FOR THE FAITHFUL; IMAGE OF OUR LADY DRAWS THOUSANDS.Byline: Paul O'Donoghue Staff Writer Denia Garcia and her mom flew specially to Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, from Chicago to fulfill a promise to Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady of Guadalupe, also called the Virgin of Guadalupe (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe or Virgen de Guadalupe) is a 16th century Roman Catholic Mexican icon depicting when they heard a reproduction of her image would be on display at St. Paschal Baylon Saint Paschal Baylon (or Pascal Baylon) (24 May 1540–17 May 1592) was a Spanish friar and is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He was born at Torre-Hermosa, in the Kingdom of Aragon, on 24 May, 1540, on the Feast of Pentecost, called in Spain "the Pasch of Catholic Church. ``My mom promised to come if something special happened, and it happened,'' she said, saying only that her mother's request had to do with some papers. ``I've never seen it before. It's nice, and it makes you think about the things you did and (about) next year, the millennium and the future.'' Garcia, 25, and her mother, Jesus Garcia, are originally from Mexico but had never before seen either the original or the reproduction, which is on its first visit to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The Garcias were among an estimated crowd of 2,000 people to file through the church hall at St. Paschal's on Sunday to pay homage to Our Lady of Guadalupe on the second day of viewing the 8-by-5-foot digital reproduction Digital reproduction is one form of data reproduction which is based on the digital data model. The advantage of digital reproduction of data over analogue reproduction is its lossless quality. in Thousand Oaks. The original image is enshrined at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City to commemorate the Virgin Mary's appearance to Juan Diego, a poor Indian, in 1531. She left her image on Diego's cape and directed that a church be built on the mountaintop moun·tain·top n. The summit of a mountain. where Indians once worshipped. As many people sat in pews in the church hall and meditated, some reciting the Rosary, others of all nationalities but predominantly Mexican filed to the image, knelt before it to pray and pressed roses or small pictures of the Virgin to the image that was on display from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. ``If you touch the rose to the picture, the tradition is it will bring a blessing to you and your family, and afterward you take the flower home,'' said Gladys Krantz Krantz is the name of two persons:
``A lot of people have been to the basilica in Mexico, but I have never seen it before. I think that it's beautiful, and many people have been sitting here all morning praying, and it's a good way to bring the English-speaking and Latino people together too.'' Those paying homage to the image that was flanked by bunches of roses and flickering votive candles ranged from infants to seniors, the healthy and the infirm INFIRM. Weak, feeble. 2. When a witness is infirm to an extent likely to destroy his life, or to prevent his attendance at the trial, his testimony de bene esge may be taken at any age. 1 P. Will. 117; see Aged witness.; Going witness. , some in wheelchairs and walkers. On Saturday, about 2,000 people also turned up to pay homage, organizers said. And a reception was held Saturday that featured Aztec, Irish and other folk dancers, as well as a mariachi band. The image was moved Sunday afternoon to San Gabriel Mission Church in San Gabriel, where it will be on display today and Tuesday. From there, it will go to other Los Angeles-area churches before winding up at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum For board track racing circuit, see . Present use The Coliseum is now primarily the home of the USC Trojan football team. During the recent stretch of its success in football, most of USC's regular home games, especially the alternating games with rivals UCLA and Notre on Dec. 11. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1 -- color) A parishioner touches a rose to the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on display at St. Paschal Baylon Catholic Church. (2 -- 3 -- color) Above, parishioners kneel before an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Above left, Herlinda Jakez lights prayer candles after visiting the picture. Lilly Barrett/Special to the Daily News |
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