<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f49bc505-7668-4c36-9e49-58ae31d1c8a3/1E8E4B3A-9C3E-46E8-A753-B46849A0F26C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2009/02/sanctuary-of-our-lady-of-las-lajas.html" href="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2009/02/sanctuary-of-our-lady-of-las-lajas.html" style="font-size: 11px;">muzich.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2009/02/sanctuary-of-our-lady-of-las-lajas.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/muzich.blogspot.com/img/34C01DA1-64C7-4098-A0CC-508BD1B0E6B7" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2009/02/sanctuary-of-our-lady-of-las-lajas.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/muzich.blogspot.com/img/B7DC6E0F-CA18-4C24-9910-848A2C53A76F" alt="Sanctuary of the Virgin Church, Ipiales Colombia" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2009/02/sanctuary-of-our-lady-of-las-lajas.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/muzich.blogspot.com/img/C353C818-EB83-4B1A-99B2-818EE50D81A2" alt="Mad Church, Ipiales, Colombia" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2009/02/sanctuary-of-our-lady-of-las-lajas.html"><DIV><DIV> was built on a bridge which spans a spectacular gorge of the Guáitara River, is this gothic church. Legend has it that an image of the Virgin Mary appeared in the mid-18th century on an enormous rock above the river. Interestingly, the church has been constructed in such a way that the rock (and image) is its high altar. Pilgrims from all over Colombia and Ecuador journey here and, unsurprisingly, reports of miracles at the site are not uncommon.</DIV><BR />Back in the eighteenth century a lady and her daughter discovered a cave with picture of Our Lady on the wall of the grotto... devotion to the image grew, a good road replaced the old trail. In the early 20th century a tasteful gothic church was built over the cave. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2009/02/sanctuary-of-our-lady-of-las-lajas.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/muzich.blogspot.com/img/022E4BDB-7229-47B7-BC41-2A0417DED3B9" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2009/02/sanctuary-of-our-lady-of-las-lajas.html"><BLOCKQUOTE cite="http://www.ipitimes.com/lle.htm"> picture of Our <BR /> Lady on the wall of the grotto was discovered</BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2009/02/sanctuary-of-our-lady-of-las-lajas.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/muzich.blogspot.com/img/9659C268-1361-4906-85A2-E2B736BA8819" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2009/02/sanctuary-of-our-lady-of-las-lajas.html"><BLOCKQUOTE cite="http://www.ipitimes.com/lle.htm">The child <BR /> Jesus is in Our Lady’s arms. On one side of Our Lady is Saint <BR /> Francis; on the other is Saint Dominic.</BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1E8E4B3A-9C3E-46E8-A753-B46849A0F26C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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