From: Painted by a Heavenly Hand:
In the 1920s, during the bloody persecutions of the Church under Plutarco Calles, thousands of priests were condemned to death merely for carrying out their priestly duties. The atheist Masonic regime closed down all the churches in Mexico except for the Basilica in Guadalupe. Nevertheless, the enemies of the Church devised a diabolic plan to destroy the image of Our Lady and kill most of the members of the hierarchy. On 14 November 1921 government agents hid a powerful time bomb in a flower vase under the miraculous image. The bomb exploded at 10:30 in the midst of a Pontifical Mass. The powerful explosion rocked the entire Basilica, destroying the floor, marble altar and stained glass windows. Miraculously no one was killed. A few people suffered minor wounds only. When the dust settled after the explosion, it turned out that the image had emerged untouched. A massive metal crucifix—bent out of shape—had shielded it from the force of the explosion.
However, this description might be inaccurate, as the bomb was between the crucifix and Our Lady of Guadalupe. It was the back of the crucifix that was bent.
The force should have cracked the glass at the least and definitely destroyed the image. Yet the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe remained unscathed.
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| Photo of the twisted brass crucifix after the blast of 1921 |
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