Miracles of the Rosary in South America (II)

In 1754, an image that came to be known as Our Lady of Las Lajas (Our Lady of the Rocks) miraculously appeared on a rock cliff in Colombia. This image depicted the Virgin Mary giving a friar’s cord to Saint Francis and a rosary to Saint Dominic.

Mystified by its appearance, the people of Colombia earnestly tried to ascertain who had painted the image, but where unsuccessful in finding the artist. Years later, as geologists were investigating the image they came to the scientific conclusion that the image is not a painting at all. They discovered that the colors on the rock are not made from paint but that the image is the rock itself. They discovered this miracle when they bored 3 feet into the rock and determined that the image appearing on the surface of the rock goes to a depth of at least 3 feet into the rock itself!

This famous image now has a shrine built around it and has been declared a minor basilica.

Father Donald Calloway, MIC

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