On the second day of August 2021 we celebrate the feast of our lady of the Angels of the of the Porziuncula “The Pardon of Assisi”.

That date was a very memorable and important event in my life. I was filled with emotions, excitement, anxious, fear, and joy as the day finally came that I had longed for and desired to say my total yes to God. The Psalm 118:24 saying “ This is the day the Lord had made.  Let us rejoice and be glad” expresses clearly what I felt. I believed it has been the day chosen by the Lord to gather us to celebrate my perpetual Profession, a special moment of confirming my total commitment to the Lord, in giving my whole self forever to Him, to the Church and through the mission of our religious Family, the FMSC. Truly how good is the Lord in letting me to experience His love and compassion for giving me the grace to make this event possible amidst in our pandemic situation!

The Gospel of Luke 1:46:35 speaks up of the Joy of Mary proclaiming the greatness of the Lord as the chosen one; like Mary my heart sings with full of gratitude to the Lord for all the wonders He has done on me in special way for gift of my vocation calling me to live in this life as consecrated person.

The solemn Eucharistic celebration was held in the Church of Mary Immaculate in our Provincial House in Centocelle. It was an honor having the presence of Fr. Vidal Rodriguez Lopez OFM who presided the ceremony and concelebrated with Fr. Raymond OFM; great joy was given to me by the presence of the sisters of my religious Family, some physically present and other spiritually deeply united to us.

Fr. Vidal in his homily reminds us that” no one is saved alone and no one makes profession alone “ that there’s no vocation that can go alone. A vocation is always sown by mediations and by them it grows and bears fruit to develop and make perfect the way  of the Lord’s call. A part of his homily there was a question that made me to reflect. He said “We don’t know why God’s call us and love us so much? He calls us even if with fragile faith. He love us asking to live with a simple heart…He asks us to be witnesses of the Gospel … Fr. Vidal concluded his homily thanking the Lord for my vocation ,for my family who shared to me the Christian faith, , for my formators who accompanied me to respond with generous maturity to the call from the Lord.

The my most awaited moment started when Sr. Tiziana our Vicar General, delegate of the Superior general Sr Paola Dotto, presented me to the Church, represented by the Presider as candidate for perpetual Profession; I was filled with emotions but  with joy and conviction  I pronounced  my “yes” to God in publicly to the church. I was carried by emotions as the celebration continued when I was prostrating for the litany prayer. At that moment I experienced and felt the mercy and unconditional love of God despites of my weaknesses and shortcomings but what matter most I felt God’s forgiveness expressed in Corinthians 2, 12:9 “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness”. That made me stronger and gave me strength to present in the hand of the Vicar General my vows to God forever with the three evangelical council of obedience, poverty, and chastity according to the Constitution of  our Congregation of FMSC. I was so deeply happy when I was welcomed by Sr. Tiziana Tonini  to be  fully part  of the congregation of the FMSC with its mission in the Church. Apart from this, I felt more responsible to respond to the redemptive love of Christ and God’s divine salvation for humankind with hopeful desires to be a living testimony by living out concretely the Franciscan virtue and share my spiritual identity expressed by my religious name: Sr Angel Rose of the Pierced heart of Christ crucified.

In this occasion, I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere and deep heartfelt gratitude to my religious Family who joyfully accepted me and guide me to live continually our charism.  With love I thanked all of you, with whom  I journeyed and helped me to nurtured my vocation throughout my formation and for my natural family I express all my gratitude  for the love, sacrifices and  support given to me always in my journey with God.

As what Fr. Vidal said in his homily that to make my perpetual Profession is not to reach to the peak; the journey is not finish. For thus, I am humbly continue to ask your prayers that I will remain faithful to the covenant of God and to our Congregation remembering the words of our Founder the venerable Fr. Gregory “Trust always In God’s Divine Providence”.  That will accompany me to walk in the path of God and conform myself with Him forever following His words in John 15:  “remain always in my Love”.

Sister Angel Rose