OUR LADY OF GUIDANCE / OUR LADY OF THE GUIDES
Feast Day: January 10
Our Lady of the Guides is also known as Our Lady of Guidance, or in Spainish, Nuestra Senora De Guia. She is currently displayed in the Ermita Church, and is the patroness of Manila.
One of the Sailors to land on the island of Luzon in 1570, while walking in the woods near the native settlement of Manila, came upon a religious ceremony held by the Natives. They were honouring an image of the Mother of God, a statue on a rough pedestal. The natives told the Spanish that the statue had the power to make their petitions come true, and indeed, miracles were performed.
Since nothing of the origin could be learned, the sailors determined to name the statue by some “Lady Title”; and the lot fell on “Our Lady of Guidance”; everyone agreed she had guided them on their dangerous journey.
This Statue was placed in the Cathedral of Manila when it was built. A hundred years later, this cathedral having been destroyed, a new church was built, and it is visible from the sea. In its high tower a light was set as a beacon to incoming ships, a fit place for Our Lady of Guides. Later the statue was placed within the walls of the restored cathedral.
The origin of this statue is unknown, but some think the statue floated in from a wrecked Ship and was so seized by the Natives.
The statue of Our Lady of Guidance was canonically crowned in the year 1955 by the Papal Nuncio to the Philippine Islands. The shrine is visited by labourers seeking employment in many countries, and when they return they leave gifts of thanks for the Queen of Heaven before her statue.
Today the devotion to Our Lady of Guides still flourishes. For all of us who travel this wide lonely world, she is the patroness, the Queenly Lighthouse, the Star of the Sea.
Our Lady of the Guides is also known as Our Lady of Guidance, or in Spainish, Nuestra Senora De Guia. She is currently displayed in the Ermita Church, and is the patroness of Manila.
One of the Sailors to land on the island of Luzon in 1570, while walking in the woods near the native settlement of Manila, came upon a religious ceremony held by the Natives. They were honouring an image of the Mother of God, a statue on a rough pedestal. The natives told the Spanish that the statue had the power to make their petitions come true, and indeed, miracles were performed.
Since nothing of the origin could be learned, the sailors determined to name the statue by some “Lady Title”; and the lot fell on “Our Lady of Guidance”; everyone agreed she had guided them on their dangerous journey.
This Statue was placed in the Cathedral of Manila when it was built. A hundred years later, this cathedral having been destroyed, a new church was built, and it is visible from the sea. In its high tower a light was set as a beacon to incoming ships, a fit place for Our Lady of Guides. Later the statue was placed within the walls of the restored cathedral.
The origin of this statue is unknown, but some think the statue floated in from a wrecked Ship and was so seized by the Natives.
The statue of Our Lady of Guidance was canonically crowned in the year 1955 by the Papal Nuncio to the Philippine Islands. The shrine is visited by labourers seeking employment in many countries, and when they return they leave gifts of thanks for the Queen of Heaven before her statue.
Today the devotion to Our Lady of Guides still flourishes. For all of us who travel this wide lonely world, she is the patroness, the Queenly Lighthouse, the Star of the Sea.
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