To ask the Bishop to build a chapel in her honour so that she could intercede for those that are suffering.
According to the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mary instructed Juan Diego to go to the bishop and ask him to build a church in her honor on Tepeyac Hill. She also asked him to gather roses from the hill, which he presented to the bishop as a sign.
Tell the Bishop that I wish fro him to build a church on this site so that I may offer my love and protection to the people.
The message from Mary to Saint Juan Diego was this. She said, "I vividly desire that a church be built on this site, so that in it I can be present and give my love, compassion, help, and defense, for I am your most devoted mother . . . to hear your laments and to remedy all your miseries, pains, and sufferings."
Juan Diego
She appeared to Juan Diego on the hill of Tepeyac which today is in northern Mexico City.
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an achievement that Juan Diego had was getting to see Mary and prove to the pope that he saw her. He also was the first person to be catholicilized.
Juan Diego was a Mexican peasant who reported seeing an apparition of the Virgin Mary, known as Our Lady of Guadalupe, in 1531. The Catholic Church eventually recognized the event as a miracle, and Juan Diego was canonized as a saint in 2002.
Our Lady of Guadalupe - the Blessed Virgin Mary.
She appeared to Juan Diego.
Mary appeared to Juan Diego during the month of December in the year 1531.
St. Bernadette of Lourdes, St. Juan Diego
Saint Juan Diego's patron saint is Our Lady of Guadalupe. Juan Diego is known for his encounter with the Virgin Mary in Mexico in 1531, where he received the miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on his tilma (cloak). He is venerated as a symbol of faith and devotion in the Americas, particularly in Mexico.
He was a widower. His wife had died a few years before he had the visions of Mary.