Father Stephen Gadberry

This whole time I'm growing a lot in my faith and praying a lot more, and this idea of priesthood comes. How did the idea of priesthood come? It started as just a random idea. Like when I'd be in the car driving around, doing the quality control stuff, or on the forklift working, or in the warehouse, be at the gym, be doing other stuff.

And out of nowhere, this idea of being a priest would come to my mind. Where'd that come from? It's kind of random. And I just wouldn't think much about it. And I'd go back to what I was doing. And a few days later, it would happen again. I'm like, that's kind of random. I wouldn't be doing anything that would trigger a thought like that. I wasn't reading the Bible. I wasn't at church or anything.

And out of nowhere, this idea of being a priest would come to my mind. Where'd that come from? It's kind of random. And I just wouldn't think much about it. And I'd go back to what I was doing. And a few days later, it would happen again. I'm like, that's kind of random. I wouldn't be doing anything that would trigger a thought like that. I wasn't reading the Bible. I wasn't at church or anything.

And out of nowhere, this idea of being a priest would come to my mind. Where'd that come from? It's kind of random. And I just wouldn't think much about it. And I'd go back to what I was doing. And a few days later, it would happen again. I'm like, that's kind of random. I wouldn't be doing anything that would trigger a thought like that. I wasn't reading the Bible. I wasn't at church or anything.

I was loading up munitions. I was driving a forklift, whatever it may be. And this thought would come. It's sort of like the whole 444 thing. It just happened more and more often, and I was like, okay, I've got to pay attention to this. Once I started paying more attention, I started getting more signs, more affirmations. One thing, for example, when I was in Iraq, I went to mass one day.

I was loading up munitions. I was driving a forklift, whatever it may be. And this thought would come. It's sort of like the whole 444 thing. It just happened more and more often, and I was like, okay, I've got to pay attention to this. Once I started paying more attention, I started getting more signs, more affirmations. One thing, for example, when I was in Iraq, I went to mass one day.

I was loading up munitions. I was driving a forklift, whatever it may be. And this thought would come. It's sort of like the whole 444 thing. It just happened more and more often, and I was like, okay, I've got to pay attention to this. Once I started paying more attention, I started getting more signs, more affirmations. One thing, for example, when I was in Iraq, I went to mass one day.

It was one of the first days I was there. finished up Mass, there was a guy who came, his name was Joaquin, and he comes up to me after Mass, never met him, he's never met me, didn't know each other, and he didn't say, hi, I'm Joaquin, good to meet you, what's your name? He just came up and said, you're thinking about being a priest, aren't you? And I was like, what?

It was one of the first days I was there. finished up Mass, there was a guy who came, his name was Joaquin, and he comes up to me after Mass, never met him, he's never met me, didn't know each other, and he didn't say, hi, I'm Joaquin, good to meet you, what's your name? He just came up and said, you're thinking about being a priest, aren't you? And I was like, what?

It was one of the first days I was there. finished up Mass, there was a guy who came, his name was Joaquin, and he comes up to me after Mass, never met him, he's never met me, didn't know each other, and he didn't say, hi, I'm Joaquin, good to meet you, what's your name? He just came up and said, you're thinking about being a priest, aren't you? And I was like, what?

Yeah, just out of the blue, complete stranger. And that was, little things like that, you know, people making comments.

Yeah, just out of the blue, complete stranger. And that was, little things like that, you know, people making comments.

Yeah, just out of the blue, complete stranger. And that was, little things like that, you know, people making comments.

No, I mean, have you told anybody around that person? No. No, there's no reason why he would have known it. I'd just gotten there. I was the only one from my unit that was deployed at that time. So everyone else was new to me. I didn't know anybody that didn't know me. And that guy didn't know you. See, this is what happened to me in Sedona.

No, I mean, have you told anybody around that person? No. No, there's no reason why he would have known it. I'd just gotten there. I was the only one from my unit that was deployed at that time. So everyone else was new to me. I didn't know anybody that didn't know me. And that guy didn't know you. See, this is what happened to me in Sedona.

No, I mean, have you told anybody around that person? No. No, there's no reason why he would have known it. I'd just gotten there. I was the only one from my unit that was deployed at that time. So everyone else was new to me. I didn't know anybody that didn't know me. And that guy didn't know you. See, this is what happened to me in Sedona.

I said, make gummy bears.

I said, make gummy bears.

I said, make gummy bears.

Yeah.