Arevalo, Miguel Alvarez. Nuestra Señora Del Socorro: Presente En Los 500 Años De Evangelizacion De America. Serviprensa Centroamericana, 1989.
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Guatemala
Description The image of Our Lady of Succor depicts Mary holding a small
child in her arms. The image evokes the care of the Virgin for Jesus, which
began during the Immaculate Conception until his death. The image of the Virgin
is the first image of her to ever exist in Guatemala. The sculptor Mosen
Johan de Morgovejo originally chiseled the image in the late fifteenth Century. Around
the year 1520, it is believed that this image was brought over by the Spaniards
to the newly founded continent. After arriving in the Americas, the image was
handed over to the Spanish Conquistador, Pedro de Alvarado and brought to
Guatemala during the Conquest of Guatemala. The Spaniards and La Quiche tell a
similar story regarding Nuestra Señora del Socorro. The story is about a pale,
young girl, who appeared during the Spanish conquest of Guatemala in the 1500s.
The young girl distracts and prevents La Quiche from seeing the Spaniards. The
Spanish lore proposes the girl distracted La Quiche with angels. While, La
Quiche story suggests “birds without feet” were the distraction. Citations: Arevalo, Miguel Alvarez. Nuestra Señora Del Socorro: Presente En Los 500 Años De Evangelizacion De America. Serviprensa Centroamericana, 1989. Wikiguate. "Imagen De Nuestra Señora Del Socorro." WikiGuate. N.p., 28 Feb. 2015. Web. 27 Feb. 2018. Researched by Thomas R. Clontz Popular Devotions Feast Day: June 27 Guatemala, Cucurucho en, et al. “Nuestra Señora Del Perpetuo Socorro.” Semana Santa En Guatemala 2018 | Procesiones y Recorridos, 28 Sept. 2017, www.cucuruchoenguatemala.com/nuestra-senora-del-perpetuo-socorro/. Hail Mary |
Dios te salve, María. Llena eres de gracia: El Señor es contigo. Bendita tú eres entre todas las mujeres. Y bendito es el fruto de tu vientre: Jesús. Santa María, Madre de Dios, ruega por nosotros pecadores, ahora y en la hora de nuestra muerte. Amen. |
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