A VALIANT

WOMAN
Submitted to:

S. Ma. Christina Corre

Sister

Submitted by:
ER Denice D Catamora
Student
Valiant is possessing or acting with bravery or boldness. It is marked by, exhibiting, or carried out with
courage or determination. Venerable Ignacia del Espiritu Santo is a very valiant woman. She has courage
all her life. Mother Ignacia devoted her life to the suffering of Jesus Christ and tried to imitate Him
through a life of humble service to her fellows. With humility, she earnestly prayed and
performed  penances to move God to show mercy to those were consumed by problems. Her humility
was expressed in her capacity to forgive, to remain forbearing, and to stay gentle. Her spirituality
was clearly a manifestation of an interwoven peace and harmony in the community, mutual love and
union of wills, thereby witnessing to the loving compassion of Christ and the maternal care.

Mother Ignacia, considered a foundress of hope and piety of the Religious of the Virgin Mary, was an
essential figure in the country because of her magnanimous dedication to the service of others to the
glory of God. In her was the unwavering commitment to providing quality Christian education to
the Filipinos. Ignacia‟s saintly character endeared many to follow her.

Her life of prayer and labor attracted Indians who also felt called to the religious life, but could not be
admitted into the existing congregation at that time. Mother Ignacia accepted these women into her
company. And the first community was born.They became known as the Beatas de la Compania de
Jesus, because they frequently received the sacraments at the Church of Saint Ignatius, performed many
acts of devotion there and had the Jesuit fathers for their spiritual directors and confessors. Mother
Ignacia centered her life on the suffering Christ and tried to imitate Him through a life of service and
humility.She prayed earnestly to God and performed penances to move God to have mercy on them. Her
spirituality of humble service was expressed in her capacity to forgive, to bear wrongs patiently and to
correct with gentleness and meekness.

I salute Mother Ignacia. She doesn’t give up on her dreams. In todays era many young people like me is
needed of that kind of characteristics.
Conclusion

Venerable Ignacia del Espiritu Santo espoused a valiant of a religious person, of a leader, and of an
educator. As a whole, Mother Ignacia addressed a broad realm of holiness endeavoring to challenge and
correct the effects of the Spanish patriarchy through her unceasing and consistent dedication to God and
the Blessed Mother. Her leadership is construed as an offshoot of her  being a woman of the century
embodying the teachings of God and the morals like that of the Blessed Mother. Thus, feminist
hermeneutics affirms Mother Ignacia‟s aforementioned traits as revealed in her historical roots and
biography.
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https://businessmirror.com.ph/2015/02/28/mother-ignacia-del-espiritu-santo-labored-by-the-sweat-of-
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%20acting%20with,noun