Wow, I can relate so much to this: I'm in my path to baptism (was atheist but i'm converting to catholicism) and although I was so happy before all of this started, after praying for weeks the rosary and reading the ghospels I feel a lot more impure, sinful and not worthy of God than ever + all the usual "what if there is no God?", "what proofs do you have about God?" And "It's all fake, you're loosing time with religion" voices in my head. Now I understand where it all comes from. Thank you Matt and thank you sister Natalia, and more than anything Thank God!
@Roger Mills “you do realize the devil is a Christian invention, there is no devil opposing God in the Old Testament” Actually the Devil appears in the garden in the book of Genesis, he’s deceiving Adam and Eve into sinning therefore being opposed to God in the Old Testament. Also Satan is in the book of Job as well, which is also Old Testament.
@Roger Mills I understand Jews don’t believe in Satan per se. but they do talk about demons and exorcism in the Talmud. just because some claim the serpent is another created being does not mean it’s true. The Serpent deceiving them is the same way the devil tried to deceive Jesus in the desert, by twisting Gods word and trying to get them to Sin, therefore opposed to God. Also in the book of Ezekiel there is a dual prophecy that talks about the king of Tyre and also satan. The reason why we know it’s satan also because he was in the garden eden and also called a Cherub which is a high ranking angel. “You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: carnelian, chrysolite and emerald, topaz, onyx and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared. You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you. Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones. Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings.” Ezekiel 28:13-17
@Roger Mills yeah, now go eat some soy and vote, cuz democracy, atheism, modern science are definitvely not there to manipulate you, lol. if you're dumb enough to believe that our existence has a material cause go for it, just don't spit your nonesense here, i'm an ex atheist and one of the reasons i left is bcs this bs doesn't cut it anymore with me.
Sister Natalia, I am writing this as a prayer for you and your vocation, and for our priests and nuns in the Church, and for the calling to become priests and nuns to those who are called. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us, especially for Sister Natalia. Amen.
You are so sweet! Become Catholic....with this pope, probably not under this pope! The smart money is because of the things he has done, he is de facto, NOT POPE.
Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” “No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”
I know her. We’ve been family friends for more than 6 years and she lives about 3 mins away from where I live. Pretty cool that she’s on the Matt Frad show.
@@TheWorldTeacherBalance between feminism and masculinity (chaos and order) is the only way society can stand. Skewed too far one way and it will fall. Imho your view is heavy on the order side. Woman's role in modern society has evolved due to many factors. To box in half of the world's population would restrict us from reaching our collective potential. If a female discovered a cure for cancer or unlocked the physical mysteries of the the universe would you dismiss her due to gender?
Robert Sowden there are lot of false teachers which may look true but if they are making followers for themselves and it’s all false prophets... They don’t give eternal life but is a snare... You have no idea of the spiritual realm and the spirits working through people like them...
I'm enjoying your channel so much. What's driving me (back) to Catholicism is the value it places on marriage. Protestants have made a mockery out of marriage to be frank. Btw, I got married in a catholic church 😊
Be careful what you look at in determining what to follow in terms of following Jesus. You will find sin in every sect. Take the Bible at face value and read it for yourself in context. The Bible says “But do not be called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers. Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. Do not be called leaders; for One is your Leader, that is, Christ. But the greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.” Matthew 23:8-12 NASB It is sin that has destroyed many marriages
@@silas7633 One must be in the Catholic Church to embrace all Grace, mortifying the spark and root of temptation. One must marry the right person, and no other, and both must be tight with CHRIST, each being their best self to have a good marriage.
@@TheWorldTeacher Polygamy or marrying the wrong woman is not marriage. You are a heathen, a sinner and a fool. It's not up to the parents to choose whom she shall marry. GOD must say who it is - she has no right to give away her virginity to any but GOD's only choice. Men are not teachers, rulers, etc., of their wives. You're describing sex slavery and satan's religion, islam.
This seems to mirror my reluctance to go to confession. Why go? You’re not going to change. Why pretend you are Holy? You’ll just sin again. You don’t deserve forgiveness. You don’t really want to repent. You’re too weak to resist sin. You’ll just be right back to confession next week. The priest is going to judge you when he hears the same sin over and over.
The demons don’t really believe that we can’t change… because they’re always trying to change us for the worse! If it’s true that we can fall then it HAS to be true that we can get up!
come to confession! it is a place of healing. it is were you are washed out of your sins. it is an act of charity with God, who wants to be closer to you through confession. even if you think you will sin again later, try to focus only on today. we dont know what will come of the future, nor do we know if this confession will be the last one for some of your sins (it can be!). cheers and may the holy mother of God bless you! try the consacration to Mary through St. Louis Montfort's method... it helped me.
If only you knew how much confession destroys and burns your demons of sin. You are not alone in your spiritual battles the demons will make sure they keep on enticing you. Do you think that neither Mary and Jesus didn’t have these battles. “ Fight the the good fight of faith lay hold on to eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 1 Timothy 6:12 “ Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another that you may be healed” James 5:16
Very good interview. I would probably stress that any discernment should be done alongside a spiritual director. He will help you sort out what's true vocational signs and what is from the devil. If you go it alone, you risk interpreting genuine signs of a vocation as being from the devil and vice versa. I've known seminarians who have been so twisted up by this that they end up in a sad state. They saw signs that they shouldn't have been in seminary as being temptations. A good director is key.
Thanks so much for these videos with Sr Natalia - I wanted to be a Nun when I was a teenager (my mom would have none of it); get emotional when I watch them 😢
I wanted to be a nun, too, but lost my way severely (due to sexual abuse). I am now in a holy marriage and have children, and though my heart still yearns for the monastic life, I know this is the path to which I have been called. My cross is to be marriage, not monasticism. I still love watching videos about monastics, & I too get emotional. The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you, dear Barbara.🙏🏻☦️💕
@@Prismatic_Truth But also think in God's plan even the evil things come for the benefit to those He call their children, so it migth be too He did really wanted you to be in marriage or He would had not permited those things to happen.
Sr. Natalia and her likes are like roses that grow in the wilderness to inspire people and bring Christ’s beauty and fragrance to this godless world. May God bless you and keep you in His embrace, Sr. Natalia (now Mother Natalia). 🙏🙏🙏😇❤️
Wow! Thank you so much for posting this video! I have been discerning myself and the devil that little fly has been coming at very hard. This video has been very helpful! Thank You so much!
Some Christian denominations totally dismiss the devil and hell as false teachings even though the new testament if full of Jesus cleansing and removing them out of people . The devil is constantly on the prowl and we need too be on the attack rather then defensive
@@rhythmsteve so not only you claim that a devil exists, you also make the active claim that a given interpretation is wrong and you don't provide evidence for any of those claims... reality is just a word salad for you people
@@margaretboyle8719 "leave others in peace" That's very rich, coming from a religion set on spreading the alledged "word of god" under the threat of death in some cases to too many people🤦♂️
@@margaretboyle8719 and yet, here you are, being a theist regarding one particular faith. Do you think that jeopardises the debate? If you believe that Islam is false, good luck proving that - you're gonna need it.
as an orthodox christian, i just love when i see on both of your cameras there s two orthodox ICON of Trinity and Mary. may god bless you two and all your followers of this channel.
I spent two weeks at an Abbey in 2021. The visit was a struggle but I did receive a sign late one night. A few minutes before Compline, the night light above the crucifix in my hermitage, came on. I had to pray. The Abbot at the Abbey wants me to visit again for one month. It's mainly because I am woefully out of practice. He also wants me to experience the cloistered side of religious life.
Thank you very much. This is exactly what I have been experiencing recently. And speaking of the "eye of the storm " was such a peace provoking metaphor. 🙏
Well this is exactly what I needed. I can relate to all of this. I’ve been thinking about religious life because I felt damaged and couldn’t see a holy marriage. Now after hearing this, maybe I need to take more time and work on myself so that I’m free to discern and choose my vocation.
02/10/2121 I am so saddened by my lack of enquiry into a life as a Religious some 50 + years ago. Whatever the situation, life is NOT easy. I now believe that it would have been much better/nicer to pursue a vocation rather that civilian life. Neither option is straight forward but I now suspect that being a Priest would be far more rewarding; being a servant of God.
things this nun is talking about is "spiritual war" inside person. nobody can understand that until you will have one or already had one. stay strong, dont give up!
I’m in a happy and holy relationship and it’s incredible in every way. I have a deep desire for marriage and family life but I’ve developed this fear of lacking holiness in a marriage, and that breaks my heart because I know I want to be a family woman and a wife but he tells me the only way I can be truly holy is being a nun. It’s like Satan is using my desire for holiness against me.
So much to say in seeing the painful struggle and being reminded of my own. However, I will leave you both with this for now. We are most definitely supposed to flee temptation (sin) but not the dEVIL. We are to resist hIM, and do so with the strength that comes from Scripture (and knowing who we are in Christ) like the Lord taught us. Every taunt of the dEVIL against our Lord was an attack on the identity of Jesus, trying to get Him to be someone that He is not. Holiness is our true identity with God through Jesus! In Christ, Andrew
Tonsure is a Latin word meaning to shear, or set aside. Men entering religious life or priesthood formation will cut the hair of the man, traditionally the crown of the head about size of the priest host, more modern is 4 cuts in the sign of a cross on four points on the man's head. For women entering religious life the ceremony is the same rite but more to shear one clump of hair rather than the clerical form of tonsure of a man. Both rites are beautiful, and should be brought back to the universal Church, not just those remnants holding on to the True Tradition of the Faith. Pax et bonum!
If I only listen to my conscience maybe I will not lost today. I did not enter to the monastery since my fear weighs a lot than my trust in the Lord. Lots of delusions and distractions happened to my life. I was fall on satan's bait. And as of now i felt like I am no longer useful or even find my purpose in life. Please Pray for me! I hope I can find peace.
Me too, I have been so impure and was a Laveyan Satanist on my past. I was born with myasthenia gravis and have always had this condition. I decided to abandon satanism and paganism and the promiscuity, and just be celibate. Lately at age 52, I have been seized by big attacks of the myasthenia, having major problema walking and moving. It seizes me like a fist would grab a mouse and squeezes and doesn't let go. I have to gasp for breath sometimes if I strain too much. I know how to deal with the condition and I accept my Cross. I have desires to be a nun in the past, but this disease prevents me. Severe disability like this would be prohibitive.
@@adrianatorres4813 Thank you, I will check this person out. The satanism itself doesn't bother me as much as the promiscuity and hedonist lifestyle that gets me nothing but bad memories. Bad friends and bad experiences. I thank God that I live a far quieter life. I am now Eastern Orthodox and happy with that choice. And thank you for praying for my condition. Sleep and staying away from too much excitement or hubbub helps tremendously. Hard to do though when I bought a house and trying sell another. Too much hubbub lol 😂 God bless!
I am not Natalia but I tell you that you should believe in the Devil. Jesus talked extensively about the Devil and his existence is part of Catholic Dogma. You shouldn't obsess or delight with him either, but you should be catious that he sometimes is the one who starts temptations.
Firstly, much people ascribe to the "Devil" is really their own dark counterpart that needs to be overcome. I don't know that Saturn worship would quite do it for me.
Why do we give so much power to Satan? Why do we do easily believe Satan's lies rather than Jesus's truths. "Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world". Satan has no power over us that we don't give him.
No, actually nobody can say that the History in Ezekiel and other parts is irrelevant to the struggles mankind faces today, because frankly in the Hermetic Universe I got modelled right here up to perfect zoom level temporality collapses. Satan does not live in temporality, in other words.
"The Earth revolves around the Sun." That one is technical. "What we're doing here, together, isn't damaging to Society." That one's frontal. So, you see, since what they're doing is against any Law system, I cannot accept the Omerta :))
I’ll answer as a Carmelite nun. We have a series of psychological tests that vet a lot of those questions and backgrounds. If we believe the person is able to live a chaste life that’s not going to prevent them from pursuing religious life. However in any religious life, formation is anywhere from 6-12 years. That behavior comes out the candidate is simply dismissed. Same with heterosexual behavior. If the person is not able to live a chaste life they are not called to religious life.
I love the fact sister Natalia became a nun we need more but at the same time hate to say it but catholic men are in desperate need for good catholic women to date , to marry Godwilling. Then again Jesus comes first so he should get all the good girls he can share when we’re in heaven I’m sure 😂. Godbless all
The devil tries to propose negative comments about you, especially after you repent from your sins by doing the right confession. Also, the sins of the flesh will try to tempt us, as we may have been sinning often before the confession. But we have to remember that we are not created to live as slavery of sins but to be in freedom. (2 Cor. 12: 20-21).
Wow, I can relate so much to this: I'm in my path to baptism (was atheist but i'm converting to catholicism) and although I was so happy before all of this started, after praying for weeks the rosary and reading the ghospels I feel a lot more impure, sinful and not worthy of God than ever + all the usual "what if there is no God?", "what proofs do you have about God?" And "It's all fake, you're loosing time with religion" voices in my head.
Now I understand where it all comes from.
Thank you Matt and thank you sister Natalia, and more than anything Thank God!
Pray the Rosary in Latin. I was on a similar path, finally received the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist last June.
“If it’s all fake your loosing time with religion” the devil has used this line on me A lot
@Roger Mills “you do realize the devil is a Christian invention, there is no devil opposing God in the Old Testament”
Actually the Devil appears in the garden in the book of Genesis, he’s deceiving Adam and Eve into sinning therefore being opposed to God in the Old Testament. Also Satan is in the book of Job as well, which is also Old Testament.
@Roger Mills I understand Jews don’t believe in Satan per se. but they do talk about demons and exorcism in the Talmud. just because some claim the serpent is another created being does not mean it’s true. The Serpent deceiving them is the same way the devil tried to deceive Jesus in the desert, by twisting Gods word and trying to get them to Sin, therefore opposed to God. Also in the book of Ezekiel there is a dual prophecy that talks about the king of Tyre and also satan. The reason why we know it’s satan also because he was in the garden eden and also called a Cherub which is a high ranking angel.
“You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: carnelian, chrysolite and emerald, topaz, onyx and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared. You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you. Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones. Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings.”
Ezekiel 28:13-17
@Roger Mills yeah, now go eat some soy and vote, cuz democracy, atheism, modern science are definitvely not there to manipulate you, lol.
if you're dumb enough to believe that our existence has a material cause go for it, just don't spit your nonesense here, i'm an ex atheist and one of the reasons i left is bcs this bs doesn't cut it anymore with me.
It really takes a lot of courage n strength to follow Christ into the religious life.... I will pray for all our priests and nuns in the holy rosary🙏
Sister Natalia, I am writing this as a prayer for you and your vocation, and for our priests and nuns in the Church, and for the calling to become priests and nuns to those who are called. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us, especially for Sister Natalia. Amen.
I’m a Protestant...and I sooooooo enjoy your program!!!
You are so sweet! Become Catholic....with this pope, probably not under this pope! The smart money is because of the things he has done, he is de facto, NOT POPE.
Become Catholic
@@dianedo1234 He IS Pope, don't draw them in with lies. Not the type we want, but it is what it is.
@@dianedo1234repent of your anti-papal lies
I tried out religious life and am happily married now 20 years. Her story is a good example of how to discern.
“We are asked to be in the eye of the storm where the calm is and rest there with Christ.” ❤️ It really hit me !
Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”
“No one, sir,” she said.
“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”
So beautiful
This is wonderful
I know her. We’ve been family friends for more than 6 years and she lives about 3 mins away from where I live. Pretty cool that she’s on the Matt Frad show.
@@TheWorldTeacherBalance between feminism and masculinity (chaos and order) is the only way society can stand. Skewed too far one way and it will fall. Imho your view is heavy on the order side.
Woman's role in modern society has evolved due to many factors. To box in half of the world's population would restrict us from reaching our collective potential. If a female discovered a cure for cancer or unlocked the physical mysteries of the the universe would you dismiss her due to gender?
Robert Sowden there are lot of false teachers which may look true but if they are making followers for themselves and it’s all false prophets...
They don’t give eternal life but is a snare...
You have no idea of the spiritual realm and the spirits working through people like them...
Sr. Natalia is just fabulous.
I'm enjoying your channel so much. What's driving me (back) to Catholicism is the value it places on marriage. Protestants have made a mockery out of marriage to be frank. Btw, I got married in a catholic church 😊
Be careful what you look at in determining what to follow in terms of following Jesus. You will find sin in every sect. Take the Bible at face value and read it for yourself in context.
The Bible says “But do not be called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers. Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. Do not be called leaders; for One is your Leader, that is, Christ. But the greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.”
Matthew 23:8-12 NASB
It is sin that has destroyed many marriages
Also, our Catholic faith is so rich in history, so much to read and learn, very solid - it's the Truth :)
@@silas7633
One must be in the Catholic Church to embrace all Grace, mortifying the spark and root of temptation. One must marry the right person, and no other, and both must be tight with CHRIST, each being their best self to have a good marriage.
@@TheWorldTeacher
Polygamy or marrying the wrong woman is not marriage.
You are a heathen, a sinner and a fool.
It's not up to the parents to choose whom she shall marry. GOD must say who it is - she has no right to give away her virginity to any but GOD's only choice.
Men are not teachers, rulers, etc., of their wives. You're describing sex slavery and satan's religion, islam.
Praying for you.
I can relate to her. She's just so amazing 💙
This seems to mirror my reluctance to go to confession. Why go? You’re not going to change. Why pretend you are Holy? You’ll just sin again. You don’t deserve forgiveness. You don’t really want to repent. You’re too weak to resist sin. You’ll just be right back to confession next week. The priest is going to judge you when he hears the same sin over and over.
The demons don’t really believe that we can’t change… because they’re always trying to change us for the worse! If it’s true that we can fall then it HAS to be true that we can get up!
come to confession! it is a place of healing. it is were you are washed out of your sins. it is an act of charity with God, who wants to be closer to you through confession. even if you think you will sin again later, try to focus only on today. we dont know what will come of the future, nor do we know if this confession will be the last one for some of your sins (it can be!). cheers and may the holy mother of God bless you! try the consacration to Mary through St. Louis Montfort's method... it helped me.
If only you knew how much confession destroys and burns your demons of sin. You are not alone in your spiritual battles the demons will make sure they keep on enticing you. Do you think that neither Mary and Jesus didn’t have these battles.
“ Fight the the good fight of faith lay hold on to eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
1 Timothy 6:12
“ Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another that you may be healed” James 5:16
God Bless you, Sister Natalia! Very inspiring
So authentic
I love this woman, holy spirit speak through her and i pray it always will. Amen!
Wow. I'm just so amazed by her.
She is a living testimony. I would love to listen to her talk with her spiritual father.
Very good interview. I would probably stress that any discernment should be done alongside a spiritual director. He will help you sort out what's true vocational signs and what is from the devil. If you go it alone, you risk interpreting genuine signs of a vocation as being from the devil and vice versa. I've known seminarians who have been so twisted up by this that they end up in a sad state. They saw signs that they shouldn't have been in seminary as being temptations. A good director is key.
Thanks so much for these videos with Sr Natalia - I wanted to be a Nun when I was a teenager (my mom would have none of it); get emotional when I watch them 😢
I wanted to be a nun, too, but lost my way severely (due to sexual abuse). I am now in a holy marriage and have children, and though my heart still yearns for the monastic life, I know this is the path to which I have been called. My cross is to be marriage, not monasticism. I still love watching videos about monastics, & I too get emotional. The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you, dear Barbara.🙏🏻☦️💕
@@Prismatic_Truth But also think in God's plan even the evil things come for the benefit to those He call their children, so it migth be too He did really wanted you to be in marriage or He would had not permited those things to happen.
Sr. Natalia and her likes are like roses that grow in the wilderness to inspire people and bring Christ’s beauty and fragrance to this godless world.
May God bless you and keep you in His embrace, Sr. Natalia (now Mother Natalia). 🙏🙏🙏😇❤️
Oh i so needed to hear this clarity!! i can SO relate, thank you for sharing!! Thank You, Lord, for providing much clarity.
Wow! Thank you so much for posting this video! I have been discerning myself and the devil that little fly has been coming at very hard. This video has been very helpful! Thank You so much!
❤️so authentic and important. Thank you ✝️
God bless you, Matt.
Some Christian denominations totally dismiss the devil and hell as false teachings even though the new testament if full of Jesus cleansing and removing them out of people .
The devil is constantly on the prowl and we need too be on the attack rather then defensive
If only you could prove that the devil exists...
@@rhythmsteve so not only you claim that a devil exists, you also make the active claim that a given interpretation is wrong and you don't provide evidence for any of those claims... reality is just a word salad for you people
@@margaretboyle8719 "leave others in peace"
That's very rich, coming from a religion set on spreading the alledged "word of god" under the threat of death in some cases to too many people🤦♂️
@@margaretboyle8719 could it be said that you are an atheist regarding islam? Are you so sure that they are wrong?
@@margaretboyle8719 and yet, here you are, being a theist regarding one particular faith. Do you think that jeopardises the debate?
If you believe that Islam is false, good luck proving that - you're gonna need it.
תודה רבה Thank you so much for sharing It's inspiring
*The World Teacher - Jagadguru Svāmī Vegānanda* They did. It just says thank you in Hebrew.
as an orthodox christian, i just love when i see on both of your cameras there s two orthodox ICON of Trinity and Mary. may god bless you two and all your followers of this channel.
they are just eastern icons not orthodox icon
Oooof thanks for posting this clip! God bless.
Thank you for making this clip
honestly, this has helped me to see the lies that i've contemplated as well...thank you so much for this video 🙏
Wow! This is really profound
I spent two weeks at an Abbey in 2021. The visit was a struggle but I did receive a sign late one night. A few minutes before Compline, the night light above the crucifix in my hermitage, came on. I had to pray. The Abbot at the Abbey wants me to visit again for one month. It's mainly because I am woefully out of practice. He also wants me to experience the cloistered side of religious life.
Thank you very much.
This is exactly what I have been experiencing recently.
And speaking of the "eye of the storm " was such a peace provoking metaphor.
🙏
Nicely said Sister
Very emotional.
What a great video! It is very relevant to my life right now. Thank you so much Mr. Fradd and Sr Natalia.
Well this is exactly what I needed. I can relate to all of this. I’ve been thinking about religious life because I felt damaged and couldn’t see a holy marriage. Now after hearing this, maybe I need to take more time and work on myself so that I’m free to discern and choose my vocation.
Thank you
Wow this is beautiful!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
The Devil has used the same lies to deter me from my calling, too.
02/10/2121 I am so saddened by my lack of enquiry into a life as a Religious some 50 + years ago. Whatever the situation, life is NOT easy. I now believe that it would have been much better/nicer to pursue a vocation rather that civilian life. Neither option is straight forward but I now suspect that being a Priest would be far more rewarding; being a servant of God.
Glad that I heard it today..
things this nun is talking about is "spiritual war" inside person. nobody can understand that until you will have one or already had one. stay strong, dont give up!
Thank you Sr.!
Thank you po
Reminds me, too of Ignatian spiritual discernment. Also of the "Climb Every Mountain " scene from The Sound of Music.
I can so relate to Sr. Natalie
Wow, though we know these disturbing experiences happen but it takes the gift of discernment to identify such obstacles.
I’m in a happy and holy relationship and it’s incredible in every way. I have a deep desire for marriage and family life but I’ve developed this fear of lacking holiness in a marriage, and that breaks my heart because I know I want to be a family woman and a wife but he tells me the only way I can be truly holy is being a nun. It’s like Satan is using my desire for holiness against me.
Wow thanks so much! I forget how the devil lies to us to keep us from being holy
Yes! We gotta watch out for that little pestering fly
Please sister. Follow the course. You are sailor. Chart your course. God loves you. He will never leave you.
Great content. What about the lies Satan uses to derail discerning+entering the vocation to Marriage?
Starting to love this channel! You guys are both beautiful!
She is amazing! Tell her to keep up the good work
So much to say in seeing the painful struggle and being reminded of my own. However, I will leave you both with this for now. We are most definitely supposed to flee temptation (sin) but not the dEVIL. We are to resist hIM, and do so with the strength that comes from Scripture (and knowing who we are in Christ) like the Lord taught us.
Every taunt of the dEVIL against our Lord was an attack on the identity of Jesus, trying to get Him to be someone that He is not. Holiness is our true identity with God through Jesus! In Christ, Andrew
The lie is flip floping for me 🥲 Pray for me and my vocation ❤
Tonsure is a Latin word meaning to shear, or set aside. Men entering religious life or priesthood formation will cut the hair of the man, traditionally the crown of the head about size of the priest host, more modern is 4 cuts in the sign of a cross on four points on the man's head. For women entering religious life the ceremony is the same rite but more to shear one clump of hair rather than the clerical form of tonsure of a man. Both rites are beautiful, and should be brought back to the universal Church, not just those remnants holding on to the True Tradition of the Faith. Pax et bonum!
If I only listen to my conscience maybe I will not lost today. I did not enter to the monastery since my fear weighs a lot than my trust in the Lord. Lots of delusions and distractions happened to my life. I was fall on satan's bait. And as of now i felt like I am no longer useful or even find my purpose in life. Please Pray for me! I hope I can find peace.
God is love and mercy itself may u receive this graces in abundance.
Learn to accept and be committed in prayer.
I know this is 2 years later but it’s never too late to go after God’s will for your life. While you’re alive there’s always the opportunity
keep going guys..!
HE IS SO CRAFTY!! MASTER OF LIES!! Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on us and save us!
Just found you! You listen so well, great host! Thank you! ps: Someone tell me...not the USA, right?
Me too, I have been so impure and was a Laveyan Satanist on my past. I was born with myasthenia gravis and have always had this condition. I decided to abandon satanism and paganism and the promiscuity, and just be celibate. Lately at age 52, I have been seized by big attacks of the myasthenia, having major problema walking and moving. It seizes me like a fist would grab a mouse and squeezes and doesn't let go. I have to gasp for breath sometimes if I strain too much.
I know how to deal with the condition and I accept my Cross.
I have desires to be a nun in the past, but this disease prevents me. Severe disability like this would be prohibitive.
You should check out Bl. Bartolo Longo, also a former Satanist. Thanks be to God that you found Him. Praying for consolation in your suffering
@@adrianatorres4813 Thank you, I will check this person out. The satanism itself doesn't bother me as much as the promiscuity and hedonist lifestyle that gets me nothing but bad memories. Bad friends and bad experiences. I thank God that I live a far quieter life. I am now Eastern Orthodox and happy with that choice.
And thank you for praying for my condition. Sleep and staying away from too much excitement or hubbub helps tremendously. Hard to do though when I bought a house and trying sell another. Too much hubbub lol 😂
God bless!
We really need testimonials like this.
Is there a way to improve/correct the subtitles? The word "tonsure" is totally different from "tantrums".
Matt, you now look like a Viking convert!
He isn't?
Haha yes!!!
Het is wat Amen sjalom shalom
Is there anyway to contact Sr. Natalia ?
It's both in Aquinas and the other one, you know which paragraph I'm referring to. Prescriptions are clear. What you do is follow their prescriptions.
Let's all pray so that we may not be in a situation where we act to have had a saintly nature
Question: what do you tell someone that does not believe in the devil and thinks just our own concupiscence that is causing temptation.
I am not Natalia but I tell you that you should believe in the Devil. Jesus talked extensively about the Devil and his existence is part of Catholic Dogma. You shouldn't obsess or delight with him either, but you should be catious that he sometimes is the one who starts temptations.
Not everyone listens to what evil has to say.
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My thing? I have overcome my addictions, day by day, by the grace of God, but no one wants to talk to someone over 45, vocation or not????
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It's hilarious to see a nun drinking from a beer stein, so funny. God bless her!
I love this especially as I discern the diaconate. I understand exactly what she is saying.
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Question: is there a sin that for wich you must not become a catholic monk or priest?
Firstly, much people ascribe to the "Devil" is really their own dark counterpart that needs to be overcome. I don't know that Saturn worship would quite do it for me.
Why do we give so much power to Satan? Why do we do easily believe Satan's lies rather than Jesus's truths. "Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world". Satan has no power over us that we don't give him.
What pints are you enjoying?
please bring on Sam Shamoon to your channel
I could be wrong but I think he’s been
Maybe he could return
No, actually nobody can say that the History in Ezekiel and other parts is irrelevant to the struggles mankind faces today, because frankly in the Hermetic Universe I got modelled right here up to perfect zoom level temporality collapses. Satan does not live in temporality, in other words.
"The Earth revolves around the Sun." That one is technical. "What we're doing here, together, isn't damaging to Society." That one's frontal. So, you see, since what they're doing is against any Law system, I cannot accept the Omerta :))
I would love to have that aged mug :-)
Matt Fradd should discern Holy Orders. He would be a good priest.
He's is the lier from the beginning and will always be....master manipulator!!!!!!!!!! God bless you Sister I'm praying for you!!!!!!!!!!
Is she your sister bio?
Australian accent reminds me Steve Irwin.
Some might enter monasteries to hide their lesbianism... or, sadly, to live it. I wonder what does sister Natalia thinks about such issues.
I’ll answer as a Carmelite nun. We have a series of psychological tests that vet a lot of those questions and backgrounds. If we believe the person is able to live a chaste life that’s not going to prevent them from pursuing religious life. However in any religious life, formation is anywhere from 6-12 years. That behavior comes out the candidate is simply dismissed. Same with heterosexual behavior. If the person is not able to live a chaste life they are not called to religious life.
I love the fact sister Natalia became a nun we need more but at the same time hate to say it but catholic men are in desperate need for good catholic women to date , to marry Godwilling. Then again Jesus comes first so he should get all the good girls he can share when we’re in heaven I’m sure 😂. Godbless all
Wow
The devil tries to propose negative comments about you, especially after you repent from your sins by doing the right confession. Also, the sins of the flesh will try to tempt us, as we may have been sinning often before the confession. But we have to remember that we are not created to live as slavery of sins but to be in freedom. (2 Cor. 12: 20-21).
No offense, but Sr Natalia is still young. I'll take advice from her 30 years from now if she is still a sister.
Why do we complicate the gospel and Jesus simple message of salvation
Christianity is always such great comedy. The gift that keeps on giving.
Check out the Rome Boys as we discuss Vocations: th-cam.com/video/d_1AljjCuM8/w-d-xo.html
Sin is made up and Satan is even more made up.
So, if you become a nun, is room and board provided? If so, you are going to see a huge influx soon.
She LOVES the priest. I know some priests who left their vocations and married the nuns
Agape ❤ not eros.
How fictional characters fight for our magical parts. What utter idiocy.
It's always so sad when someone decides to be a nun or a priest, that they feel they can't make it in the real world.
It’s interesting because she response to this same point in the full interview