Continuing his catechesis on discernment, at the Wednesday General Audience, Pope Francis emphasized the importance of prayer.
“The secret of the lives of the saints is familiarity and confidence with God, which grows in them and makes it ever easier to recognize what is pleasing to Him.”The Holy Father went on to say that discernment is a part of life, and so is not always absolutely certain. And, citing Saint Paul, he noted that even when we know what we should do, we don’t always do it.
Pope Francis pointed to the first miracle recorded in the Gospel of Mark, where Jesus performs an exorcism, freeing a man “from the false image of God that Satan has been suggesting from the beginning: that God does not want our happiness.” The possessed man cannot accept Jesus because of the devil within him.
Discernment can still be difficult, because appearances are often deceptive. Through prayer, however, we can grow in familiarity with God, which “can met doubts in a gentle way, making our lives increasingly receptive to His ‘gentle light,’ according to the beautiful expression of St. John Henry Newman.”
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