We learned yesterday that one of the young women who had been in discernment with us (but could not enter while she was bound by her contract with the military) was killed in northern Iraq on Christmas Eve. If you scroll down through my archives to Dec. 3, you will find a comment from her, posted from Iraq. for the feast of the Immaculate Conception, she sent two dozen roses to our motherhouse for Our Lady. She had only been in Iraq a short time, and kept in contact with our sisters by phone. She told one of the sisters recently that if anything happened to her, she would pray in heaven for vocations to the Daughters of St. Paul. So please pray for the repose of her good soul, and for her grieving family. (She was an only child.)
I couldn't find any mention of her death in the Tribune, but here is what I found online:
Sgt. Myla L. Maravillosa, 24, of Wahiawa, Hawaii, died in Kirkuk, also on Christmas Eve (Saturday), of injuries sustained earlier that day in Al Hawijah, when her HMMWV was attacked by enemy forces using rocket-propelled grenades. Maravillosa was assigned to the Army Reserve's 203rd Military Intelligence Battalion, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.
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"Eternal rest grant unto your beloved Myla, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her. May her soul and all the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen!"
Sincerest condolences to her family, friends and Sisters, the Daughters of Saint Paul. May she interecede for all us from her select place in heaven.
What a tragedy, indeed! May her death not be in vain ... may we all be moved to a deeper embrace of peace and the values for which Myla gave her life.
Lisa
may pertpetual light shione apon her.....
i read about this on phatmass and looked on the community site to see if somethign was on there about it, and i decided to chekc yours and sure enough i found your entry!!!! she knew that something was going to happen to her and she wanted to keep a promise to the community as if she was going to when was she entered...its her way of saying yes to the Lord and to the community at the same time!!!! Sry for the communities and her families lost!!!
So sorry. So much death in war. I have no words to say.
i was shocked! she was my classmate at holy spirit school in bohol, philippines. we even exchanged emails before:(
she was a very good person.
may her sould rest in peace
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