Deepertruth: The Miraculous Image of Our Lady of Las Lajas

Join John Carpenter, Don Hartley, and the Deeper Truth research team as we examine an amazing and unforgettable story from Colombia in 1754.

here are many amazing incidents involving apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary related throughout history, and nearly countless times where she has come to give her special assistance to men.

One of the most astonishing events involves a little known apparition, Our Lady of Las Lajas, and a miracle that can still be witnessed today on a cliff face of Guaitara Canyon in Colombia, South America.

It was in the year 1754 when a woman named Maria Mueses de Quinones was traveling from her home in the village of Potosi to the neighboring village of Ipiales, which was about 6 miles away.

The trail had turned down into the gorge formed by the Guaitara River when Maria was caught in a sudden squall.

She did not like this shadowy and overgrown place, for she, like all the natives, believed the grotto known as Las Lajas (The Rocks) was inhabited by the devil. Despite her fears, Maria was soon forced by the violence of the storm to take refuge there anyway.

Maria had a young daughter named Rosa, a child who had been a deaf-mute since birth. Sometime later, returning home from Ipiales, Maria was carrying Rosa on her back on the way to their village when she was suddenly overcome by exhaustion. Unable to go any further, she sat down and rested on a large stone near the dreadful grotto.

“Mommy, look at the mestiza who has detached herself from the rock with a little boy in her arms and two little mestizos at her side!”