Brittany Bock
Episode 143
25 OCT 2021
She was a two-time All-American at Notre Dame, reaching the Final Four three times in four years. She went on to excel as a professional soccer player for seven years and was part of championship teams and earned the opportunity to train at the highest level with the US Women’s National Team. Listen in the second half of the show for her powerful story, overcoming eleven surgeries, broken ribs, and concussions, all while moving to seven different states. In addition to being a former pro athlete, she is a mentor, coach, speaker, and massage therapist. There is also an amazing story in the second half of the show about her trip to the Holy Land last year.
Notable guest quotes:
“Growing up, even on Sundays going to Mass, we were ministers of the altar… So, big part of our life.”
“In my recruiting process… I had a lot of schools looking at me… So, when I was looking at colleges… my faith was a huge part of that.”
“My faith, I think, my soccer journey and my career, it’s like this yearning to grow with the Lord in relationship.”
“I was always drawn to players that had a deep relationship with the Lord or were seeking. And so, through that journey, I would, in every city I went to… I would find — obviously easy as a Catholic to find — Mass in places where you go, which I’m so grateful. But I would end up going to Mass by myself… So, I was still growing in my relationship with the Lord.”
“I was just praying, like, ‘Lord, I need You to show me, like, I want You to show me how You want me to walk with You. And, like, open doors, or shut doors that need to be shut and open doors that You want opened.’ And so, I moved (to Colorado).”
“Ultimately, it’s that pain and that suffering that, it’s where we find Jesus even more and we are more bound, like, connected to Him at the cross and can surrender that.”
“Not that God does things to us, but He’ll use… all for good for those who love Him.”
“I started to, in this journey, as I continued to fall down, there were times when I just felt weaker and weaker and weaker and cried out to God, like, ‘Why? What am I doing wrong?!'”
“He continued to say ‘I’m right here with you. Your scars are mine. I have those. I know what you’re going through.’ And so that continuous draw through the suffering and through the pain, just, as He continues to pursue our hearts, all the time.”
“Instead of taking things into our own hands it’s like, ‘God we give this to You!'”
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