Are you still confused? or have you been transformed.The confusion lies before the transformation. When you turn a corner we can't always see around the other side until we have committed to the turn.
I love nuns. I was a volunteer at a shelter for the homeless that was run by nuns. I was taken back at their dedication, kindness and the immense joy and compassion that just seem to glow around them. I felt such a sense of peace working with them. God bless all the women who dedicate themselves to God and others. You are such a breathe of fresh air to our world.
I went to high school with you! Bishop England HS! I was a year below you! I was just thinking about what you're doing now a days and I see you on RUclips!!!! Amazing! God Bless!!!
I love Sister Maris Stella! She is currently my daughter’s teacher and she truly radiates the joy and love of Jesus! Thank you to our Sister’s for the example of faith that they are to our children and all of us! Praying for you all! May God bless you!
This got emotional for me, you radiate a beautiful soul, sister. I am discerning to God’s calling. I am willing to do where the Lord guides me. Please pray for me.
The sacrifice these people make.. leaving being their sweethearts for God's divine calling is just incredible. I'm forced to remind myself they too are common people like me with a personal life. and a great willpower! Thanks dear sister!
I have a sickness that prevents me from working to my current profession...as I asked for a prayer and blessing of a Benedictine monk He sent this message: "Yes I will pray for you at morning mass. Jesus is using you as you are. But He wants to heal you a LOT - so He can Spread His Mercy to many people God bless
Exactly!! I started crying immediately because I went through a very bad experience but came out of it much closer to God and I wouldn’t trade that for the world.
Years later, this is precisely something I needed to hear. I believe I am called to marriage, but not with someone I currently have feelings for. I will let our hearts break and trust God. Thanks, and God bless ❤
It seems impossible for me to get married. I had trusted God that by 25, I would’ve met an amazing girl by now. I have never even been in a single relationship ever despite all my prayers and other, and I am in despair because I really have lost hope of ever becoming a family man husband and father. I am only thinking about priesthood and religious life only because of my agony with women. There is no joy or peace in my discernment of those vocations, let a lone my life. I am convinced my future wife doesn’t exist because the “good” and not even the “bad” women like me because I guess I am not tall and handsome enough. I think about ending my life. I trusted God and now I dont think I have ever been more desperate, more lonely and sexually frustrated, more destitute, desolate, miserable, and isolated than ever. I think I’m gonna end up as a half hearted and sad, bitter priest or monk who wished he got married instead. I thought I could trust God, but I guess not. I regret saying all those rosaries and other prayers for “my future wife and I to be made ready” for each other. I hate my life
I cried too! She said that Jesus' heart broke first and it made me think that Jesus had feel our pain on those broken heart stories of life. What a blessing videos like this.
In the process of reading just a few comments I have found many that are considering a religious life. To that I say may Our Good Shepherd, Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ light up your way and bless you all in whatever path you take as long as you take the path which leads you back home. I LOVE YOU ALL!
I have known Sister since she & my son were in elementary school together. She has always had a kind loving sweet spirit. To see how fulfilled her life is as a Dominican brings such joy and gratefulness! Thank you Sr Maris Stella for your beautiful testimony!!
The same thing happened to me, we were sent to Bible school at the baptists, my dad gave us a Rosary to my sister and myself. My mom knew the Catholic religion thru my grandmother but faith didn't really click until I read the gospels which I ran thru and converted in five months. Thank you Jesus.
"God CANNOT be outdone in generosity." 😌💞🎉 That blew my mind the 1st time hearing it. Thank you Sister! Please pray for me, I too, am going to be discerning religious life.
The message “will you let your heart break so it can grow” resonated with me completely especially now at this point in my life. Thank you for sharing your story. I know God is with me.
I’m late to this party but this is an absolutely beautiful testimony. It’s clear to see how blessed and happy Sister is. What a striking comment “my heart broke first”. So simple and yet full of truth. So moving. Thank you Sister!
Oooh my God! Just thank you so much for this testimony, I really needed to hear that! God bless you Sister! I'm in this hard way to discernment and I pray for all those who are living the same ;)
I was thinking about which vocation is right for me all day today: vocation of singleness, consecrated virgin, or being a nun. So, I went online and flipped a coin, a coin that only God can control, and said, "Lord, tell me your will. Tails for singleness, heads for being a nun." The result was heads. I asked again, "Lord, tell me your will. Tails for consecrated virgin, heads for nun." I got heads again. The third time I said, "Lord, let's try this a third time for good measure." Guess what. The answer was Heads. The chances of getting Heads three times in a row is 12.5%, which is highly unlikely and it's completely fair if it's online, since there's no way for a human to control the results. Then I stumbled across this video and this is pure confirmation from the Holy Spirit of His will for my life.
Thank you, Sister. You are one of the most joyful women I know, and I love your story. Thank you for saying "yes" to the Lord! pray for me! (my fav. line 5:43)
Thank you for this video! Made me shed a tear, my story of my calling was somewhat similar to yours and this comforted me showing me that im not alone. I am a final year high school student discerning on priesthood and it has been convincing me each day! God bless you all and please pray for me🙏
Thanks for your witness, sister! To describe your story so lovingly, and show us how much God loves each one of us. His plan for us is way beyond our imagination if we let Him leads us to His purpose. God is good all the time!
Woooow! I cried! 😭😭 this is so inspiring, Sister. I commend you for being so strong in answering His call for you to be His servant. I hope someday, I'll discover my path in serving our Lord Jesus. Thank you for this piece of inspiration, Sister. ❤💝 GOD BLESS you for always! 🙏
I have alot of admiration and respect for the nuns who taught at my grammar school. They dedicated themselves to a life of service teaching the children. It gave me a solid moral foundation.
Wonderfully made testimony, of Sister Maris Stella's, evolution, into the Dominican Order! Thank You Sisters, for all Your Great Work! (Many years ago; Dominican Sisters taught me, in The Bronx, NY.).
Thank you for this. I have always felt called to a life of devotion, but was not ready until recently. I am too old now to enter religious life so live as I can as close to it as I am able, as you say, in baby steps. But your experience of feeling like you had come home is beautiful. I hope to find that someday also. God bless you, Sister.
God Bless you, Sister and thank you for your story. The joyous attitude is something special to behold. I believe you will help and comfort many, many people in your life. You are an inspiration to us all.
You know, thanks for this. I had my heart broken yesterday as I wanted and thought that being a protestant was my religious path but God planted a strong pull to catholicism. I was haunted with doubts and restless feeling while imagining my life as a protestant. My anxiety was usually high. I'm still afraid of being a catholic but if it's were God is calling me, then there's where I'll go
I see you so much purer to me. You first broke my heart with your testimony and relating it but then felt encouraged and inspired too. God bless you, Sr. Stella. Please Pray for me too
i loved this video! she's so full of joy, and I love hearing about her past! while religious life is not for me, I had a huge smile on my face just watching her! :)
This is me! I have the same stirring to give my life to Krishna and live in chastity, poverty and obediance! You made me bust out in tears sister! I am 29 and have a similar love story. I know this breaks my partners heart, but I feel like Krishna has just swept my heart away! My father and brothers are preachers and so the teachings of Lord Jesus were rooted at my foundation. Now as an adult I have finally made the decision to not only live for God, but to RENOUNCE all else and dedicate my life to help guide souls back to Godhead🙏🏾🙌🏾 Hari Hari!! Blessed be the Lord!!😭🌺🌺💙💙💙💙
.. im very scared and extremely confused because i feel like God is calling me to the religious life. I want to get married one day but deep down i also have that feeling that God wants me for the religious life..
Thank you for your wonderful story Sister! May God truly bless you in all that you do in your life. May He also give His guidance to those whom you inspire to follow His call as well. 🙏
Allison, God speaks to many many people and they know His voice. As the Good Book says the flock recognise the voice of the true shepherd. I am one of the hundreds of thousands people who hear His voice today. It is heard by all those who seek Him and who listen attentively for His voice with the ear of the spirit. We recognise Him clearly and unmistakably. For those who have questions on the source of the voices we have 2 tests. First test the spirit asking is Jesus Christ is , the answer to that is obviously yes. Second ask for a witness to the message, that is another person you know should receive the same message just to make sure you are not losing it! I don't know what is like to suffer from delusions but I can imagine that it is scary, unlike what we experience. I pray they turn to God for help. God bless you.
allison hwang God would never ask you to kill someone - that's how you know if the voice is delusional or not. No one is bad or "very bad" for believing in God. What's tragic is when someone with a mental illness doesn't get the help they need and ends up doing something they never meant to do.
One could as easily say your lack of belief is amoral. The truth is, there's nothing amoral about it, nor does a belief equal "mentally weak" as you like to presume. And on the flip side, we know there are and have been plenty of "ethically devoid" humans who don't believe - perhaps those are the ones preventing aliens from visiting us lol.
What you call supernatural today might very well be called natural in a century. We have constantly pushed the boundaries of our understanding of the universe. So don't be too quick to smack the label "not real" on stuff with your limited understanding of how they really work.
I don't know why I cried when I saw this. Thanks for sharing. I'm really confused. Pray for me.
Me too... really don't know why
Are you still confused? or have you been transformed.The confusion lies before the transformation. When you turn a corner we can't always see around the other side until we have committed to the turn.
Shelda Post Listen to that small still Voice in your heart, you will find peace and clarity. I prayed for you. I love you.
Shelda Post praying for you
Alessia Bognolo praying for you
I love nuns. I was a volunteer at a shelter for the homeless that was run by nuns. I was taken back at their dedication, kindness and the immense joy and compassion that just seem to glow around them. I felt such a sense of peace working with them. God bless all the women who dedicate themselves to God and others. You are such a breathe of fresh air to our world.
So glad you enjoyed this, Rom! Know of our prayers here at Ascension Press for your intentions!
I too love nuns!
I love nuns too 💙🤗
Pls help me I knew I am calling to serve God
Please pray for me. I cried towards the end when she said "If you think religious life is for you do not be afraid"
Praying! Don't be afraid!
Be infected with Jesus care of the sick and join the Camillian sisters.
I started crying too!!!!!! 😭
I'll intercede.
I went to high school with you! Bishop England HS! I was a year below you! I was just thinking about what you're doing now a days and I see you on RUclips!!!! Amazing! God Bless!!!
You were so inspiring in high school, of course God called you to become a sister! I am so happy for you!
Yep she’s a holy nun, she looks 10 years younger and has a smile that would lite up a dark room. Pray for her.
Everyone is in need of prayer, even those you would think have it all.
I am discerning religion life. Please pray for me.
Amanda Miller will pray for you
Me too
Amanda Miller Will do.
Amanda Miller just said a heartfelt prayer for you. God bless you.
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I love Sister Maris Stella! She is currently my daughter’s teacher and she truly radiates the joy and love of Jesus! Thank you to our Sister’s for the example of faith that they are to our children and all of us! Praying for you all! May God bless you!
What a Joy for you family to have such a Person in you life. God Bless MMLZZZ
@@markleviner2540 God bless!
This got emotional for me, you radiate a beautiful soul, sister. I am discerning to God’s calling. I am willing to do where the Lord guides me. Please pray for me.
A Year Late but May God the Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit bless you.
Helina, how are you? I feel it too
What a beautiful light she is!
The sacrifice these people make.. leaving being their sweethearts for God's divine calling is just incredible. I'm forced to remind myself they too are common people like me with a personal life. and a great willpower! Thanks dear sister!
I feel a strong pull to religious life but I have doubts and am very confused. Please pray for me
"will you let your heart break so that it can grow" powerful 💚
🤍
I have a sickness that prevents me from working to my current profession...as I asked for a prayer and blessing of a Benedictine monk
He sent this message: "Yes I will pray for you at morning mass. Jesus is using you as you are. But He wants to heal you a LOT - so He can Spread His Mercy to many people
God bless
Exactly!! I started crying immediately because I went through a very bad experience but came out of it much closer to God and I wouldn’t trade that for the world.
you are so beautiful you glow from the inside out with the light of the king.
Movie actors can lighten up a screen too....Just saying.
Years later, this is precisely something I needed to hear.
I believe I am called to marriage, but not with someone I currently have feelings for. I will let our hearts break and trust God. Thanks, and God bless ❤
It seems impossible for me to get married. I had trusted God that by 25, I would’ve met an amazing girl by now. I have never even been in a single relationship ever despite all my prayers and other, and I am in despair because I really have lost hope of ever becoming a family man husband and father. I am only thinking about priesthood and religious life only because of my agony with women. There is no joy or peace in my discernment of those vocations, let a lone my life. I am convinced my future wife doesn’t exist because the “good” and not even the “bad” women like me because I guess I am not tall and handsome enough. I think about ending my life. I trusted God and now I dont think I have ever been more desperate, more lonely and sexually frustrated, more destitute, desolate, miserable, and isolated than ever. I think I’m gonna end up as a half hearted and sad, bitter priest or monk who wished he got married instead. I thought I could trust God, but I guess not. I regret saying all those rosaries and other prayers for “my future wife and I to be made ready” for each other. I hate my life
May God bless you Plese pray for all women searching for CHRIST
This is a beautiful testimony. Thank you for sharing. And you have such a beautiful smile and are obviously full of so much joy. God bless you.
A great video on the history of Christianity, here's the link ruclips.net/video/vDKG_WFLUi4/видео.html
I cried too!
She said that Jesus' heart broke first and it made me think that Jesus had feel our pain on those broken heart stories of life. What a blessing videos like this.
In the process of reading just a few comments I have found many that are considering a religious life. To that I say may Our Good Shepherd, Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ light up your way and bless you all in whatever path you take as long as you take the path which leads you back home. I LOVE YOU ALL!
Much love
please pray for me
Victoria naas just said a heartfelt prayer for you right away. God bless you.
This made me cry and it hit me when God said that he broke his heart first for us.
I have known Sister since she & my son were in elementary school together. She has always had a kind loving sweet spirit. To see how fulfilled her life is as a Dominican brings such joy and gratefulness! Thank you Sr Maris Stella for your beautiful testimony!!
The same thing happened to me, we were sent to Bible school at the baptists, my dad gave us a Rosary to my sister and myself. My mom knew the Catholic religion thru my grandmother but faith didn't really click until I read the gospels which I ran thru and converted in five months. Thank you Jesus.
I see humility in your words and on your face.
Every single testimony and/or vocation story I watch is, all at once, scary-thrilling-lovely-peaceful-exciting-confusing. But I cannot look away...
Sr. Maris Stella is my religion teacher now and she is one of the most beautiful souls I know!! :)
"God CANNOT be outdone in generosity." 😌💞🎉 That blew my mind the 1st time hearing it. Thank you Sister! Please pray for me, I too, am going to be discerning religious life.
She is beautiful and graceful. Her smile is contagious.
I think this is awesome. You have boldness Sister Maris Stella, and it's very contagious! Thanks for the inspiration!
The message “will you let your heart break so it can grow” resonated with me completely especially now at this point in my life. Thank you for sharing your story. I know God is with me.
I’m late to this party but this is an absolutely beautiful testimony. It’s clear to see how blessed and happy Sister is. What a striking comment “my heart broke first”. So simple and yet full of truth. So moving. Thank you Sister!
what a beautiful radiant woman - she's got a smile that eradicates sin
Oooh my God! Just thank you so much for this testimony, I really needed to hear that! God bless you Sister! I'm in this hard way to discernment and I pray for all those who are living the same ;)
Thank you for your vocation story. You look beautiful in the habit. God bless you
I was thinking about which vocation is right for me all day today: vocation of singleness, consecrated virgin, or being a nun. So, I went online and flipped a coin, a coin that only God can control, and said, "Lord, tell me your will. Tails for singleness, heads for being a nun." The result was heads. I asked again, "Lord, tell me your will. Tails for consecrated virgin, heads for nun." I got heads again. The third time I said, "Lord, let's try this a third time for good measure." Guess what. The answer was Heads. The chances of getting Heads three times in a row is 12.5%, which is highly unlikely and it's completely fair if it's online, since there's no way for a human to control the results. Then I stumbled across this video and this is pure confirmation from the Holy Spirit of His will for my life.
careful not to test the lord
Lol you need help if u think God is making that coin flip
"will you let your heart break so that it will grow?" such beautiful words 😭❤️✝️
Thank you for your service to our Lord! God Bless you.
This made me cry. I'm so happy for your having found such peace. I envy you.
I'm about the ONLY teen I know that wants to be a monk lol
Also: I'll pray for you
How are you doing now
Go for it! I want to get married but women dont like me back no matter how active I am
Thank you for sharing this! Still discerning whether I will push through in entering a congregation. May God's will be done. ❤
This is so touching, I’m in tears. ♥️
Thank you, Sister. You are one of the most joyful women I know, and I love your story. Thank you for saying "yes" to the Lord! pray for me! (my fav. line 5:43)
Nuns are the happiest people I've ever met.
What a beautiful testimony. Thank you.
Thank you for this video! Made me shed a tear, my story of my calling was somewhat similar to yours and this comforted me showing me that im not alone. I am a final year high school student discerning on priesthood and it has been convincing me each day! God bless you all and please pray for me🙏
God bless you Sister! Your joy is infectious!
wow this lady radiates the energy of spiritual joy filled love
Thank you so much, Sister. Your joy and your sincerity are so moving - may the Lord bless and keep us!
Beautiful!!! Thank you sister🙏
God bless you Sister, your purity and kindness have truly touched my heart!
Sister Maris Stella is so joyous! Lord look after her!
I cried just hearing her.
Thank you sister.😭
Our Sister Maris Stella i profess these WORDs 4 u on this Day February 21st in the year 2018. Thank u Luke from IOWA
I love sisters and nuns, Inspiring testemony. I pray to all sisters and nuns.. Thank you for sharing.
“Radiatingly joyful” is exactly what I thought when you started speaking sister. God bless you 😊😊😊🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
The love of God simply radiates through her smile. Wow, she lives in joy!
Thanks for your witness, sister! To describe your story so lovingly, and show us how much God loves each one of us. His plan for us is way beyond our imagination if we let Him leads us to His purpose. God is good all the time!
My eyes felt watery while watching this. Please pray for me ❤
What a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing your story with us!
What a beautiful story! I love how God’s plan unfolds before our very own eyes. God bless you sister! 🙏🏻❤️🤗
Woooow! I cried! 😭😭 this is so inspiring, Sister. I commend you for being so strong in answering His call for you to be His servant. I hope someday, I'll discover my path in serving our Lord Jesus. Thank you for this piece of inspiration, Sister. ❤💝 GOD BLESS you for always! 🙏
I have alot of admiration and respect for the nuns who taught at my grammar school. They dedicated themselves to a life of service teaching the children. It gave me a solid moral foundation.
Wonderfully made testimony, of Sister Maris Stella's, evolution, into the Dominican Order!
Thank You Sisters, for all Your Great Work!
(Many years ago; Dominican Sisters taught me, in The Bronx, NY.).
A beautiful story; I cried also.
Thank you for this. I have always felt called to a life of devotion, but was not ready until recently. I am too old now to enter religious life so live as I can as close to it as I am able, as you say, in baby steps. But your experience of feeling like you had come home is beautiful. I hope to find that someday also. God bless you, Sister.
Thank you for sharing sister! We love getting to hear and share stories like yours!
I love Sister Maria Stella!!!💓
Amazing story. Great that she followed his drawing her to the vocation.
Omgosh this is in the Chosen Confirmation course! I did the whole course and just got confirmed two months ago! I love the program and it's so great
this created a spark in me
God Bless you, Sister and thank you for your story. The joyous attitude is something special to behold. I believe you will help and comfort many, many people in your life. You are an inspiration to us all.
This is so beautiful! God bless you. Please pray for me.
Her grace is so adorable haha I wish I could meet some sisters and pray with them. Awesome video!
I've really felt the pull to discerning religious life and Ascension Presents has really given me a lot of peace about trusting God's process.
Thank you for sharing your faith and message.
You know, thanks for this.
I had my heart broken yesterday as I wanted and thought that being a protestant was my religious path but God planted a strong pull to catholicism. I was haunted with doubts and restless feeling while imagining my life as a protestant. My anxiety was usually high. I'm still afraid of being a catholic but if it's were God is calling me, then there's where I'll go
Definitely a woman of God. You can see it in her smile.
Brilliant, Sister!
What a beautiful woman. God bless you sister
Amen! Praise be to God forever and ever!
This is beautiful!!! God does love us!
Beautifull testimony. She irradiates light!
Thank you Sister and may God continue to bless your life
Thank you for sharing your story! It's so refreshing 🙏🏽
Thank you sister...Amazingly wonderful video.
I see you so much purer to me. You first broke my heart with your testimony and relating it but then felt encouraged and inspired too. God bless you, Sr. Stella. Please Pray for me too
Thank you for your wise words.
God bless you !!
So very beautiful! May God bless you always.🙏❤️🙏
What a beautiful story
Very well done thank you for this beautiful video! 👍
i loved this video! she's so full of joy, and I love hearing about her past! while religious life is not for me, I had a huge smile on my face just watching her! :)
What a gorgeous soul 😿💕💕💕
Your smile is quite contagious!
Thank You for sharing your BEAUTIFUL Story God Bless you --
What a wonderful story! Thanks be to God!
This is me! I have the same stirring to give my life to Krishna and live in chastity, poverty and obediance! You made me bust out in tears sister! I am 29 and have a similar love story. I know this breaks my partners heart, but I feel like Krishna has just swept my heart away! My father and brothers are preachers and so the teachings of Lord Jesus were rooted at my foundation. Now as an adult I have finally made the decision to not only live for God, but to RENOUNCE all else and dedicate my life to help guide souls back to Godhead🙏🏾🙌🏾
Hari Hari!! Blessed be the Lord!!😭🌺🌺💙💙💙💙
God bless!
.. im very scared and extremely confused because i feel like God is calling me to the religious life. I want to get married one day but deep down i also have that feeling that God wants me for the religious life..
i feel the same way. i have bad anxiety for it.
i feel this too
@@bobbieintx Then go try it. You can always leave. No one is going to chain you there.
@@almapimentel2283 Same to you. Then go try it. You can always leave. No one is going to chain you there.
@Sandy Serrano - I feel the same way as you. I find myself questioning myself about this. I wanna seek help on this but I’m not sure where to start
It's wonderful that you love Jesus so much!. He is lovely x
Thank you for your wonderful story Sister! May God truly bless you in all that you do in your life. May He also give His guidance to those whom you inspire to follow His call as well. 🙏
Great personal story of hearing God's voice!
Allison, God speaks to many many people and they know His voice. As the Good Book says the flock recognise the voice of the true shepherd. I am one of the hundreds of thousands people who hear His voice today. It is heard by all those who seek Him and who listen attentively for His voice with the ear of the spirit. We recognise Him clearly and unmistakably. For those who have questions on the source of the voices we have 2 tests. First test the spirit asking is Jesus Christ is , the answer to that is obviously yes. Second ask for a witness to the message, that is another person you know should receive the same message just to make sure you are not losing it! I don't know what is like to suffer from delusions but I can imagine that it is scary, unlike what we experience. I pray they turn to God for help. God bless you.
allison hwang God would never ask you to kill someone - that's how you know if the voice is delusional or not. No one is bad or "very bad" for believing in God. What's tragic is when someone with a mental illness doesn't get the help they need and ends up doing something they never meant to do.
One could as easily say your lack of belief is amoral. The truth is, there's nothing amoral about it, nor does a belief equal "mentally weak" as you like to presume. And on the flip side, we know there are and have been plenty of "ethically devoid" humans who don't believe - perhaps those are the ones preventing aliens from visiting us lol.
What you call supernatural today might very well be called natural in a century. We have constantly pushed the boundaries of our understanding of the universe. So don't be too quick to smack the label "not real" on stuff with your limited understanding of how they really work.
Why are you watching the video then?
Such a beautiful story❤️