Essay: Abiding in Mary's Womb with the Holy Spirit  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xhdRAtG5xpLMhQkMVmh0HlCX_F1qS2Qu5RvHfM0StpA/edit?usp=sharing  

Prayer:  Dear Holy Spirit, draw me this day by your all-powerful gentleness to rest in Mary's gaze and in her womb as Our Lady of Guadalupe. I choose to actively wait in patient trust, as Mary's care carries me and all the nations to taste anew your power, making all things new. I give you my heart. Fashion within me the image of Jesus that is at the center of my personality to the glory and praise of the Father! May all the nations know you and come to worship and adore you! Amen!    

Reflection Questions:  

Am I ready, willing and able to exercise the gift of faith by courageously standing against interior shame and fear, to behold Mary's tender and penetrating gaze as Our Lady of Guadalupe?   

What transpires when I allow myself to behold Mary's eyes?  

 What transpires when I exercise the gift of faith to allow Mary to behold me?