Maureen Chapman
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Where faith meets science.
I have researched the science that is associated with Our Lady of Guadalupe’s image. Some of the scientific discoveries that have been recognized about her image are her eyes, her mantle and a musical score to name a few.
Our Lady of Guadalupe’s image holds numerous messages and meanings. Almost five hundred years have passed since her apparition to Juan Diego in 1531. During these past centuries there have been many advances in science.
One of the things that focuses on the science of her image is the Virgin Mary’s eyes. Through Technology her eyes have been magnified and show reflections of people in the same manner that human eyes reflect images. It is believed that the images of the people in her eyes are the people who were present when her image was miraculously imprinted on Juan Diego’s tilma in 1531.
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Another scientific discovery is her mantle has stars on it, after several centuries since her image first appeared on the tilma, it has been found that the astronomical accuracy of the placement of the constellations on the mantle is in direct correlation to the night sky over Mexico City on the night of her apparition 12/12/1531.
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The Image itself has a musical score imbedded in it. A mathematical accountant Fernando Ojeda made this incredible discovery. He postulated that “it (the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe) has perfect symmetry, therefore it has music.” The mathematician Pythagoras pointed out that where there is perfect symmetry there is music.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe’s image also shows she is a virgin who is with child. Her image shows she is of mixed race, mestizo. She brings with her many messages that are valuable to us today. I would like to speak on the science as well as the faith that encompasses Our Lady of Guadalupe’s image.
About Maureen
Maureen Chapman is a US Army Veteran who started her career in the Army at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
Her focus was on photojournalism. She was also stationed in Stuttgart, Germany. After completing her obligation to the US Army, she turned her interest to Occupational Therapy and completed her Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
As an Occupational Therapist she worked in rehabilitation units, hospitals, nursing homes with the goal of assisting people to regain functional independence in the areas of work, self-care, and leisure. Maureen also completed a Master of Management degree from Cambridge College, MA., with an emphasis on negotiation theory and conflict resolution.
Maureen is currently working as a trainer for Environmental Management Services at the Department of Veterans Affairs. In the process of doing this she realized she likes to speak on assorted topics. Maureen is interested in speaking on the Virgin Mary apparitions and their messages. She has decided specifically to speak on Our Lady at Guadalupe.
If you are looking for someone to speak on these messages and how they apply to us today, Maureen Chapman would like to share with you her message of faith and science.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe: Where faith meets science.
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Where faith meets science
By Maureen Chapman
The Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego on Tepeyac Hill, near what is now Mexico City, Mexico. She came with a simple request to have a church built there in her name. Juan Diego went to the bishop to ask him to have a church built on Tepeyac Hill as the Virgin Mary had asked him to do.
The bishop required evidence that it was the Virgin Mary’s request. The confirmation the Virgin Mary provided to Juan Diego was to present Castilian roses to the bishop as verification. Castilian roses do not bloom in the winter or in Mexico As Juan Deigo was unfolding his tilma to the Bishop of Mexico, Juan de Zumarraga, to show him the Castilian roses, the real miracle appeared which was the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which was miraculously imprinted on Juan Diego’s Tilma in 1531.
That same image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is currently on display in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Mexico. The image has remained intact since 1531.
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Take-away 1: Brief history of Our Lady of Guadalupe:
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Why did she appear in Mexico in the 1500’s?
Take-away 2: Scientific Discoveries over the past five hundred years regarding the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe:
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Her eyes
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Musical score
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Constellations
Take-away 3: Messages of Our Lady of Guadalupe:
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Why did she appear as a mixed-race mestiza?
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Her image indicates she is a virgin who is with child.
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Her consecration to Jesus
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Her humility
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Her dancing prayer stance
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Why is she standing in front of the sun with the moon under her feet wearing the corona borealis?
Take-away 4: Mysteries regarding the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe:
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The tilma with the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is still intact after five hundred years. A tilma is a cloak made of cactus fiber and lasts between 20 to 30 years.
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The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe survived a bomb attack and an accidental acid spill while located in the Basilica.
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What is the image itself made of? There are no signs of painting, minerals or pigments, no brushstroke, no underlay of the image.
Take-Away five: What is the after-effect of the Virgin Mary appearing as Our Lady of Guadalupe to Juan Diego in 1531?
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Mass conversion of millions of Indigenous people to Catholicism
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Her image is credited with the abolition of human sacrifice.
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Patroness of Mexico, the Americas, and the unborn
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Her image is a symbol of hope and resilience.
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The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe is one of the most visited Catholic pilgrimage sites in the World.
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