Salvation begins with God’s loving initiative.
Graced from the very beginning of her existence.
Mary is the sinless New Eve in that new Creation
Brought about by the saving Death of her Son.
There is a second beginning here – the coming of
The Christian faith to the New World
In 1531 Juan Diego had a vision of
The Mother of God,
And the image of the woman he saw miraculously
Appeared on his cloak. That image, reproduced here
Melds the European and Aztec cultures, uniting them
In a common faith. The bronze frame
Portrays the Burning Bush encountered by Moses
The event which marked the beginning of
God’s deliverance of his People.