The role of her family, particularly her mother, in Rose's sanctification was not slight. Mrs. Maria de Oliva loved Rose dearly, and she sacrificed for her, but in her own way. Because of this, and because she was a malcontented woman, she gave her much to earn and suffer.

The first signs, if we except the ailments which were God's purifying works, were occasioned by her mother, determined to expose her to the demands of social life, from which the Saint always remained aloof.

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