“Tlaxcala is a small state in central Mexico, east of Mexico City. In the south, the Cacaxtla archaeological site displays colorful Mayan frescoes, while the nearby ruins of Xochitecatl include ancient pyramids. Northeast of here, the state capital of Tlaxcala features notable architecture like the Palacio de Gobierno de Tlaxcala, with an orange-tiled facade and murals depicting local history,” according to Google.
This is where The Lady of Ocotlan appeared to this Indian, Juan Bernardino, amongst pine trees.
10 years after the apparition to San Juan Diego, in 1541. Juan was going down from San Lorenzo to the river to get water for sick folks dying of cholera.
The Lady took him to this place with water, and after giving the sick folks these healing waters, they got well and went to the San Francisco Cathedral, Franciscans listened to him, and he guided them to the River. Forest fire, a huge pine tree, but it was not burning. Juan Bernardino took them back, the image of Our Lady inside a pine tree, and took it to the village of San Lorenzo. The altar boy did not like that they put her on the main altar. So, the altar boy switched her with San Lorenzo and reinstalled San Lorenzo in the main altar. She had put her in a box, and the altar boy slept on top of the box, and the next morning, the statue of Our Lady of Ocotlan was back on the main altar and has been there permanently.
This 18th-century Church of Ocotlan is made of azulejo tiles, aka talavera tiles, and the blue tiles on the facade of the San Sebastian Church. They also used teja red tiles, aka Texas, Tejas, red tiles, part of Spain, since 1846. This is where the incorruptible body of San Sebastian was found, soft flesh to touch.
When he was previously exhumed, the body was uncorrupted, but in the process, the neck was broken, and reattached and the body remains encased in this Church.
San Sebastian became a priest at age 72, and many miracles of healing were attributed to him. Though he accumulated wealth by trading, by the time he became a priest, he gave all of his wealth away.
Paintings hang depicting the miracle of waters of healing, six paintings in Ultra baroque style. Notice the dagger in Mary’s heart, depicting suffering.
The miracle of healing using the well waters is depicted in these paintings. Half of the group went down to physically examine the well and drank it. They walked up the 160 steps to get back to where we were.
Half of the group went to the adoration chapel. A pilgrim, a deacon was supposedly directed by a woman dressed with silver accessories around her waist. When the deacon from Albuquerque, New Mexico, for 25 years now serving two churches and delivering homilies, he went after the lady to re-confirm the directions, but she had left. She had told him to visit the adoration chapel where the Blessed Sacrament was exposed. Finding his way to the adoration chapel, he had a mystical, emotional experience where he cried profusely, and felt that Jesus was telling him, “Here I am.” #Pilgrimages