{"id":3791,"date":"2025-06-07T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T01:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/?p=3791"},"modified":"2025-08-13T15:05:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T07:05:27","slug":"thanks-and-praise-for-gods-love-endures-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/index.php\/2025\/06\/07\/thanks-and-praise-for-gods-love-endures-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks and Praise&#8230; For God\u2019s Love Endures Forever!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 31, 2025, Good Shepherd Sisters, partners in mission, family and friends, gathered in profound thanksgiving for the Jubilee of Religious Profession, honoring both Silver and Diamond Jubilarians. The celebration, held on the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was a tapestry of the unique stories of God\u2019s love with the 12 Jubilarians. The liturgy\u2019s theme\u2014<em>\u201cThanks and Praise&#8230; For God\u2019s Love Endures Forever!\u201d<\/em>\u2014is a testament to the fidelity of God who called them and the sisters\u2019 constant \u201cFiat\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the introduction to the Mass, Sr Lulu Fabia highlighted how the day is a two-fold, three-fold celebration as it is happening in the Jubilee Year of Hope, the Bicentennial Jubilee of the Contemplative Sisters, and more significantly on the same day itself the 100th anniversary of St John Eudes canonization. The short personal reflection of the sisters were also shared at the begining of the Mass:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"3806\" src=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" 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src=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"3801\" src=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, 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\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"3804\" src=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/7-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/7-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/7-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/7-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/7.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"3802\" src=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/8-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/8-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/8-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/8-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/8-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/8.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"3799\" src=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/9-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/9-1024x576.jpg 1024w, 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https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/10-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/10.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"3800\" src=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/11-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/11-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/11-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/11-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/11-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/11.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"3795\" src=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/12-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/12-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/12-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/12-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/12-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/12.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Mary and the Jubilarians<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image3791_dd705f-9a .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image3791_dd705f-9a\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250531_103240-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-3807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250531_103240-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250531_103240-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250531_103240-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250531_103240-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250531_103240-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In his homily, Fr. Percy Juan Bacani, MJ, drew a parallel between the Jubilarians\u2019 journeys and Mary\u2019s visitation to Elizabeth. Mary, he noted, did not hoard the joy of carrying Christ but \u201churried to share it,\u201d embodying a love that breaks through every limit. Likewise, the Jubilarians have lived their vows not as chains but as wings\u2014freeing them from the world\u2019s claims so they can serve with unreserved love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fr. Percy reflected on poverty, chastity, and obedience as transformative choices rather than renunciations. Poverty, he said, is a \u201clove affair with enough,\u201d freeing the heart from excess to make space for the sacred. Chastity is not the burial of desire but its redirection into radical, selfless love. Obedience is the surrender not of will, but of the illusion of control\u2014trusting God\u2019s dream over one\u2019s own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>25 and 60 years of Consecration to God<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To the Silver Jubilarians\u2014Srs. Laarni Bongato, Malou Castro, Juanita Da\u00f1o, and Veronica Nobleza\u2014Fr. Bacani recalled their first hesitant steps 25 years ago, guided not by certainty but by trust. Today, he affirmed, their lives proclaim that \u201cvows are not limits, but wings,\u201d and the best is yet to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To the Diamond Jubilarians\u2014Srs. Mary Tarcilla Aba\u00f1o, Mary Concepta Bellosillo, Mary Therese Iitsuka (who celebrated in Japan), Mary Clare Leones, Mary Marcelline Riosa, Mary Angelina Sanchez, Mary Rose Tapia, and Maria Rosa Villoria\u2014he offered gratitude for six decades of unwavering service. Their lives, he said, are \u201cliving scripture,\u201d their hands and hearts making the Good Shepherd visible in the world. Like diamonds, their love has proven unbreakable, luminous, and eternal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Jubilarians renewed their vows of poverty, chastity, obedience and zeal, each one re-committing herself to the mission of the Good Shepherd.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-grid.kb-gallery-id-3791_8d05c0-da{margin:-5px;}.kb-gallery-type-grid.kb-gallery-id-3791_8d05c0-da .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:5px;}.kb-gallery-id-3791_8d05c0-da .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-3791_8d05c0-da .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-3791_8d05c0-da alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-grid kb-gallery-id-3791_8d05c0-da kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" 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https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250531_110322-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250531_110322-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250531_110322-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250531_110322-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>United in Joy and Celebration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The celebration concluded in joy and fellowship at various receptions in the Good Shepherd Compound in Quezon City (HMV, GSC and EC) that brought together communities, friends, and mission partners. The the day stood as a living Magnificat\u2014a proclamation that God continues to do great things in and through those who give themselves entirely to Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sr Mary Therese Iitsuka from Japan celebrated the day a Eucharistic Celebration with the sisters of Toyonaka Community. She and the community were also present via Zoom during the Mass in Quezon City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" data-id=\"3810\" src=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/therese-comty-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/therese-comty-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/therese-comty-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/therese-comty-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/therese-comty.jpg 1238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"527\" height=\"420\" data-id=\"3808\" src=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/therese-vows.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/therese-vows.jpg 527w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/therese-vows-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"821\" height=\"487\" data-id=\"3809\" src=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/therese-solo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/therese-solo.jpg 821w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/therese-solo-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodshepherdsisters.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/therese-solo-768x456.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7 Proclamation of Thanks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her thanks giving message on behalf of the Jubilarians, Sr Tarcila enumerated 7 proclamation of thanks: 1) for all the 12 jubilarians; 2) to the 580 years of fidelity to consecration; 3) for the gift of life from God with oldest jubilarian being 93 and the youngest 52; 4) for the mission assignments, local and foreign, where the Jubilarians experienced deep relations in community; 5) for partners in mission sharing their capacities and gift; 6) for their families; and, 7) for the priest presiders.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> In the words of Fr. 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