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Discernment: discernere – toseparate, distinguishTo be able to distinguishbetween what is of God andwhat is notA process – takes time.Significant in an instantworld.An art and a skillCall of BaptismThe meeting place of prayerand action. (T. Green)Listening to the Music of theSpirit (Lonsdale, D)Involves the whole person andthe context in which he/shelives. Affective Intellectual Intuitive Communal(Thesing, 2003)Often the right brain can tellyou something you didn’tknow that you know. Thereis no conflict in the rightbrain (eg mandala)
Call / Vocation(Vocations and Vocation Discernment C.J. Jackson Rev Rel 63.3.2004) Central to how the Bible depicts the humanperson in relation to God. The patriarchs, theprophets, the apostles – all began their missionbecause of a call they received from God. Vocation – mission in life – describes thepersons they are called to be. Vocation is the way of life. The Reign of God
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