PRAYER & DISCERNMENT
BANGKIT RISTANT, UNSPLASH
Unravel the mystery of your call by
Sister Julie Vieira, I.H.M. belongs to the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary based in Monroe, Michigan. She is a writer, presenter, and spiritual guide.
OUR CALLING may not always be clear to us, but we can lean into it through prayer— that is, our own unique language and relationship with God.
Sister Julie Vieira, I.H.M.
Knowing “God’s will” is rarely, if ever, a crystal-clear process. It is more like bike riding at night where you can only see 500 feet in front of you, with successive distances coming into the light only as you move forward.
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INCE YOU ARE READING this article, chances are you’re in a significant moment in your life. You are wondering how God is calling you and how you want to be fully alive and fully yourself. Perhaps you feel that little stirring within you, that magnetic draw to follow your heart, but also that oh-my-God-isthis-for-real-cold-sweat fear that stops you dead in your tracks. No worries! It is well with your soul when you have these feelings of both
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