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Divino Nino of Bogota minibook - color pictures 16 pages $5.00 includes shipping
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Mother Angelica and the Divino Niño of Bogota
That’s how it began. Once she entered the church, she was enthralled with the beauty of the statue, which Fr. Rizzo had put in this church many years ago, in 1935. Mother first attended Mass in the church, and then went to the small Shrine where the statue of Divino Niño was. She prayed, and began looking at the statue. Now it’s not as if she had the entire little chapel to herself. It was packed with local people, all of whom had a great devotion to the Divino Niño, who were making their petitions to Him, completely confident that their prayers would be answered.
Mother stood off to the side of the statue, watching the activity around the statue, when she heard the sweetest child’s voice. She looked up, to see the statue come to life and speak to her. The command was simple. "Build a Temple for Me." Now, it’s not sure how she responded. Knowing Mother, her answer was most probably an immediate "Yes, Lord." We only know the message she was given by the Divino Niño. "I will help those who help you."
Allow us to have Mother Angelica tell you how she went about building the Temple in her own words:
"It’s unbelievable to me that, when Our dear Lord asked for a Temple, and said He would take care of those who helped us, I never in my wildest dreams thought it would be so beautiful....At every turn He would change it. It got bigger and bigger, and more beautiful. We were going to put just ordinary floor tile in the Church; He guided us to put in marble. In every possible way He intercepted some of our ideas, and we could see what He wanted. And so this is truly a Church that God has built - a real Temple, a place where the people can go and rest their souls, renew their faith, and give themselves an opportunity to receive the graces and the peace, the forgiveness and the mercy that only God can give.
"The statue of Divino Niño, the Divine Child Jesus, at the side Altar is the Child Jesus interceding for all of us. The statue outside in the Piazza is a big monument, the divine Child Jesus inviting us to accept His love and His Heart, and to carry with us and within us the Childhood of Jesus. For the Lord said ‘Unless you become as little children, you shall not enter the Kingdom of Heaven.’ And in Isaiah it gives us a good example of what God expects to do in this world in this life: it says ‘...and a little Child shall lead them.’ May we all be led by the Divino Niño Jesús.
"I know there’s something very special here. The fruit of it, we don’t know. But everyone who comes in is very aware of the Presence of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. May it be so as long as the world exists."
