NICAN MOPOHUA: THE SECOND MEETING WITH ZUMARRAGA
68. On the following day, Sunday, while it was still night, everything was still dark, he left there, he left his house, he came straight to Tlatilolco, he came to learn what pertains to God and to be counted in roll call; then to see the Reverend Bishop.
69. And around ten o’clock everything had been taken care of: Mass was over and roll had been called and the crowd had gone away.
70. And Juan Diego went to the Reverend Bishop’s residence.
71. And as soon as he arrived he went through the whole struggle to see him, and after much effort he saw him again;
72. he knelt at his feet, he wept, he became sad as he spoke to him, as he revealed to him the word, the breath of the Queen of Heaven.
73. that would to God the errand, the will, of the Perfect Virgin would be believed, of making for her, of building her sacred little house for her, where she had said, where she wanted it.
74. And the Governing Bishop asked him many, many things, pursued many, many, questions with him, to make certain of where he had seen her, what She was like; he told absolutely everything to the Bishop.
75. And although he told him absolutely everything, and that in everything, he saw and marveled that it appeared with absolute clarity that she was the Perfect Virgin, the Kind and Wondrous Mother of Our Savior, Our Lord Jesus Christ,
76. nevertheless, it still didn’t happen. Hhis message was still not believed.
77. He said that not simply because of his word would his petition be carried out, would what he asked for happen.
78. That some other sign was very necessary if he was to believe how the Queen of Heaven in person was sending him.
79. As soon as Juan Diego heard that, he said to the Bishop:
80. "Señor Governor, think about what the sign you ask for will be, because then I will go to ask for it of the Queen of Heaven who sent me."
81. And when the Bishop saw that he was in agreement, that he did not hesitate or doubt in the slightest, he dismisses him.
82. And as soon as he is on his way, he orders some of house-hold staff in whom he had absolute trust to go along following him, to carefully observe where he was going, whom he was seeing, to whom he was talking.
83. And that’s what they did. And Juan Diego came directly. He took the causeway.
84. And those who were following him lost him on the wooden bridge where the brook comes out near Tepeyac. And even though they searched all over for him, they couldn’t find him anywhere.
85. And so they turned back. He made them angry, not just because they had made terrible fools of themselves, but also because he had frustrated their attempt.
86. So they went to tell the Bishop, they put into his head that he shouldn’t believe him, they told him how he was only telling him lies, that he was only making up what he came to tell him, or that he was only dreaming or imagining what he was telling him, what he was asking of him.
87. Therefore they decided that if he came again, if he returned, they would grab him right there and would punish him severely, so that he would never come again to tell lies or get the people all excited.
88. Meanwhile, Juan Diego was with the Most Holy Virgin, telling her the response that he was bringing from the Bishop;
89 when she had heard it, she said to him:
90. "THAT’S FINE, MY DEAR SON, YOU WILL COME BACK HERE TOMORROW SO THAT YOU MAY TAKE THE BISHOP THE SIGN HE HAS ASKED YOU FOR;
91. WITH THIS HE WILL BELIEVE YOU, AND HE WILL NO LONGER HAVE ANY DOUBTS ABOUT ALL THIS AND HE WILL NO LONGER BE SUSPICIOUS OF YOU;
92. AND KNOW, MY DEAR SON, THAT I WILL REWARD YOU CARE AND THE WORK AND FATIGUE THAT YOU HAVE PUT INTO THIS FOR Me.
93. SO, GO NOW: I WILL BE WAITING HERE FOR YOU TOMORROW."