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In
1754, Rosa Quinones, deaf-mute from birth, and her mother were sitting
in a cave above the Guaitara River, near the city of Ipiales, Colombia
near the border with Ecuador. Rosa suddenly cried out: "Mama, look at
the Mestiza with the little Mestizo in her arms!"
Her mother saw
nothing. A few days later, Rosa knelt down at the back of the cave in
front of a mysterious image of the Madonna and Child, with Our Lady in a
pink tunic covered with golden flowers, holding the Child with a white
blanket with stars, about 41/2 ft high, painted on a flat stone.
Sometime later,
Rosa fell ill and died. Her mother carried her daughter’s body to the
image of the Virgin Mary in the cave... and obtained through her the
resurrection of the child. So the mother, filled with joy, went to the
town of Ipiales, woke up the inhabitants, who marveled at the miracle
and rang the church bell in celebration.
Our Lady of "Las
Lajas" is called "The Virgin of the Rocks" because the shrine is built
on a rocky cliff. It is a place of pilgrimage for both Colombia and
Ecuador, and was declared a national shrine in 1927.
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