Marian images

if you would ask me what Marian image is closest to my heart, i would definitely say that it would be the image of the immaculate conception in Pasig which is also known as "La Inmaculada Concepcion De Pasig, Patrona Coronada".

all the sacraments i received as a catholic, i got them all in the immaculate conception cathedral parish of Pasig. i grew up with this kind of image of Mother Mary in my mind. several personal wishes were granted through the intercession of whom i called "Our Lady of Pasig".

perhaps my interest with Marian images, specially the canonically crowned ones, started in December 2008 when our own Marian image in Pasig was crowned "canonically". i began searching the net of other canonically crowned images and found the famous ones like "Birhen ng Manaog" and "Birhen ng Antipolo" which was crowned in the early 1900's. then, a question surfaced in my head. what is the oldest canonically crowned image in our country? well of course the answer is..

La naval de Manila. with her rich history and famous jewels and collection of different ensemble, surely she is the queen of all Marian images in the country. however, there are images that already became part of  our "Catholic devotion". in my case , it would be the "inmaculada" of Pasig.

with all these new-found knowledge about Filipinos' devotion to Mother Mary, i was really impressed  and decided to come up with a blog site dedicated to our lady of Pasig. thank you "La Naval de Manila Online" for giving me this idea. in a few days i will be launching the blog site and i hope that it would be a successful one.