Denver, Colo., Aug 14, 2013 / 23:06 pm
The promotional tour of a recent film on the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe has helped reawaken devotion to the Patroness of the Americas, while inspiring a deeper conversion among Catholics.
"We need things that are artistic, that leave impressions, that will help guide people back to our faith," Tim Watkins, director of 'The Blood and the Rose', told CNA on Aug. 13.
The film centers around three major aspects of the apparition of the Virgin Mother to St. Juan Diego: the historical background; the apparition itself and Mary's message; and the scientific analysis of the image on the tilma.
"Even though this image was made in 1531, there are still things that we found in the twentieth century that made us go, 'Oh wow,'" Watkins explained. "It begs the question: what else is in this image that hasn't been discovered yet?"