MANAOAG CHURCH

Sayang Hindi ko nakuhanan yung Labas ng Simbahan.
Well. Maganda talaga dito. Isa ito sa may Pinakamagandang Simbahan.
Dinadayo din ito ng mga sikat na tao =)
Hindi lang sa Maganda yung Simbahan, Sobrang Laki lang ng Pananalig talaga ng mga tao kaya nagpupunta sila dito.

The statue of Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag is a 17th-century Roman Catholic ivory image of the Blessed Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus enshrined at the high altar of the Basilica. It was brought from Spain via Acapulco in the early 17th century to the Philippines by Padre Juan De San Jacinto.

Documents dating back to 1610 attest that a middle-aged farmer walking home heard a mysterious female voice. He looked around and saw on a cloud-veiled treetop an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, holding a Rosary in her right hand with the Child Jesus on her left arm amidst a heavenly glow. Mary told the farmer where she wanted her church to be built. A chapel was built on the spot where Mary appeared to the man and the town quickly grew around it.

Worldwide, Our Lady of the Rosary is depicted by the same images of the Blessed Virgin Mary holding a rosary, with the Child Jesus on her left arm. These figures vary basically in the material used, the rendition by the respective artists, the regalia, and the style of the vestments according to the native culture. Thus Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag can be distinguished from the other statues by its distinctive sculpture and regalia, and most especially by her crown.

It should be understood that the real Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, is the one being addressed as Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag. She is the one actually performing the miracles, granting the requests, or formidably interceding for those that implore her miracles or intercessions and not the inanimate icon with all its majestic royal and opulent grandeur. The veneration, devotion, and prayers should be directed to the Blessed Virgin Mary and not to the statue depicting her or in any of her various titles. It would not be just a fallacy but a sin of idolatry.