My Mother, my confidence.

       
Our Lady of Good Success appeared to Spanish-born Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres at her Conceptionist Royal Convent in Quito, Ecuador. She requested that a statue be made in her likeness and warned of diminishing faith and vocations in the 20th century.

Jan 16, 1611

The sculptor chosen by Our Lady, Francisco del Castillo, leaves town to purchase the final paints for the statue. At 3:00 AM, Our Lady of Good Success appears with the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael along with St. Francis to complete the statue.
The archangels bowed down to Mary and sang a prayer:
"Hail to Thee, Mary Most Holy Daughter of God the Father” (St. Michael)
"Hail to Thee, Mary Most Holy Mother of God the Son” (St. Gabriel)
”Hail to Thee, Mary Most Holy, Most Pure Spouse of the Holy Ghost” (St. Raphael)
“Hail to Thee, Mary Most Holy Temple and Sacrarium of the Most Holy Trinity” (All three Archangels)
With this, the statue of Our Lady was completed. The statue became animated as Mary walked into the statue itself. Our Lady of Good Success began to sing the “Magnificat”. A choir of heavenly spirits began to sing “Salve Sancta Parens” which awakened the rest of the convent. The sisters rushed to the choir loft and found the statue transformed and surrounded by a heavenly light.

The Child Jesus of the Cross on Pichincha Mountain                                                       
                                

This is one of the many apparitions granted to Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres (1563-1635). Favored with many singular gifts from heaven, this Conceptionist sister in Quito, Ecuador

The vision of the Christ Child crucified on Mount Pichincha in 1628 reveals the origin of a popular Spanish devotion. Christ, who appears as a mere child or adolescent in the various holy cards depicting the scene, embraces the Cross in anticipation of His future sacrifice and asks mankind this poignant question: “How can I do more to show My love for you?”

"Our Blessed Lady has deigned to grant me that everyone who gazes upon this picture with faith will receive true contrition for their sins, together with true sorrow and repentance, and will obtain from her Divine Son a full pardon for all his sins. Moreover, with a true Mother’s love, Our Lady has been pleased to assure me that to everyone who looks upon this, her picture, intently, she will grant a particular devotion to herself.’"
This was written by the venerable Sister Clara Isabella Fornari, to whom is usually attributed the origin of the devotion to the picture called today, ‘Our Lady of Confidence.’

Mater mea, fiducia mea - My Mother, my confidence.
With this small prayer, says a pamphlet published by the Lateran Seminary, Mary asks for nothing but offers everything.