{"id":66709,"date":"2026-01-22T12:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hospitalarias.org\/thanks-to-her-i-am-here-the-testimony-of-sister-zenyril\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T12:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:30:06","slug":"thanks-to-her-i-am-here-the-testimony-of-sister-zenyril","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hospitalarias.org\/en\/thanks-to-her-i-am-here-the-testimony-of-sister-zenyril\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThanks to her, I am here\u201d: The Testimony of Sister Zenyril"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen I was a child, we had an altar in our home with an image of the Virgin Mary.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Thus begins Sister Zenyril\u2019s testimony, a simple yet profound memory that reveals how faith lived within the family can shape the course of an entire life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From a very young age, prayer was part of her daily life. \u201cMy parents would even wake us up at dawn to pray the rosary,\u201d she recalls. Those gestures, repeated day after day, left a silent yet firm imprint.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon entering the Congregation of the Sisters Hospitallers, Sister Zenyril discovered that the presence she had learned of in childhood continued to accompany her. &#8220;When I entered the Congregation, I felt her maternal care, her closeness, her presence every day.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Vocaci\u00f3n Hospitalaria, Sor Zenyril\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ive3xNXG0Sc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sister Zenyril\u2019s testimony demonstrates the meaning of the Hospitaller vocation. <\/span><b>Being a Sister Hospitaller means beginning a life-transforming adventure with Jesus, allowing oneself to be challenged by the pain of the sick and vulnerable, and responding with closeness, listening, understanding, and service.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a vocation that does not diminish the person, but rather helps them grow, enhancing their gifts and helping them identify increasingly with Jesus&#8217;s way of loving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For many young women, stories like Sister Zenyril&#8217;s become an invitation to look at their own lives with greater depth and to ask themselves where and how God continues to speak today. 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