitions.

The next day, 14 October 2024, Our Lady gave me some explanation about the gift we had received, which I will now recount in my own words.

The mantle is a special gift to our Church that is present on Earth. It is a sign of Our Lady’s love, predilection, and protection for this people of God. She has imprinted the same graces upon it as those on the original mantle that She wore during the apparitions of Guadalupe. Therefore, it is a relic of great value and power, which this people must preserve and honour, remembering the day it was bestowed as a gift. Furthermore, the Most Holy Virgin Mary asks us to solemnly commemorate the apparitions of Guadalupe on 12 December each year. These apparitions are united with those of Fatima and Medjugorje, forming the three most important Marian apparitions on Earth.

Our Lady explained that the line connecting Guadalupe with Fatima and Medjugorje forms the great Marian triangle on Earth. The peak of this triangle culminates in the Portal of Medjugorje, present inside the House-Sanctuary of the Face of Mary. Within this triangle, great graces are at work in favour of those who sincerely welcome and venerate the Immaculate Heart of Mary, in accordance with God’s plans for these times. Through these graces, the Marian devotion must reach its most sublime levels and be purified from any personal interest, and from any empty religiosity. The person and the work of the Most Holy Virgin Mary must shine in their true light, along with Her prerogatives as Mother, Queen and Co-Redemptrix.

Our Lady concluded by saying that the protection of the mantle we have received is extremely powerful and that through the self-offering, love, and prayer of this people, united with the Church of the Universe, this protection will be able to work in favour of all souls entrusted to our people.

Let us give thanks to our Mother, Queen and Co-Redemptrix for this great gift, which is, once again, a testimony of Her great love for us. Together with Fr. Tomislav, I wish to offer myself in a special way so that the Mother of God may always find in our people an open heart ready to welcome Her, a heart that is big and full of love, ever more similar to her Immaculate Heart.

I embrace and bless you. The Lord may give you His peace.

Stefania Caterina