{"id":2353,"date":"2024-07-28T16:42:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T16:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/?p=2353"},"modified":"2024-07-28T16:43:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T16:43:54","slug":"sr-m-rose-ababao-rgs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/index.php\/2024\/07\/28\/sr-m-rose-ababao-rgs\/","title":{"rendered":"SR. M. ROSE ABABAO,\u00a0 RGS"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2353_1c0c53-58, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2353_1c0c53-58[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2353_1c0c53-58\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2353_1c0c53-58 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2353_1c0c53-58[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2353_1c0c53-58\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2353_1c0c53-58 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2353_1c0c53-58[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2353_1c0c53-58\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading2353_1c0c53-58 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2353_1c0c53-58\">MY VOCATION STORY: SR. M. ROSE ABABAO,&nbsp; RGS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When I was around 8 I wanted to be a lawyer, seeing the poor people who come to our house seeking my father\u2019s advice. When I was 9, I wanted to be a nurse after seeing long lines of people waiting to be attended at the Provincial Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But when I was 10 years old, we had a close retreat.&nbsp; I was in Grade IV then.&nbsp; Sr. M. Teresa de Joya read the life of St. Mary Euphrasia to us and it had a great influence on me.&nbsp; Her zeal to bring people closer to God and her big-heartedness to give love to those who are in need attracted me much. \u201cI am changing my mind.&nbsp; I am not going to be a lawyer anymore, nor a nurse.&nbsp; I am going to be a Sister.&nbsp; I like what SME did.&nbsp; She gave love to those who are lonely, the unwanted, the poor, the erring souls.&nbsp; Mas maganda ito!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I remember going under the pulpit of the church and made a promise to Jesus.&nbsp; \u201cJesus, when I was small I used to say I will be a nun someday but I didn\u2019t know the real meaning of what I was saying; but now Jesus, I really want to be a nun someday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image2353_d168b1-d9.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image2353_d168b1-d9 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:600px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image2353_d168b1-d9.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image2353_d168b1-d9 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image2353_d168b1-d9 figure{max-width:600px;}.kb-image2353_d168b1-d9 .image-is-svg, .kb-image2353_d168b1-d9 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image2353_d168b1-d9 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image2353_d168b1-d9\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sr-rose-ababao-768x644.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-2320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sr-rose-ababao-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sr-rose-ababao-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sr-rose-ababao.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>My mother was a daily communicant so I also went to Mass and receive the Holy Communion since my first communion day.&nbsp; The RGS Sisters influenced my mother\u2019s spirituality and I learned what the RGS Sisters taught her.&nbsp; Also, I saw RGS charism alive in my religion teachers Sr. M. Evarista and Sr. M. Therese Veloso. Sr. Teresita Fiel helped me deepened my prayer life through \u201cThe Sodality of Mary.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I was 13 years old, we did the errands for the sisters who were cloistered. Through this, I learned about the Sisters\u2019 apostolate and charism of helping women, first hand experience because we used to do their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I was 18, I went to the US as a prize I won in a contest. There I had a deep intense experience of God\u2019s love. Sometime in October, 1957, I was frightened to pass an alley where a group of drunken men were howling with laughter. I prayed \u201cDear God, I have no one to go to.&nbsp; Please help me.&nbsp; You are the only one I can run to.\u201d&nbsp; Deep within, I could hear that quiet still voice saying, \u201cDo not be afraid.&nbsp; Go ahead.&nbsp; I will be with you.\u201d This made me feel God\u2019s assurance of my safety.&nbsp; Finally I was in their midst and they were not able to take hold of me.&nbsp; It was an exodus experience like the Jews passing through the Red Sea.&nbsp; I experienced God\u2019s tremendous touch of love, care and protection.&nbsp; His nearness. His presence.&nbsp; I affirmed to myself, \u201ctalaga ako\u2019y magmamadre!\u201d <a>Hindi no ako uuwi sa Pilipinas.&nbsp; I will enter in L.A.\u201d<\/a>&nbsp; I wrote the RGS Sisters in Batangas but they did not agree and told me to come back and finish my studies first.&nbsp; I went back to the Philippines but the experience made me change more my lifestyle and confirmed my choice and decision that I am really for God.&nbsp; It is not only a child\u2019s wish\u2026..but also a real call to be more united with God and save souls and to make God real to others too by loving and helping them especially those in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sr Mary Rose Ababao, is one of the first novices of the newly established Philippine Province. She celebrated her Diamond Jubilee of Profession last April 28, 2024. She is now retired from active ministry and now in a ministry of prayer and presence at the Maria Droste Wellness Center in Quezon City .<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sr Mary Rose Ababao, is one of the first novices of the newly established Philippine Province. She celebrated her Diamond Jubilee of Profession last April 28, 2024. 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