Catholics across the world celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which brings together faith, family, and culture.

In the Rio Grande Valley, the day was marked with a special mass on Friday at the Basilica Of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle - National Shrine

“It’s a call to feel the maternal love and the maternal gaze of our blessed mother,” Basilica Director Father Jorge Gomez said.

According to Gomez, the day is also about fulfilling a promise made to the Virgin of Guadalupe for her intercession.

“There are a lot of people who promise things to our lady, asking for a favor — a manda — a miracle and then this is the day when they come to fulfill or to pay the manda,” Gomez said. “It's been part of the Catholic tradition of bringing candles, praying to our lady, asking for her

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