Our
Lady of High Grace is located in Higuey, Dominican Republic, 180 km
from Santo Domingo. The shrine is also called Our Lady of La Nina, after
the name of a young girl whose piety is behind the shrine of Higuey.
Here is the story:
A Spanish colonist
used to go to the city of Ozama regularly to do his errands. One day,
his daughter Nina, aged 14, asked him to bring back an image of Our Lady
of High Grace.
The father returned
without having found it. He stopped at an inn, where he shared his
disappointment with an old friend. At one point in their conversation, a
stranger intervened and took out of his bag a painting of Our Lady of
High Grace depicting the Virgin praying before the Child Jesus with
Saint Joseph standing behind her!
Full of joy, the
girl’s father asked to buy it, but the stranger let him have it for
free. The next morning, the mysterious person had left the inn. On his
way home, Nina came to meet him. It was January 21st. Now a basilica
stands on the spot where the father and daughter met in Higuey.
The official devotion began on January 21, 1569, the anniversary date of the event.
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