Yesterday we shared with you the first of three types of persons and their approach to doing God’s will, namely, the one who has good intentions to truly discover God’s will and when nudged to do what God is asking, does nothing. The second type of person, according to St. Ignatian Loyola, is the one who “does everything but the one thing necessary, namely, that to which God is calling them. Religious life? But, oh, my, what if this and what if that and what if the other thing. The pile of “ifs” gets in the way. This type of person will do good things for the Lord as long as what God is asking does not demand too much of them. The leap of faith is never taken. What if Mary had not taken that leap and what if Jesus had approached His Father with a list of ifs?
Source: Discernment of Spirits by Warren Sazama, SJ, National Religious Vocation Conference, Chicago, IL 60615.
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