A TRIBUTE TO SOLEDAD GAVIOLA

CO-FOUNDER LA PIETA INTERNATIONAL PRAYER GROUP

(10thYEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HER PARTING FROM THIS WORLD)

WHO WAS SOLEDAD (SOL) GAVIOLA?

Soledad whom we all called Sol was a woman of many many virtues, she was kind, generous, spiritual, fair, loving, helpful to others, and much more, Sol was chosen by God to help Emma in a mission that would become world-wide and bring the world to its knees.

Sol Gaviola met Emma de Guzman since 1986.  During one day pilgrimage to the Fatima shrine in Youngstown, N.Y., Emma received her first encounter with the Virgin Mary and Jesus.  Sol was chosen to help her spread their messages of love, peace and joy to our brothers and sisters around the world.
 
It was Sol who found the pieta statue at a garage sale and refurbished it before placing it on her home altar in Kingston.  Sol constantly suffered, yet she always pushed herself to assist Emma in her mission work.  Nothing stopped Sol; her diabetes, her asthma and her kidney problems all seemed to lessen during those times.  Sol always had a smile and hid her pain.
 
Many of us who knew Sol, realized that she was a very, very special soul. She was gifted with a beautiful singing voice, and when she sang certain hymns like “I am the god the healer" and we thank you Lord, it was so beautiful that tears would fill your eyes.
 
Sol, you will always be special to Emma and to all of us.  We know that in heaven you will still pray for us.  We know someday our La Pieta family will all be together again and enjoy eternal love, peace and joy with Jesus and mother Mary!
 
So on this day that marks the tenth anniversary of Sol going home to the Lord, and though we miss her very much, let us all rejoice in the life that she lived in the memories that will linger in our hearts for the rest of our lives.