The Our Lady of Guidance (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de Guía) is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a 16th-century Marian image depicted as the Immaculate Conception and widely venerated by Filipinos.

Made of indigenous molave (Vitex cofassus) wood, the statue stands about 50 centimetres (20 in) and is characterized by dark skin, Asiatic features, and long brunette hair.

Local folklore recounts the Spaniards witnessing natives venerating the statue in a "pagan manner", by placing it on a trunk surrounded by pandan plants.

Called La Hermita ("the Hermitage") because of a Mexican hermit who lived in the area,[5] the shrine was originally made of bamboo, nipa, and molave wood.

The text recounts the image's origin story, where natives found it sitting on a trunk, and built a roof above it, and the surrounding pandan plants.

Until the construction of a temporary chapel, the icon stayed in a private house on Taft Avenue, in San Miguel de Mayumo and finally in Quiapo.

The statue was removed from the shrine and placed in the room of Pope John Paul II for the duration of his visit in early January 1995 for World Youth Day.

On 14 January 2015, the image was again removed from Ermita Church and translated to the Apostolic Nunciature along Taft Avenue, where Pope Francis stayed during his visit to the Philippines and Sri Lanka.

Devotees claim that when invoked under this title, the Virgin's intercession is speedy and miraculous, particularly in securing approval of requests for United States visas.