Blessed Virgin Mary
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe De Cebu
Cultural Historian from the Philippines, Louie Nacorda shares this beautiful story in her honor
Patroness of the Archdiocese of Cebu and of Barangay Guadalupe and Parish.
The 33inch tall image of the canonically crowned Our Lady of Guadalupe de Cebu is the fourth and latest canonically crowned (July 16, 2006) image of the Blessrd Virgin Mary under this title.
The oldest Guadalupe Marian title is in Extremadura, Spain circa 700AD; followed by the one in Gomera, Canary islands, Spain; third is the Mexican Guadalupe in Tepeyac, Mexico City, with an apparition in 1531; and the fourth and latest one is the 17–18th century image in Cebu, The Phillipines.
Our Blessed Mother Mary must like Guadalupe title so much that four different versions are canonically crowned in the world.
Guadalupe is an archaic Arabic word that translates to “Beautiful River” and true enough, wherever this Marian title is venerated, torrents upon torrents of graces and spiritual blessings run abundantly, as in a wide, crystal clear waters of a river, where Our Lady’s ardent devotees can draw sweet spiritual water to quench their spiritual thirst for Jesus, Her Son and our Elder Brother.
