{"id":57989,"date":"2026-02-06T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/?p=57989"},"modified":"2026-02-06T09:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:32:14","slug":"barbara-bustamante-the-adventures-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/foco\/barbara-bustamante-las-aventuras-de-dios\/","title":{"rendered":"B\u00e1rbara Bustamante. The \u201cAdventures of God\u201d.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is worth watching a podcast by Blanket and Faith<\/em> (@MantitayFe <\/em>on Instagram)<\/a>, and listen to B\u00e1rbara Bustamante with her interviewees. For example, the a guide for Eucharistic Adoration<\/em> y the visit to the Blessed Sacrament<\/em>. O the Catechesis at home<\/em>, with Olatz (@Blessings.es<\/em>)<\/a>, to teach the faith to children at home. Now he has launched another on the art that gives life<\/em>, with Javier Viver. They all catch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We spoke with Barbara about her evangelizing concern. She is on the phone, about to give birth to her third child, Santiago. The eldest is two years old and the second is in Heaven. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"I come from a Catholic family, but not a practicing one, although there were times when I did. My parents baptized me, even without being fully aware of what the gift of Baptism meant. It was the greatest gift along with my sister<\/em>\u201d, she comments gratefully. \u201cHe made me a child of God from the beginning.\u201d. <\/em>When he began his faith journey, \u201clet's say, out of conviction, in adolescence<\/em>\u201dThe dialogue with their parents consisted of putting \u201ca share of understanding between me and them<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUncomfortable questions...\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Then, the communicator explains that \u201cGod came into my life with uncomfortable, existential questions. We are four siblings, but I have a sister a year older than me; we loved each other, but when we fought, it was to the death. When this happened, I was left without my friend, without my sister. Me, who do I play with now?\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe experience of frustration I began to feel very strongly from very early on.<\/em>\u201dshe acknowledges. First it was her sister's, and as she grew older, \u201cwhy there are so many wars in the world, why politics does so much harm in the family, why do we have to aspire to something in life if in the end I am going to die, and nothing is going to happen... From frustration to disillusionment<\/em>\u201d. At 14 years of age, Barbara had with God \u201c.\u201ca very defensive attitude<\/em>\u201d, reveals, \u201ca rather distant image of God, as if he did not take responsibility for the horrors experienced by humanity<\/em>\". <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is how he came to find himself \u201cface to face with God. And He, instead of answering me from reasoning, simply loved me.<\/em>\u201d, he assures. \u201cAnd that is why I believe he revealed himself to me in the Eucharist. It was an encounter that had a total impact on me, and it made me lower my defenses, and I really wanted to know him.<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professional vocation, lay, marriage<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\"I also asked myself, \u2018How am I going to earn a salary preaching the Gospel?\u2019 In the end I studied translation, a tool to be able to proclaim the Lord.\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Lord came to meet me - another adventure of God - and unintentionally, with my sister, who was a journalist, I came into contact with the Aciprensa agency. Through that door, I entered to translate news for the Hispanic American audience in the United States. God wanted to make me an integral Catholic communicator.<\/em>\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, his faith was consolidating, \u201cand I saw clearly that my vocation was lay, marriage. And at the same time, not without difficulties, because in my parish there were cases of abuses of conscience, which caused many people to leave, but thanks to God I never lost my faith, and it was strengthened.<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At that moment, the Lord came back into his life. He was responsible for the coverage of Pope Francis in Chile, and correspondent at WYD in Panama, with Aciprensa. \u201cBut suddenly the Lord moved my heart to take care of the little ones, and I went as head of communications to a mostly rural diocese, Villarrica, with a large indigenous community.<\/em>\". <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A change. A mission experience that considers \u201cbeautiful<\/em>\u201dHe accompanied the bishop with the Mapuches. In Villarrica, moreover, he met a Spanish missionary priest, and then a nephew of his, from Madrid. \u201cAnd we fell in love with each other. We started a long-distance relationship, had a normal courtship, and got married in February 2022 in Madrid.\u201d \u201cI am in Spain because of my husband, basically.<\/em>e,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the podcasts of Blanket and Faith<\/em>, B\u00e1rbara Bustamante likes to \u201clistening a lot\u201d, \u201cbecause it's really how the Lord speaks to me.<\/em>\u201d. People have liked what he calls the \u201ctheology of the home<\/em>\u201d, he explains, \u201chow to make God present in my home<\/em>\u201d, y \u201cconsistent evangelization inside and outside the home<\/em>\". <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can click below to listen to one of the episodes of his podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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