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Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to San Juan Diego in Mexico in 1531, eventually providing miraculous roses to substantiate his claim to the bishop. A beloved apparition of Mary, she is the patron saint of the Americas. In this depiction, she holds a young family in her hands, lifting them up in prayer. The text of the prayer within this painting is the 2nd half of the prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mystical Rose: "Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mystical Rose, [make intercession for the holy Church, protect the sovereign Pontiff, help all those who invoke you in their necessities, and since you are the ever Virgin Mary and Mother of the true God,] obtain for us from your most holy Son the grace of keeping our faith, of sweet hope in the midst of the bitterness of life of burning charity, and the precious gift of final perseverance. Amen."