Whenever the young Covarrubias felt pain he would have recourse to the picture, touching with it the part of his body which suffered the most pain. In going through  the act, he would experience relief, and this prompted him to make a vow that he would set up a chapel near the banks of the Pasig River as his way of being grateful for the relief he experienced which he attributed to the holy picture.

But as fate would have it, Bishop Gonzales summoned Miguel to the see of Caceres after he finished his study in Theology, ordained him priest, and appointed him vicar general for the diocese.

The change of assignment – from Manila to Bicol – posed a problem to Fr. Covarrubias since his vow could no longer be fulfilled.. He then had his vow commuted and resolved to find a way to set up a chapel at the banks of the Naga River. The petition of the Cimarrones could be said to be the heavenly answer and confirmation that the vow of Fr. Covarrubias could take substance after all.
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