Religious Candles 8 Inches Our Lady of Guadalupe White

The Lady of Guadalupe is an incredibly important and influential miracle in both the Hispanic culture and the Christian religion. In 1531, a lady from heaven appeared to a poor Indian at a hill called Tepayac, northwest of Mexico City. She instructed him to tell a bishop to build a temple on the site and gave him an image of herself upon his tilma, a cloth made out of cactus. Now the church is the most popular Marian shrine in the world, and second most popular catholic church, second only to the Vatican itself. The shrine of Guadalupe has experienced countless miracles, from cures to interventions, and is regarded as an extremely sacred place, visited and honored by 24 popes altogether. This religious candle has her image on it, so you can always be reminded by the miraculous powers of the shrine of Guadalupe. The shrine is a treasure of Mexico and the Catholicism, making this sacred image something vitally necessary to any selection of religious candles. The message of miracles and compassion that The Lady of Guadalupe teaches is universal and truly touching, and you can see why the shrine is so immensely popular. The blessed image here on this candle is something that millions of people have experienced, in fact, ten million people visit the shrine of Guadalupe every single year. This candle is truly representative of the miraculous occurrence at Guadalupe.