Porn Actress Leaves Endless Boredom of Sin
She had announced her conversion on 1 January 2024, giving up her old boring life.
On her social networks, she publicly declared that she had repented of her "innumerable sins" and abandoned her "life of sin, wealth, vice and vain self-obsession".
She describes herself as "a repentant sinner who has turned to Christ; a former porn actress and producer".
"I am giving up all my income and surrendering my life to Christ. Leaving behind my life of rampant sin, vice, pride, debauchery, vanity and lies to live - by God's grace - a life of truth, beauty, obedience to God's divine will, virtue and humility," she wrote on Twitter.
"Thank you Jesus for not abandoning such a wretched sinner. Thank you, Mary, Mother of God, for your immense love and comfort," she added.
Bree also insisted that "God's forgiveness and mercy are real. If someone as broken and sinful as I am can be redeemed and converted, there is no doubt that anyone reading this can be saved by His divine mercy."
Baptised Lutheran as a child, she fell away from God at university, where she lived among "drunkenness, drugs and promiscuity". She then fell into pornography.
In 2023 she travelled to Italy and looked at the crucifix in churches. In Sorrento, she began to be moved by the image of the Virgin: "I felt that Our Lady was calling me in a very special way. Every time I entered a church, I looked for her, I really felt her presence. I wanted to greet her and ask her to help me overcome the tragedy I had suffered".
In Assisi, "I was impressed by St Francis, but St Clare moved me to tears. I knelt before her tomb and asked for help," she said.
When she returned to the United States, everything changed: "I realised I didn't want this life anymore. I hated my job. I felt uncomfortable and guilty about the work I had done for a decade. I couldn't stop thinking about everything I had done and all the lives I had negatively affected through pornography and the obscene life I was leading".
She sought out a priest, talked to him and told of her encounters, which were like "a cascade of light" and made her want to "become a better person". "I wanted to be pure, I wanted to be happy and I wanted to be a beautiful example of God's love.
"Honestly, I fell in love with the Catholic Church. There's such a richness to the faith. The Holy Trinity, the Father, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, Mary Mother of God, all the inspiring, heroic and beautiful saints, the sacraments, the history, the tradition, everything! But what touched me the most was the Eucharist.
Today, Bree Solstad has turned her hand to making rosaries and selling religious items.
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