Listening To Your Heart
The CallGod calls each of us in a variety of ways. For Catholics, our Baptism is an invitation to listen and respond, to be open to, and aware of, God in our lives, our conversations, and our prayers. This lifelong process of searching our hearts, uncovering God’s deepest desires for us, is called discernment.
Discernment
Where is God leading me? What is the story of my life supposed to be about? How can I be my truest self?
There are no perfect answers, only choices and freedom. Freedom to feel excited and alive. Freedom to respond according to your heart. Freedom to enjoy the depth of fulfillment that comes from making and living your choices. Discernment allows you to recognize the stirrings of the Holy Spirit in your life.
Nothing is more practical than finding God,
that is, falling in love
in a quite absolute, final way.
What you are in love with,
what seizes your imagination,
will affect everything.
It will decide what will
get you out of bed in the morning,
what you do with your evenings,
how you spend your weekends,
what you read,
who you know,
what breaks your heart,
and what amazes you with joy and gratitude.
Fall in love, stay in love
and it will decide everything.
- Pedro Arrupe SJ
Did you ever ask yourself?
How am I practically seeking and finding God?
How am I hearing God’s voice in my life?
How am I discovering and responding to God’s dream for me?
How am I falling in love in a quite absolute and final way?
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