{"id":3766,"date":"2017-12-09T10:49:12","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T15:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=3766"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:07:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T20:07:23","slug":"happy-feast-day-st-juan-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/happy-feast-day-st-juan-diego","title":{"rendered":"Happy Feast Day of St. Juan Diego!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/I8SP7l3SYuo?list=PL58g24NgWPIzvBk2IQVES_xC4WTm6-CDI\" title=\"Happy Feast Day of St. Juan Diego!\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Happy Feast Day of St.\u00a0<span class=\"highlightNode\">Juan Diego<\/span>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Let not your heart be disturbed. Do not fear that sickness, nor any other sickness or anguish. Am I not here, who is your Mother? Are you not under my protection? Am I not your health? Are you not happily within my fold? What else do you wish? Do not grieve nor be disturbed by anything. &#8211; Our Lady to\u00a0<span class=\"highlightNode\">Juan Diego<\/span>, 9 December 1531<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Feast Day of St.\u00a0Juan Diego! Let not your heart be disturbed. Do not fear that sickness, nor any other sickness or anguish. Am I not here, who is your Mother? Are you not under my protection? Am I not your health? Are you not happily within my fold? What else do you wish? 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