{"id":4735,"date":"2016-01-09T13:32:25","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T18:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/tomzampino\/?p=4735"},"modified":"2016-01-25T07:07:58","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T12:07:58","slug":"bishop-barron-the-waze-app-and-trusting-that-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tomzampino\/2016\/01\/bishop-barron-the-waze-app-and-trusting-that-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Barron, The Waze App, And Trusting That Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Sometimes the perfect metaphor just screams out at us, commandeering our full attention.<\/p>\n

If you have ever used the Waze app<\/a>, or any GPS system for that matter, it should quickly become obvious \u2013 as Bishop Barron observes in the video embedded below \u2013 that it is a nearly perfect metaphor for how we can directly connect to our spiritual lives.<\/p>\n

Think about it.<\/p>\n

Invaluable guidance awaits our mere inquiry. We need only tap into it.<\/p>\n

We are given nearly step-by-step navigation instructions \u2013 even if at times those instructions seem to make little or even no sense. We may only fully understand with hindsight, when we later come to realize the hazardous spots avoided.<\/p>\n

When we make the wrong turn, we are neither harangued nor punished. Rather, our next steps are carefully recalibrated to get us quickly back on track \u2013 again, we just have to be receptive to the proffered guidance.<\/p>\n

And this is all possible because that very sensitive, very aware mechanism knows exactly where we are, every step along the way, at all times.<\/p>\n

It all works together.<\/p>\n

We just have to listen to that voice.<\/p>\n

And learn to trust it.<\/p>\n

As he always does, Bishop Barron hits a home run with this video.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s well worth your time and attention.<\/p>\n