Discernment: The first reading of today’s liturgy, Acts
12: 24-13: 5a, gives us a direction for discerning God’s will. Barnabas, Symeon, Lucius of Cyrene, Manean
and Saul were worshiping the Lord and fasting.
During their worship and
ascetic practice of fasting, the Holy Spirit spoke to them, directing them in
what God wanted them to do. If I am
going to discern God’s will for me, I, too, need to spend time worshipping the
Lord. I, too, need to take time to fast: fasting from over consumption of food, from eating more
than I really need, fasting from busyness that keeps me from setting time aside
for the Lord, fasting from gossip and other sinful ways that dull my senses,
that block my vision, that harden my heart.
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