Nuestra Señora de la Escalera - Nasugbu, Batangas' Loving Queen
Nuestra Señora de la Escalera de Nasugbu In the mountainous area of Nasugbu, Batangas where beaches, summer hot spots and retreat houses were scattered all over the area, there was this church of significant importance yet very few people, even the locals that they overlooked for years. The parish of St. Francis Xavier houses the miraculous image of Nuestra Señora de la Escalera de Nasugbu - the only Marian image with such Marian sobriquet in the country. The image The image of Nuestra Señora de la Escalera is a de vestir image of the Blessed Virgin Mary dressed in embroidered vestments and wears an Imperial crown and holds a scepter - an allusion to her Queenship. The hands of the Virgin were like those of the stance of the typical images of the Immaculate Concepcion, like those of Nuestra Señora de la Paz y Buen Viaje, though the hands were more open as if she is a gesture of conversing with the beholder. The Virgin has a lovely expression as if she assures her love an...