{"id":58155,"date":"2026-02-10T06:30:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T05:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/?p=58155"},"modified":"2026-02-10T13:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:00:29","slug":"the-tilma-of-the-virgin-of-guadalupe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/foco\/la-tilma-de-la-virgen-de-guadalupe\/","title":{"rendered":"The tilma of the Virgin of Guadalupe: the eyes and more unexplained issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Virgin Mary appeared on several occasions to the Indian Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin on the hill of Tepeyac, today Mexico City. In one of her visits to the Franciscan bishop Fray Juan de Zum\u00e1rraga, Our Lady left her image printed on the tilma de ayate, a thin fiber cloth, of the Indian Juan Diego. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are numerous facts, at least nine, that experts have concluded as scientifically inexplicable, when analyzing the ayate or tilma of the indigenous Juan Diego, with the printed image of Our Lady. These conclusions concern the tilma itself and, above all, the eyes of Our Lady.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These facts are mentioned below, as explained by Dr. Andres Brito in a documented exposition contained in a video of Nazareth TV<\/a>, which you can see below. Due to its length, 1h.14\u2019 53\u201d, a synthesis is included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photograph of an image of the tilma of Our Lady of Guadalupe, taken in 1994 (Lyricmac, Wikimedia commons).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Brief history<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before providing a summary, please see a brief synopsis of the well-known historical facts recalled by Dr. Andres Brito in the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the guadalupana tradition<\/a>, In December 1531, the Virgin Mary appeared several times to the indigenous Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin on the hill of Tepeyac. In these apparitions, the Virgin asked him to go to the bishop Fray Juan de Zum\u00e1rraga to request the construction of a temple in that place, and to transmit his message of love. The bishop asked for a sign as proof of the authenticity of the message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the next apparition, our Blessed Mother Mary of Guadalupe instructed Juan Diego to cut roses of Castile that miraculously bloomed in Tepeyac -something impossible in that time, December, and place- and to take them to the bishop wrapped in his tilma. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When he unfolded it before Fray Juan de Zum\u00e1rraga, the flowers fell and the image of the Virgin Mary was printed in a prodigious way in the tilma<\/a> Juan Diego, revealing his face and figure. Faced with this sign, the bishop believed and ordered the construction of the requested temple, giving rise to the deep devotion<\/a> guadalupana in Mexico, in all America, and in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 conclusions in the light of science<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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