ART OF DISCERNMENT
HEN IT
comes to
hearing
God’s
Stop, look, and listen
W
PHOTO BY FATHER LAWENCE LEW, O.P. TEXT BY PATRICE J. TUOHY
ART OF DISCERNMENT
call “there is no escape, for in spite of
ourselves we must
listen,” says Saint
Teresa of Ávila,
a 16th-century
Carmelite nun and
one of the greatest
spiritual guides in
Christian history.
As you turn your
attention toward
God on your vocation journey, follow
Teresa’s advice: “Let
this presence settle
into your bones,
and allow your
soul the freedom to
sing, dance, praise,
and love!” =
