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<\/a><\/div>\n[Brief summary of the retreat I gave to the CCW]<\/p>\n
We often pray for God\u2019s will to be done in our lives, our families, our communities, our church and the world. \u00a0Every time we pray the most perfect prayer, the Our Father, we ask for God\u2019s will to be done on earth is it is in heaven. \u00a0In casual conversation we evoke God\u2019s will regarding future events by saying \u201cGod-willing.\u201d \u00a0The Spanish language is a champion at expressing this having many options such as Dios quiera <\/i>(May God want it), Primero Dios <\/i>(God First), Si Dios lo permite<\/i> (If God permits it), and Si Dios la licencia<\/i> (If God gives license) to name some.<\/p>\n
We pray for it, but how do know we are doing God\u2019s will?<\/p>\n
First we must ask and place ourselves in a disposition to listen. \u00a0If there is someone with a desire for you to know God\u2019s will, it is God himself. \u00a0We must ask and as Samuel did after being instructed by Eli, we must listen. \u00a0\u201cSpeak Lord for your servant is listening.\u201d \u00a0There are countless distractions and modern gadgets that rob our ability to be still and to listen. \u00a0Elijah found God in the sheer silence; we too must carve silent moments of prayer and meditation.<\/p>\n
Frequenting the Church\u2019s sacraments is instrumental in finding the will of God since in participating in the sacraments we do the will of God. \u00a0Christ has willed the sacraments as a means to receive God\u2019s grace without fail. \u00a0Every time we participate in the Eucharist we do His will because we are obedient to Jesus\u2019 command \u201cdo this in memory of me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Psalm 37 asserts \u201cfind your delight in the Lord who will give you your heart\u2019s desire.\u201d \u00a0God has planted certain desires in every heart and has the power to fulfill every one of those desires. \u00a0A good place to start seeking God\u2019s will is to consider the deepest desires and longings of your heart. \u00a0God reveals His will through our natural desires and abilities, building upon them with His supernatural power. \u00a0God does not work in a vacuum, but rather works within our heart\u2019s deepest desires.<\/p>\n
Doing God\u2019s will requires an openness to conform your will to His will. \u00a0This alignment will always be a challenge even if God\u2019s will is simple. \u00a0Consider Naaman the Syrian who did not want to wash in the Jordan River seven times to be healed of his leprosy as God had willed through the prophet Elisha. \u00a0Washing in the Jordan was simple, but it was challenging for Naaman because that was not what he wanted or expected. \u00a0God\u2019s will may oftentimes be the simplest option placed before you, but just because it\u2019s the simplest does not mean it will be the easiest because it may require the alignment of wills.<\/p>\n
Finally to discover God\u2019s will requires careful and prayerful discernment. \u00a0According to the great Ignatius of Loyola, what comes from God is always accompanied with courage and strength, consolation, tears, inspirations and grace. Things are made easier and obstacles are removed so that the soul goes forward in doing good. \u00a0In other words, God\u2019s will brings peace and stability. \u00a0On the other hand, what does not come from God harasses with anxiety and sadness while raising obstacles backed by fallacious reasoning that disturbs the soul. \u00a0The soul is prevented from advancing. \u00a0In other words, what is not God\u2019s will brings turbulence and incertitude.<\/p>\n
A leper fell prostrate in front of Jesus and said, \u201cLord, if you wish, you can make me clean,\u201d and Jesus answered, \u201cI do will it. \u00a0Be made clean.\u201d \u00a0The man was open to God\u2019s will and his greatest desire (his healing) perfectly aligned with the will of God. \u00a0He was made clean. \u00a0God\u2019s will was done in his life. \u00a0May it be done in ours.<\/p>\n
[Picture: Styr River, Ukraine, 2006]<\/p>\n
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