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Lesson 4

Discernment

Discernment is the process for hearing and answering a call by God to some work or ministry and to our particular vocation.

Catechism Connections

Lesson Topics
Conscience Grace Salvation History Sin Suffering & Death Types of Prayer Virtue Vocation
Essential Lessons
Lesson Vocabulary

  • Discernment
    :
    (n.): The prayerful process of determining what God is calling one to do.
  • Contemplative Prayer
    :
    (n.): A type of prayer in which we simply be in God’s presence. It is a simple expression of the mystery of prayer: a gaze of faith fixed on Jesus, an attentiveness to the Word of God, a silent love.
  • Intercessory Prayer
    :
    (n.): Prayer for the needs of others.
  • Salvation History
    :
    (n.): The story of God’s love and mercy revealed to us throughout human history, culminating in Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross and Resurrection from the Dead which won for us salvation from sin and death.
  • Scripture
    :
    (n.): The written record of God’s revelation of Himself contained in the Old and New Testaments. It was composed by human authors inspired by the Holy Spirit. The Bible. The Word of God.
  • Virtue
    :
    (n.): An habitual and firm disposition to do the good. Moral virtues are acquired through human effort. The infused moral virtues and the theological virtues are gifts from God.
  • Vice
    :
    (n.): A habit acquired by repeated sin. Repentance for sin and confession may restore grace to a soul, but to remove the sinful habit requires much effort and self-denial, until the contrary virtue is acquired.
  • Chastity (The Virtue of)
    :
    (n.): The true integration of sexuality within a person’s bodily and spiritual being. It includes an apprenticeship in self- mastery. Each of us is called to chastity.
  • Sin
    :
    (n.): A deliberate offense against God. A deliberate thought, word, deed, or omission contrary to the eternal law of God. It is a failure to love God and neighbor.
  • Eucharistic Adoration
    :
    (n.): Devotional prayer in which we worship our Eucharistic Lord displayed in a monstrance.
  • Consolation
    :
    (n.): The comfort given someone who has experienced suffering or loss.
  • Desolation
    :
    (n.): The experience of a spiritual emptiness or miserable loneliness.

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    4 Helpful Rules for Discernment

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