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Our Lady of Papaya Us Filipinos are known to have high disposition to the supernatural since the Pre-Hispanic times. Stories of miracles still amazes the majority of the faithful and at the same time, something that skeptics will try to debunk. Some of these miracle stories are the finding or discovering of images with unusual origin ranging from stones, unusual silhouettes from trees resembling different figures of Christ, Our Lady and the saints. For this blogpost, we're going to learn the existence of an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary that was found inside of a papaya fruit - yes, you read it right, from a papaya fruit. This particular image of the Blessed Mother, known as "Birhen ng Papaya" became afocal point of devotion since its discovery in the 1930's and it is said that miracles were reported through the help of the Virgin of the Papaya fruit. The image The image of Our Lady of Papaya is a tiny image of the Blessed Mother whose appearance seemed lik...

Immaculate Heart of Mary of Minglanilla The Municipality of Minglanilla, located in the province of Cebu is known for its famed Sugat–Kabanhawan Festival held every Easter Sunday in this municipality in Cebu where the Sugat (or Salubong in Tagalog) is done in a festive way the meeting of the Resurrected Christ and the Mater Dolorosa is celebrated with street dancing, a wide assortment of day games, and entertainment features. The festival is held outside the beautiful church dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, probably one of the earliest in the country dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The image The beautiful image of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Minglanilla, Cebu is one of the most unique depictions of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the country. The Virgin is that of detallado wooden image with ivory face and hands. In this image, she is depicted standing in a globe, crushing the serpent oon her feet, wears a pink robe, a blue cloak and white vei...

The old La Naval de Manila Procession in Intramuros years before the Second World War A depiction of Intramuros Whenever we pass the area of the Manila City Hall going to Quiapo-Tondo-Sampaloc area, we always see an imposing wall on the opposite side of the iconic City Hall - the famed centuries old walled city of Intramuros. The area of Intramuros (Which literally mean "Within the Walls") during the Spanish period was considered as Manila and the arrabals surrounding the walled city from Quiapo, Santa Ana, Santa Cruz, Sampaloc, Bagumbayan (now the Luneta area), Tondo, Binondo, Paco, Pandacan and Ermita are known as "Extramuros". Since its foundation in 1571 with the conquest of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi and its construction sometime later, Intramuros became one of the nerve centers of the Philippine Catholic Faith, next to Cebu, for it was chosen as the seat of Catholic Church in the country with the foundation of the Archdiocese of Manila from its parent ...

Santo Niño de Muntinlupa In the highly urbanized city of Muntinlupa, located in the south of Metro Manila, where it is known for its infamous prison and a dwelling place of the elite in Alabang Hills, one might immediately dismiss that its not much of a religious hotspot for pilgrims due to these circumstances. However, as a matter of fact, for every Muntinlupeño, Fridays are the most important for it was on this day that they will go on a weekly Panata to two renowned Shrines in the area - the nearby Shrine of the Señor Santo Sepulcro of Landayan in San Pedro, Laguna and the Visita of the Santo Niño de Muntinlupa in Baranggay Santo Niño in Poblacion, Muntinlupa City. The miraculous image of the Santo Niño de Muntinlupa is one of the most cherished and the most popular in the Southern part of Muntinlupa City for many miracles were reported through the help of this peculiar image of the Child Jesus that they consider him as the King of the City. The image Close up of the S...

Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario –  La Naval de Manila Within the busy streets of Quezon Avenue, Quezon City, a towering shrine is seen along its road. Inside that massive shrine of Santo Domingo Church, it houses the silent witness to the turbulent yet triumphant history of the Philippines – the beautiful and grand image of Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario, La Naval de Manila. The Virgin of the Rosary of La Naval is not only a silent witness, she is the anchor of hope of the Filipinos through the centuries of its turbulent and challenging history, better yet, the Great Protectress of the islands, the La Gran Senora de Filipinas. The Image of Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario, La Naval de Manila (colloquially known as the Santo Rosario or Our Lady of La Naval de Manila), is one of the most miraculous and the most important in the country. As with the Battle of Lepanto of 1571, Filipinos credit her intercession for successfully repulsing Dutch invasion during the Battles ...