Discernment: According to the Ignatian method, step 3 of discernment is another question-- namely, asking the Lord in all sincerity to know the state in life you need to embrace so as to more surely attain the end for which God created you. That end, of course, is, first of all, to give highest praise and glory to your Creator God in the use of your talents, educational background, and all that makes you the person you now are and are capable of becoming. Will that best be as a mother/a spouse, a woman religious, a single person. Second of all, the end for which you were created is to realize your salvation purchased for you by Jesus shedding His blood and dying on the cross for you. The price was His very life, not a monetary ransom. You want to sincerely know in what state of life you will best accept this gift of salvation by the choices you make: again, will that be as a woman religious, a married person or as a single person? In effect, you are sincerely saying: “Show me, Lord. Your will, not mine be done.”
Source: Discernment of Spirits by Warren Sazama, SJ, National Religious Vocation Conference, Chicago, IL 60615.
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