Symbols of Purity

Seen at the shrine of "Our Lady of Girgenti" (Our Lady of Consecration). Lilies have long been used as a symbol of the purity of the Mary, the mother of Jesus. Girgenti lies on the outskirts of Siġġiewi in Malta, a place of unearthly serenity and beauty. In 1983, Ġuża Mifsud, a spinster from Siġġiewi, claimed that in the 1950s she had visions of Our Lady at her house in Siġġiewi. Our Lady asked her to spread devotion towards the new title “Our Lady of Consecration”. Ġuża claims that the Blessed Virgin told her, “I was consecrated to God since I was a little child but no one on earth gave me this title.” Two years later, Ġuża disclosed that she had even seen the Holy Mother in an apparition in the valley at her family’s farmland in Girgenti. Our Lady requested that a statue is erected here which is very close to the place of the apparitions. Anton Aġius, a renowned sculptor from Rabat was commisioned to make this statue which was placed at Girgenti on 5 May 1986.
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