Thirst

How do you walk with thirst in your own desert experience?

Reflection 12: gaze, consider, contemplate, imitate ... discern [video]

Do I have unanswered questions that God can guide me through?

Discerning from both sides of the river bank

Advent in action: are you recognizing division in your life?

Celebrating the work of making room

Advent in action: Are you willing to make room for Jesus and the world in your life?

Sister Rita Mae to discerners: talk, explore, pray

"I had several strong influences to inspire me."

Celebrating discernment, diversity, family and Francis

"Francis would be happy" for the "diversity of the Franciscan family."

Listening, exploring and discerning like Francis

"No matter where discernment takes you, carry today's Gospel acclamation as you journey forth ..."

Discerning action, new adventure in Lent and religious life

What adventure God is offering for you to consider?

There's more to Sister Jacinta's discernment story

From discernment to ministry, Sister Jacinta inspires: "You've given me something to think about."

Discernment and Advent: is your heart ready for the celebration?

Hope is there like a long, invisible chain, linking the moments until the celebration can begin.

Discernment and Advent: called to new life

How has God been with you ... every step of the way?

Discernment and Advent: what are you preparing for?

How will we make the time to give our attention to prayer, not only during the season of Advent but throughout the whole year?

Discerning wisdom in words

Are you carrying and comprehending security, delight and love through the doors to religious life?

Discerning Religious Life? Consider the power of a good question…

We learn by asking questions…lots and lots of questions. 

When someone wants to learn more about membership with our congregation, we receive and answer some common questions time and again. And, to help answer those, we've created a reflection guide (learn more and reserve your copy!) ... 

Called to the right now of the journey

Discernment: "... when a walk becomes a gateway to prayer that soothes our souls."

FSPA at RE Congress 2018 ... Rise Up!

Sisters Amy and Kathy reached out to hundreds of people with "Discernment of signs along the way: your story of service in the Catholic Church" at the recent Los Angeles Religious Education Congress.

These are our own Meribah moments

How can the invitation to discern help you develop your own heart of flesh?

Discovery in discernment: breakthroughs of mind and heart

Like a scientific finding, discernment starts with a question.

Beacons of hope

Spiritual blisters: symbols of joy discovered in risking the journey.

Journey of Advent

How is your discernment part of the pilgrimage experience? Are you willing to enter the passage?

Sister Anita: the soul searching question

Calling through quiet to her innermost spirit and that of God, and listening "to find the courage and RESPOND" is, for Sister Anita, prayer. 

Tuning in to God, discernment

Sister Amy, in her own discernment, found that "Each community carried individual tones and music of life."

Imagination inspires vision in discernment

Discernment: imagining yourself in new climates, cultures an invitation from God. 

New horizons ahead

What would happen if you contacted the community whose website is open in your browser?

Where are we going?

Road of discernment: your gifts and talents may be precious fuel for propelling us into the future.

Distraction

What are you finding within the diversion of distraction in discernment?

Grumbling through the desert of discernment

Traveling through your own Egypt experience for the cool waters of friendship, understanding and companionship in discernment.

Love beyond measure

Love: it's also what discernment—and religious life—are all about.

Advent light and joy: the vocation that may shine from deep inside you

The searing questions we hear on the lips of Jesus are held in tension with this sense of Advent joy.

Following the light

Discernment: following the light of daily reflection

I have no magic words

How long will this take? How will I know?

Trying on your metaphorical lenses

Religious discernment: scrutinizing, eliminating and finding the right fit.

Earthquakes: when ground is no longer solid

Discerning through the dust of spiritual earthquakes: a readiness and responsiveness to what becomes unearthed.

Peace in the midst of unrest

Discerning in a hurting world: when our faith asks us, in difficult times, to look again.

Seeing discernent from new heights

Ask yourself: are you seeing discernment from new heights? A different point of view?


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