The Long Process (Weeks 1-9)
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The Discernment Team began with this week on February 18th, 2024, starting with the decision to offer to God a willingness for conversion—for the spiritual growth that will change the way we see ourselves in the community.
Week 2 (week of February 25)
Going Deeper: Small groups began pray individually and met to share their experiences. Consider that God calls everything into creation through the voice of Jesus Christ.
Week 3 (Week of March 3rd)
We chose the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola as our way of growing in our encounter with God.
Week 4 (Week of March 10)
We ask to appreciate Jesus' coming in the flesh and deepening our relationship with God.
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Week 5 (Week of March 17)
We ask for the desire to accompany Jesus as a friend
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Week 7 (Week of March 31)
How Do I Know I’m Experiencing God?
Week 8 (Week of April 7)
... May you entirely, spirit, soul, and body, be preserved blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Week 9 (Week of April 14)
This week we will engage the Ignatian awareness of great gratitude.
The Long Process (Weeks 10-22)
Week 10 (Week of April 21)
Ask, Be Grateful, and Be Patient
Week 11 (Week of April 28)
Continuing to Ask, Be Grateful, and Be Patient
Week 12 (Week of May 5)
Learning how God invites us to know and follow the Divine Will and how the “enemy of the human person” seeks to pull, seduce, or coerce us away from God’s desire for our wholeness and happiness.
Week 13/14 (Weeks of May 12 & 19)
Recognizing more deeply the Spirit of God working in you and the spirit of the enemy of human happiness (sometimes called evil or the devil) also at work.
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Week 15/16 (Weeks of May 26 & June 2)
What Spirit or spirits are moving you during your prayer?
Weeks 19/20 (Weeks of June 23 & 30)
Focusing on the skill of discerning spirits.
Weeks 21/22 (Weeks of July 7 & 14)
Listen closely to what the needs are in this community now
Rules for Discernment of Spirits