Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine

I have discovered a sacred space in my own backyard! After 22 years of living in the city of Chicago, we moved to the suburbs. Last Thursday, I woke up thinking about visiting the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City when I was in college. Two days later, my husband randomly showed me an article about the shrine here. It turns out that Thursday (December 12) was her feast day, and thousands of people made the pilgrimage to this beautiful spot, less than a mile from our new house. Many of them walked for miles, which is a big deal in a Chicagoland December! The celebration that they hold here every December 12th, is the second largest in the world, after the one they hold in Mexico City.