He has more than 650,000 followers on Instagram, but Pablo Garna isn't your typical influencer. Beyond advertising campaigns, he's chosen to showcase on his profile something the social media world isn't used to: talking about God.
PABLO GARNA
Model and Influencer
I receive miracles, miracles, on my phone every day. In the end, it's that, first, there are a lot of people. Logically, with that magnitude, with that number of people, statistically, there's a lot of messages. But then it's true that yes, they are true miracles from people whose hearts have been touched by a photo, a song, a video, a comment, something.
Pablo achieves this with videos like these: talking about Lent, about different types of relationships, whether family, friendship, or romantic, and also sharing some of his concerns.
The photos he uploads daily in some chapel or church praying before the Blessed Sacrament are also not unusual. With this, he has forged a solid community in which he is able to teach how God is not and should not be taboo.
However, from now on, that content will be paused. Pablo has announced that he is leaving social media, but for a greater reason: he wants to dedicate his life completely to God, and he has done so.
Basically, because in a few weeks, I'm going to enter the seminary. That's it. Just like that. Just like that. And God willing, in a few years, God willing, I'll be a priest. Well, it hasn't been an easy decision, obviously, but I'm very calm, really, and happy, and content, and very peaceful. I also know, well, that it's a decision the world might not understand. I'm doing well in life, my travels, my things, my car, I earn money, I have a great job, the dream of many people, but what good is all that to me if deep down in my heart there's something else?
Pablo says he is aware of what priestly life entails. Now, his routine will change completely.
PABLO GARNA
Model and Influencer
I notice it when that spark, when that thing that leaps in his heart and in the depths of his being is true and authentic. I notice it all the time with that theme, with that reference, with that life of dedication, with that life of poverty even. I live the exact opposite, so to speak, in a world that is exactly the opposite, but I'm living it more and more, and for many years now, and without ever fading, sometimes with a louder voice, a lower voice, but never fading away, that voice that says: Hey, this is great, this is wonderful, but I want you for something else.
A decision that, Pablo says, isn't a last-minute one. It is something he believes God planned for him from the very beginning – a life plan that begins now and is clear to him.
PABLO GARNA
Model and Influencer
I'm not going to try anything. I'm crystal clear about it. Later, God will decide, but I'm not going to the seminary to try it out and see how it goes. Then there's the whole discernment process and all that, but deep down in my heart is that desire, but it's clear, 100%. It's not worth saying, 'Well, I'll go in here and see what happens if it goes well for me,' and what if… Because, humanly, I'll tell you: "I don't feel like it." Humanly, I don't feel like it. There are many things I don't feel like, but deep down in my heart, I'm certain that the Lord is saying to me: "You, this is it. That's it. Go ahead. There's water in the pool, jump in."
His life will take a 180-degree turn, but he himself says: "Listen to what your heart tells you." He doesn't know if he'll return to the world of social media, but what's clear is that his community will miss him dearly.
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