A Woman’s Perspective on Faith and Healing | Chris Stefanick Show
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- čas přidán 4. 05. 2022
- My wife, Natalie, agreed to come on the show and tell her story of recovering from abuse. What you’re going to hear is a story that touched our marriage specifically. I hope our own journey of hope and healing will give you strength in your own journey too. If you want to know what raw faith and redemption look like in a Catholic life, this episode is for you.
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As a psychiatric nurse I have heard thousands of stories of sexual abuse, I have become desensitized to it, so why did I cry listening to this beautiful soul tell her story? I'll tell you why. It's because I don't get to see many of my patients become healed and wholesome again. I see them drugged with antidepressants and anxiolytics and fed a cold, secular psychology which only helps them justify their negative thoughts and maladaptive coping strategies. This story is so beautiful! real healing from a caring God. I love hearing how she ran from Him and how He chased her and caught her in a spiritual embrace, He hugged her soul. Even evil is turned to good by loving Jesus. Well, time to wipe my tears and try to look composed. Man this touched my heart. Thank you for being brave and bringing this into the light. ❤️💙❤️💙💚❤️🧡❤️💛💙
I keep getting messages saying someone liked this comment but no likes appear...that is sooo CZcams.
Well I liked your message!!! ❤
Soooooo. You only cry when patients get better? I think it's effed up that you have become desensitized to stories of sexual abuse. But only cry when "patients become healed and wholesome again." YOU are what is wrong with the Church. You root for the winner. The lucky. The saved. You don't empathize with the broken and oppressed by your own admission and you are a perfect fan of this phony catholic false prophet. I truly hope you get healed yourself. Just as you can't cry for a victim of sexual abuse, I won't show you any of my sympathy. How do you like it? Wonder if this shoooooows up in your CZcams. NO LIKE
“When a man loves a woman, he has to become worthy of her. The higher her virtue, the more noble her character, the more devoted she is to truth, justice, goodness, the more a man has to aspire to be worthy of her. The history of civilization could actually be written in terms of the level of its women.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, Life is Worth Living
When a man loves a woman
Can't keep his mind on nothin' else
He'd trade the world
For the good thing he's found
If she is bad, he can't see it
She can do no wrong
And turn his back on his best friend
If he puts her down
When a man loves a woman
Spend his very last dime
And trying to hold on to what he needs
He'd give up all his comforts
And sleep out in the rain
If she said that's the way, it ought to be
When a man loves a woman
I give you everything I've got
Trying to hold on to your precious love
And baby baby please don't treat me bad
When a man loves a woman
Deep down in his soul
She can bring him such misery
If she is playing him for a fool
He's the last one to know
Loving eyes can never see
Yes when a man loves a woman
I know exactly how he feels
'Cause baby, baby
When a man loves a woman
When a man loves a woman
When a man loves a woman
When a man, when a man
When a man loves a woman
- Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright
Thank you so much for posting that! Very beautiful!
I know it's your wife, and I know you've heard her testimony before, but I haven't. Every interruption derails her story, and her experience is certainly worthy of the telling. In the end, I'm grateful that Jesus did what he does. Always.
It warms my heart to see a truly authentic loving Catholic couple with such a beautiful , important story to tell. Very inspiring. God bless you both.
I went to WYD 2002 in Toronto and I remember that as soon as I heard the helicopter where JP II was in when arriving I just began to cry and cry and cry. It was definitely an indescribable experience. Hearing you mention your experience at just hearing his voice brought me tears 😢.
God bless all the women of God specially your precious wife!
I remember taking a class with Natalie in Steubenville. You both are awesome. God bless your work.
Sitting next to my 2 yr old son on the bed watching you two, whilst he is watching some vids and my wife making me coffee and I'm drying the tears from my eyes so I don't get caught. Absolutely beautiful, thank you.
You haven’t even started your story and I’m already crying ♥️
So appreciate your vulnerability.
You Chris are such an obviously super husband. Your dear wife is brave! Love you both! Great for all to hear! Hope! Faith! Nothing is an accident.
Oh Natalie, my story is very similar to yours, I even felt “triggered” to past events when at mass Susanna’s story is told. My pain still goes on, now physically and mentally impacting my daily life. What is different now though is a few years ago in 2020 I had a reversion that changed my perspective and my priorities. I have very much enjoyed listening to your story thank you for being courageous enough to share it. FYI: you and I share the same name, I truly believe I was meant to hear this today. ❤🙏🏼God Bless
Thanks Natalie for being brave and sharing your story.its an inspiration to seek God .❤🇨🇦
Please please have her back to talk about healing from the abuse. I have come so far yet I have built a wall around my heart that separates me from Jesus. Any words of wisdom will help. Done the therapy, there are no loved ones.
Praying for you, that you may receive the grace of healing, from the Holy Spirit. Don’t get tired of asking Him..
I'm so sorry for what you endured and that it's still affecting you.
I will keep you in my prayers, Karen. 🙏✝️❤🌹
TY for being transparent! Abused at a young age, and thankfully, my Father has not allowed me to recall the “who” of it. For that I’m grateful. But I came to know this was why, for most of my 71 yrs, I have “NOT WANTED TO ‘BE’” I had, in 2013 a convention experience of the Love of the Father God! Changed EVERYTHING! I needed to hear your story today, to remind me of who I BELONG to. God bless you both. 💕
Conversion, NOT convention, sorry! 😀
“There IS no where else”! Love it.
Something that you said about how your personality changed post-abuse, it happened to me too, I never felt like I was a child anymore! Our childhoods were stolen, really by the evil one, wasn’t it? 😢
You guys are AWESOME. You are so beautiful to each other. And you’re real…not fake. Amazing examples.
Agree! Authenticity is so rare, because so few choose the courage and humility to face their stuff and embrace God's grace through the ugly. Labors of love. Real is the only way! Yes yes yes. awesome and exemplary couple.
Wow! My name is Natalie too and I'm grateful to have found this video. I'm a lot younger and my hope is to be blessed with a spouse and have kids despite my hard past in the Lord's timing. I had a difficult upbringing and this gives me all the more hope, all the more because we share the same name.❤🔥🙏🏽
I've been telling myself that even when I didn't believe in God, God believed in me. God saw mxe all the time, past, present, and future.
I feel so much better about you, Chris, now that I have watched this video. You can tell a lot about a person by their spouse! Thanks for this video.
Thank you angels for sharing your testimony. Please pray for my broken family. God Bless US for Real! 😇😇😇
Please let Natalie tell her story!,,,,,,,
Thank you so much for sharing your story!! So beautiful!! I will turn 60 in a few days and only 7 years ago I found out what Narcissistic abuse is, and until that time (53 years old), I finally found out what happened to me up until that time in my life. My dad and my ex, and other narcissists abused me all that time. I grew up as a cradle Catholic. When I was 31, I left the Catholic Church and went to a Lutheran Church and then an Alliance Church. When I was 45, I had a Reversion (conversion experience). I went to Confession and started going to Holy Mass on Sundays, then daily Mass 2-3 times a week, then Daily Mass, the Rosary, and i served as lector and Eucharistic Minister. For the 1st time in my life, Jesus brought Devout Catholics in my life, who helped me learn about our Beautiful Holy Catholic Faith. When I was 50, I went through a divorce, annulment, and stayed in a Monastery for 5 months and then 2 other religious communities, but that's not where God wants me to be. Now, I love the Latin Mass. I will soon be transitioning to a place where I will live my Catholic Faith with a devout, loving, caring Catholic Church where the Latin Mass is celebrated every day or at least 3 times a week. I want to help out at this Church I join and make good friends there, something I experienced before but now with the Traditional Latin Mass. Your story really inspired me!! Thank you and God bless you both and your family ❤️❤️🙏🙏
"I wanted the truth, when I found it, to be sublime."
God bless you guys for your authenticity ❤
I love your wife. She's so pretty and endearing.
This is a true moment of Catholics Anonymous for me. I was never abused sexually, but both my parents never (or very rarely in the case of my mother) seemed to be supportive of anything I ever did or was interested in. I am now 54 and can confirm this feeling of self-reliance, that I got when I was about 12. In my case, God came into my wretched life about that time and within the following five years I was a basic convert, although my long way to the RCC lasted until I was allowed to "join" last year. In my own experience God took the place of my parents, gradually but surely. These days, even when something bad happens, it makes me happy in a strange way, because I take anything out of the ordinary as a special message from my loving Lord. If He throws something at me, I suppose He wants me to grow, as one of His many little, happy children. I don't think my parents will ever love me but I know God does and I wish for everyone who feels abandoned or unjustly treated to know the peace coming from our mighty Father in Heaven.
Love it and want to hear more from your wife Chris. Genuine conversation and please let her do the talking .. Much love to you both. CK
Let her speak brother. 😉 Love you Chris.
Hallelujah Jesus! Thank YOU, Nathalie
Thank you for your testimony and witness ❤️🙏
This is a powerful witness. Thank you !!!
Bold, lovely and refreshing conversation. What a blessed couple!
I was abused by an older brother.
My body reacted to the abuse by having shingles on my face and neck and eczema on my arms. All this by 8 yrs old. The abuse continued til I was 11.
I agree, the abuse made me the person I am today.
I'm happy to hear that you came out stronger on the other side, but your story of abuse is heartbreaking 💔
May God bless you abundantly 🙏✝️❤
Bless you Mary
You wrote this months ago, so there will always be people who care that this happened to you, and l know from being in a "situation" at 7 with a monster, for a year, and having the feeling that no one was strong enough, even collectively, to either be alone with this person or to face the truth, (oh the look on the faces of those that "know" and shrink back), that the inner resilience it forged, when combined with faith, (l lost mine at that age) is uncountable.
It messed up my life, however, l have discovered l have the strength to look reality in the face, all of it, and a sudden wrath for justice when l see exploitation, and an uncanny ability to endure in order to plan, that l am sure l would not have had, if l hadn't, from a child's point of view, lost everything at 7.
God bless you, and your witnessing. We will not be silent forever.
A beautiful story and it seems like they have a beautiful marriage...a real friendship. Their conversation just bounces off each other in a way that we learn more of Natalie's story.
My father passed away 10 years ago.
He was 79 at that time.
Fathers during his time had the mentality that fathers were head of the family and they were. He worked and was our bread and butter and he was.
He smoked but did not drink. He had playboy magazines but never cheated on mommy. He was a daily mass goer but never bragged or mentioned it. He was a lawyer, provider and great father and grandfather . Abuse never entered my mind with all them magazines around. Those days were different I guess. Times before had distinction between wrong and right. Now many terms have been categorized.
One thing I know though. I love God my wife my family and my daddy. He may not be ideal now a days but then he was and still is.
If he was looking at pornography then he was cheating on his wife/your mother. And he conditioned you to think that his infidelity and sin against her was normal, and that is absolutely abuse. It doesn’t mean he is all bad or irredeemable or wasn’t a wonderful father in many ways. But it is a sin to discount and warp reality to rationalize and justify away someone’s harms (or our own) or act like the good things negate the bad. We are called to live in truth, and the truth is that your dad did commit a very serious sin that abused his wife as well as his kids.
He adores us in adoration?!?! 😭🥰 I have an hour tomorrow and I've never been more excited to go!! I was wondering what I've been missing while I'm there. That was it. ❤Thank you
Let her talk!
What a beautiful and powerful testimony. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏼 Also admire the love you have for each other and being vulnerable and sharing tears on camera. It touched my soul and made me cry, especially the gift your precious Rosemary bought for you, that is such a profound and meaningful gift to think to give your mother. My mind was blown thinking of the analogy that God is our gold and that’s what mends the broken pieces of each our lives to make a recreated masterpiece of art😂🙏🏼❤️. God bless you and your family
I love their relationship. You can tell there is so much love there. God Bless 🙏🏼
Thank you, Thank you! Looking forward to hearing the rest of the story. God Bless 🕊️
Thank you for sharing. I was abused has a child.
I'm so sorry that you were abused. Heartbreaking 💔
I hope that you've healed.🙏
May God bless you abundantly ✝️🌹❤
@@maureensullivan8898 one day at a time. By the grace of God
Thank you; that was beautiful as are both of you.
Please pray for my broken family. I always used to tell my kids Romans 8:28
Family court shredded my children and I😢
2 Cor. 5:17 has been my weapon, shield, strength, and power as God was and continues to heal me.
Thank you so much for sharing your story Maam Natalie. Your story is very inspiring. I am handling children survivors of abuse in different forms as well. They too are so inspired of your story.. Pleas pray for them and with them that they too may experienced healing and become an inspiration to others just as you do. Thanks Sir Chris Stefanick Show.. May God bless you more! Watching form the Philippines.
Beautiful and inspiring story..I love watching your videos Sir..thanks for sharing about your Catholic faith ..
The 1st amazing thing is what a beautiful couple you are who are not afraid to SHOW your love for one another! Very rare! May God bless you and your family and I’m praying for you and especially Rosie! 2nd is this video is from May 2022 but I’m watching it on March 27, 2023 and the reading today was also about Susanna. There are No coincidences since I too can relate to this reading and to you Natalie because I was sexually abused by my brother when I was 5 or 6. I don’t remember anything except that i “joked” about it at school with friends and I have every reason to believe that it wasn’t once and that my sisters may also have been also abused but it was such hush hush (we didn’t talk about THOSE things) that I only discovered this a few years ago and I’m 56 years old. I don’t know if my parents knew. I was close to Jesus at a young age going to Catholic Grammar school. But I attended a public high school and became promiscuous by age 16 or so and started drinking at 14. I was clearly searching for the meaning of love in all the wrong places and got “married” civilly at age 20 having my 1st daughter at age 21. My marriage has been rocky because my husband denies the faith though he goes to Sunday Mass because he was raised Catholic but he’s lacking in catechism and persecutes me. I have grown in my faith by the Grace of God thru a couple of friends but my husband has not so I continuously pray for him. We got married in the Church after 8 years of civil marriage by the Grace of God and the intercession of St Anne and now have 4 children. Our marriage is struggling but I offer it up knowing that Jesus will save him and my children. Knowledge of my abuse only drew me closer to Jesus through a friend who educated me in the faith and taught me about the TRUE LOVE and MERCY of Jesus in my life. He’s the one who helped me discover my past abuse. He was my spiritual Big Brother and spiritual director/teacher. I am forever grateful and strive to accept any sufferings that come my way and offer them up. I truly see God’s hand in my life even in abuse and confusion because without that I would not have cried out to Him for help and would probably be a lukewarm “woke”
Catholic today! Thank You Jesus and Mom! U love You both with all my heart, mind and soul!!
You were so blessed to end up in love with Our Lord, as so many do not end up this way. Thank you for sharing such a personal story that I know will help MANY! There was a part when Natalie was speaking that the camera went to Chris, the pain on his face for his precious wife brought me to tears 😢
Thank you and God bless you for this
Love these two!😊
A lot of males have difficulties revealing their abuse, especially back in the day, when we were not allowed to be vulnerable. Woundedness is often kep at bay with drugs, alcohol, and problematic behavior. God can deliver you! Do not despair!
So helpful, thank you for sharing.
Very powerful.
Beautiful ❤️
Chris I say this with great love.
Your videos are truly awesome, but please let your wife speak without interrupting her mid sentence or finishing for her or jumping ahead.
You have a beautiful joyful enthusiastic spirit that’s contagious and I really enjoy your content otherwise.
Very special! Thanks so much!❤
Thank you! From Perú 🇵🇪🌹
Beautiful story!!❤
Chris...we know you were trying not to talk too much but you still overtasked your wife way too much. Keep working at listening ...makes for a much more powerful and impactful interview. Thanks & God Bless
What a beautiful soul your wife is! I was so frustrated with all Your interruptions, though.😢. Going to watch part 2 now and hope there's less of you and more of her.❤
Thanks for sharing your story. I guess I leave with questions but I will watch part 2 to see if they are answered.
GOD BLESS YOU GUYS🙏🙏
What a Great show…! I had similar story too…! Thank you ….! God bless j you both…! 🌹❤️👩🏼🦰
You keep interrupting...pls let her talk
Thank you
How beautiful that the LORD never gave up his chase.
The art of putting together the broken pieces with gold is called kintsugi. I know that as my church ran a series called Kintsugi Hope to help us deal with the vicissitudes of life.
Chris, u keep interrupting ur wife and are not doing what u said from the start which was to let her share it..
I love their ministry,watching this dialogue I can’t help to think of that scripture that says in Matthew 18:6… little children are the ( apple of God’s eye ) that you Chris and your lovely wife testimony for Christ and how the LORD is working in to your life’s
Its the high fives between you two❤❤
After hearing the story, I don't know what to do with my anger about the innocent people being abused. I want to do more than pray. Actions are what GOD wants from me. GOD GUIDE AND TEACH ME.
I want to hear her story, for many reasons. I see her love for her husband, but i cannot follow her story, disjointed with the numerous interruptions. I am quite saddened that i cannot understand her story at all.
I was molested at a very young age around 6 yrs.old. I stuffed the incident down deep into my soul and heart like it never happened. My childhood was pretty okay. but I never had a happy view of myself then th
Holy smokes the husband sure does interrupt
MAY THE LORD JESUS CHRIST BLESS THE BOTH OF YOU ARE BEST FRIENDS FOREVER! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! SINCE THE DAY I MET MY WIFE, WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER 35 YEARS!, SHE HAS HAD M.S. AND BED RIDDEN, BUT I TOLD HER THE TRUTH! "I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, I WOULD GADLY GIVE MY LIFE FOR YOU!" JUST LIKE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, I WILL SUFFER AND DIE TO MAKE YOU HAPPY; AND BEG THE LORD JESUS CHRIST TO PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR LOVING AND LUSTING FOR YOU!" AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
Chris, you mean well, of course, but you interrupt your guests.
I too had a similar experience and when i spoke up was removed from the family..
🌹🙏✝️🛐🙏✨🕊️😪😪😪I am Sooo Incredibly Sorry for what you went through and Sooo GRATEFUL that you allowed yourself to be pursued by JESUS CHRIST🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌💓❣️💓Sooo GRATEFUL GOD brought You and Chris Together💞💞💞
The main reason people watching your show is to see what do your guests have to say on various topics…., but not what do you have to say outside of questions asking…….
Song recommendation! Gabrielle Aplin kintsugi! She has a pop and piano version, kintsugi is mentioned at toward the end of the interview, it's an artwork of taking pottery and putting it back together with gold 💛💛🧡💛🧡💛
My solace was controlling all males with my body. I abused pot and alcohol also.
I wanted to hear her story properly . He kept interrupting 😢.
With all the interruptions and advertisements i cldnt hear her story. 😢
I was abused in the late 50's by my grandfather. My parents knew and they knew his past behaviors. Not being protected was the worst. Also, I hated the fact that he was the school bus driver in a rural area...not telling how many others he violated.
You guys are too cute!!
When did you meet? When did you marry??????
Beautiful conversion story, but I felt increasingly anxious every time he interrupted her. :(
Please let her talk without breaking into her every sentence.
THIS!! 🎯
TRUTH!
Chris, love you man, STFU and let her talk...!
Love Chris but this would have been better if he would have just let her tell the story. The interruptions are frustrating
STOP, ... interrupting ....Chris!!!😁
Says: “I’m gonna shut up a lot today…”
Proceeds to interrupt every 20 seconds. 😀
Yes, I love their energy as a couple but I just wanted to hear her story!! Chris, let her TALK!!
I think he needs to tell his story about her conversion and how he feels about it but on a different show.
@@elshafita God love him, he means well. ❤️
EXACTLY!! CAN'T YOU JUST LET HER STORY UNFOLD?
Love the testimony..but CHRIS..let her tell her story..quit interrupting!!!🙄🤣
Its nice to see the love between the two of you. But I have one thing to say: You know brother you talk too much. You always interrupt when that other person is saying something important be it your wife or the person whom you are interviewing. You cut them short. Sometimes they remember what they were sharing and they continue but most times it goes on a different track. You seem to talk and laugh more than the person you are interviewing. You take away the joy of listening. Please don't do that. Thank you.
Why wouldn’t you let her say Medjugorje?
Part II. Don't miss it! czcams.com/video/IAqHXHJgptE/video.html
My God, your story is my story. I just realized it.
No my name is not brian
I did believe in Jesus tho
I didn't want to.
Chris, love your program as a practicing Catholic..., but the most frustrating experience of watching your clip has been overwhelmed by your none stop talking including constantly hijacking the conversations... .
😂😂💓💓💓🤗🤗🌞✨🕊️
Why isn’t there any Crucifix in the set? It looks a little bit pagan-ish 😢
Gosh I hope Chris can shut up for Part 2.
go to the sacrament!! GO TO CHAPEL U DONT HAVE 2 B CATHOLIC .. its the best possible place of "REST'
Well, it’s hard to have faith when God is not there for you. And God does not love everyone, he deserts you too. How can you love God when you have so much anger towards God?
Kamu bekerja untuk Filipin saya Tau itu, jadi maaf no
I would like to ask the host to talk less pls. You so interrupting that your wife couldn't tell her story as her own cos you are putting words into the story just because you already heard the story but pls just be silent and let her freely talj
I gave you a bad mark because you interfere with the speaker too much I'm not going to listen to it