{"id":4833,"date":"2019-03-05T21:17:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T02:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/?page_id=4833"},"modified":"2022-02-17T08:01:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T13:01:04","slug":"listening-to-and-for-gods-voice-lent-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/listening-to-and-for-gods-voice-lent-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening to and for God&#8217;s Voice &#8211; Lent 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div align=\"center\" class=\"youtube-responsive-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6ep9YUgYuc0?rel=0&amp;modestbranding=1\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"summary\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>We sometimes forget to listen to God\u2019s voice, especially when we are distracted living our lives. In this talk, Sister Faustina discusses some points on how we can recognize His voice and shares some heartwarming stories of encounters with Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for watching and participating in this retreat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Not Registered, yet? Don\u2019t miss the rest of the talks! Register for the Pray More Retreat!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/2019-lent-retreat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Click Here to Register!<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"downloads\">Downloads<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"audio-mp3\">Audio MP3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/05-Sr.-Faustina-Listening-To-and-For-Gods-Voice.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click&nbsp;here&nbsp;to download audio file.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"printable-study-guide-pdf\">Printable Study Guide PDF<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Listening-to-and-for-Gods-Voice-Study-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to download the printable study guide.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"printable-transcript-pdf\">Printable Transcript PDF<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Sr.-Faustina-Listening-to-and-for-God%E2%80%99s-Voice-Transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to download transcript of the video presentation.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201c\u2018If you knew the gift of God!\u2019 The wonder of prayer is revealed beside the well where we come seeking water: there, Christ comes to meet every human being. It is he who first seeks us and asks us for a drink. Jesus thirsts; his asking arises from the depths of God&#8217;s desire for us. Whether we realize it or not, prayer is the encounter of God&#8217;s thirst with ours. God thirsts that we may thirst for him.\u201d<\/p><cite>2560 Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"reflective-study-guide-questions\">Reflective Study Guide Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Has there been a time in your life where you felt that you were running on empty and needed the guidance of God? If so, did you find guidance from God? What did you do to seek His guidance?<\/li><li>What is your heart thirsty for when you pray? What does your heart crave when praying to God?<\/li><li>Who is in the driver\u2019s seat of your life? Is God in the driver\u2019s seat or is it fear, money, to please others, or something else?<\/li><li>&nbsp;Sr. Faustina teaches us that there is a movement to god\u2019s voice. God is inviting us to go on a journey with Him. What are the invitations in my heart from God? To forgive someone, to help someone, to volunteer, to talk to someone etc. the movement makes our hearts move in freedom and grace.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"text-listening-to-and-for-god-s-voice\">Text: Listening to and for God&#8217;s Voice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Hello. My name is Sister Faustina with the Sisters of Life, here to talk to you about listening to God\u2019s voice. And let\u2019s fittingly start with a prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"opening-prayer\">Opening Prayer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. We praise You, Father, for the gift of Your life, Your love poured out for us generously. We ask [chk 0:25] for the grace to receive that, to recognize Your voice, and follow it. [Chk 0:31] courage and strength for the fullness of life that You desire. We ask all this in the intercession of Your Holy Mother and Your holy name, Jesus. Amen. In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"follow-god-s-voice\">Follow God&#8217;s Voice<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>So back in 1968, Navy Chaplain Father O\u2019Conner, who would later become Cardinal O\u2019Conner of New York and the founder of the Sisters of Life, he was on a short flight in Virginia, back home where he lived, and it was a small military aircraft, just the pilot and himself. And even though the pilot was obviously flying the plane, he had in his cockpit all of the control panels as well. So the first hour, they took off, no difficulty, it was the evening. And then about an hour into the flight, complete darkness, and heavy turbulence as the rain beat down on him. And then, oh gosh, so sorry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1968, a young Navy Chaplain, Father O\u2019Conner, who would later become Cardinal O\u2019Conner of New York and the founder of the Sisters of Life, he was on a short flight back in Virginia, back to the base where lived, and it was in a small military aircraft, just with the pilot and himself. And the pilot was flying it, but he also had the controls in his cockpit as well. So they took off in the evening, no difficulty, but then about an hour into the flight describes that complete darkness fell in the midst of a storm, and heavy turbulence, and the rain beat down on their flight, then they were encompassed in complete fog. And so it was a very eerie feeling, not knowing, you know, where&#8230; they couldn\u2019t see anything ahead of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And a few minutes into that they see a warning light on the plane that said they were running out of fuel. Another few minutes go by and a second warning that they were virtually out of fuel. At this point he\u2019s getting very nervous, and he radios up to the pilot and he says \u201cDo you see the warnings?\u201d And the pilot said \u201cYes, I see them, but I think we can make it.\u201d And then a few minutes later it became very evident that they wouldn\u2019t make it. They still had 50-75 miles to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so he radioed all the local airports &#8211; Dallas, Washington National, Baltimore &#8211; but none of them could take them because they were embanked with the fog as well. So Father O\u2019Conner pulled rank, being much more senior than this young pilot, and said \u201cYou\u2019re going to have to call the International SOS, the distress signal to see if some local air field will take a chance on us. And so the young pilot said \u201cOh, I can\u2019t do that. That\u2019s going to leave a black mark on my record, because I took off without enough fuel.\u201d And Father O\u2019Conner said \u201cYou will call the International SOS, because you\u2019re going to have far more than a black mark on your record. Not only could the 2 of us crash and be killed, but we don\u2019t even know what\u2019s below us, others that we could hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so he did, this young pilot did, I\u2019ll share the rest in Cardinal O\u2019Conner\u2019s words, because he said what happened after that he will never forget. He says \u201cNo longer did the pilot call the International SOS than a voice came on the radio. \u2018Essex 395, I hear you.\u2019 The pilot said \u2018We ran out of fuel and we have no place to land.\u2019 The voice was that of a Chief Warrant Officer in the United States Navy, and he was close to Washington, and he simply said \u2018Follow my voice.\u2019 And minute by minute, \u2018Lower your right wing, lower your left wing, just follow my voice.\u2019 So calm, so steady. And then he said \u2018Do not be afraid.\u2019 He knew he was dealing with a young pilot. \u2018Just follow my voice. Just follow my voice.\u2019 Suddenly, we looked down. We couldn\u2019t have been more than a hundred feet off the ground when we first saw the lights. They were the landing lights of the field, and we glided in to a perfect landing. I could never forget that voice, the quality of the voice, the kindness of the voice, the experience of the voice, the calmness of the voice. \u2018Follow my voice.\u2019\u201d This is what the Lord says. \u201cFollow Me. Follow My voice. Don\u2019t worry, do not be afraid. I will bring you home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-listen-and-recognize-his-voice\">How to Listen and Recognize His Voice<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes we too are riding on empty, and we are desperate for God\u2019s help, His guidance. But as we progress in our relationship with the Lord and in the life of prayer, we realize that we never become self-reliant. We always need the Lord to guide us step-by-step, to give us the courage, the strength to live the love that we were made for. And not only do we need the Lord\u2019s love to help us, you know, come home to the Father for all eternity in heaven, but knowing His voice is the joy of our lives. It brings meaning and love into the everyday. We come to know who we are. It\u2019s literally the joy of our life. And this voice is the voice that stands out amongst all others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So how do we listen for His voice, and recognize it? That\u2019s what we\u2019re going to talk about today. And just 3 simple topics. So just first, as we begin, how His voice is for you individually. And then, where do we hear His voice in our hearts? This place of the heart, this place of a dialog in our hearts with the Lord. And lastly, what are some of the hallmarks, the key things that we should know to recognize that voice? So His voice is for us. There is one voice that we have all been made to hear. It is the voice of our Father. When He breathed His very life into us, He spoke us into existence, and He said \u201cBecome.\u201d That wasn\u2019t just a passing thought when we were created, but He continues to speak this word of life into us, sustaining us, loving us. Each of us is deeply known and loved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"he-speaks-to-us\">He Speaks to Us<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>And so this is a voice, whether we realize it or not, that we\u2019re very familiar with, and our whole existence hinges on it, on hearing it. And I love to think not only of the Lord speaking us into life, but sometimes I like to think of each of us as a song. I don\u2019t know if there\u2019s any musicians out there. That each of us is a song that emerged from the Father\u2019s heart. That He longs to sing, to be heard, He longs to be known and spread. And I\u2019m not positive, but I like to think of my song, that the Father sings at me, as Unforgettable. Maybe that\u2019s a little bold, but it\u2019s the truth. Each of us is unforgettable, that we have captured His heart, and that\u2019s why we\u2019re here. He\u2019s created us for love, [chk 7:49] love, and He\u2019s created us for a deep union with Him, which fulfills His most cherished desires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So not only does He speak us into life, but He speaks into our hearts as invitation to the fullness of life. We hear His voice not only the prophets, the church, holy scripture, the living word of God, through the saints, but we hear it most profoundly through the word made flesh, Jesus Christ, who speaks the Father\u2019s love for us. And His voice is not kind of a general voice, but He speaks to us individual, distinctly, uniquely, and has everything for us. Which leads us into our second point. Where does this happen? Where do we come to know the Lord\u2019s voice? And it is in the place of the heart. So what is this dialog of the heart? Hearing the Lord in this place of the heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hearing-the-lord-in-the-heart\">Hearing the Lord in the Heart<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a nice, [chk 8:44], who is 4 years old, and we\u2019re asking [chk 8:46] one day, as we often do, you know, \u201cWhat do you want to pray for today? You know, is it your dad or grandma?\u201d And she stopped to think, and she said \u201cI want to pray for Jesus and for me. That we would be nice to each other.\u201d I think somebody must have told her, you know, when she did something wrong that Jesus didn\u2019t like that. But I really love that she got it. She got that it was a relationship, you know, even if there was something complicated, at the tender age of 4. But this is the beautiful hallmark of prayer, this relationship quality. And so it\u2019s crucial to set aside time for this most important relationship of our lives, even 15-20 minutes a day. But where do we spend this time in prayer? In our hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Catechism of the Catholic church has a whole section on prayer and, fittingly, it starts with the place of the heart. And I\u2019m going to read a little bit from passage or paragraph 2563 from the Catechism, which speaks explicitly on this. It says <em>\u201cThe heart is the dwelling-place where I am, where I live. The heart is our hidden center, beyond the grasp of our reason and of others; only the Spirit of God can fathom the human heart and know it fully. The heart is the place of decision, the place of encounter, because, as image of God, we live in relation. It is the place of covenant.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So we have this mysterious place of encounter deep within us at our hidden center. That is so powerful. And when the apostles asked the Lord \u201cTeach us to pray\u201d in Matthew\u2019s gospel, chapter 6, He says \u201cGo to your room, shut the door, and pray to your Father in secret. Your Father, who sees you in secret, will reward you.\u201d This room is your heart, so go there when you lift up your needs and thoughts to the Lord in prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-do-i-pray-from-the-heart\">How Do I Pray From The Heart?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>So how do I pray from the heart? Well, I think it\u2019s important to have a posture of heart to ready ourselves to receive whatever the Lord desires for us in prayer, but also to have a little bit of structure to that time to make it fruitful. So a posture of heart, I think if I sum it up in one word it would be thirst. So when I\u2019m about to go in prayer, I kind of get in touch with \u201cWhat is my heart thirsty for? What is my heart, like, craving, aching for?\u201d It\u2019s a beautiful place, and the Catechism actually talks specifically about this as well, and referencing the Samaritan Woman at the well. This is paragraph 2560, and it says \u201cThe wonder of prayer is revealed beside the well where we come seeking water.\u201d [Chk 11:32] whenever we\u2019re thirsty. \u201cAnd there, Christ comes to meet every human being.\u201d He\u2019s already there. \u201cIt is He who first seeks us and asks us for a drink. He thirsts. And prayer is the encounter of God\u2019s thirst with ours.\u201d So to be in touch with that thirst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\">And then I like to start, you know, in prayer, just asking the Holy Spirit \u201cCome Holy Spirit.\u201d Because when we ask Him to come He comes, and He teaches us how to pray. And then the structure. How can we use this time well? So I like to think of it as a heart-to-heart dialog. So I share my heart for a few minutes, and then I listen in <a href=\"https:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/coping-with-gods-seeming-silence-lent-2020\/\">silence to see how does God<\/a> respond. So I share my heart. Two things to share with the Lord to know that I\u2019m really in the place of the heart, I share my desires and struggles. So my desires, what do I long for? And, you know, especially in the areas of love and happiness. Maybe I spend some time further articulating this thirst that I feel, this thirst for more, right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then also important is my struggles, to share that. Where do I feel tension in my heart? Or have I kind of run up against my weakness that\u2019s frustrating me? Wounds or fears, questions. And it takes honesty and courage to really share these things with the Lord, because in both of these places I feel my littleness, how small I am. I need God to fulfill my desires, I can\u2019t do that on my own, but I also can\u2019t tackle my struggles on my own either. I need Him in both of those places. And I can say some of the most powerful graces of my life have been&#8230; have stemmed from moments of real, sheer honesty with myself before God, and how He\u2019s spoken to me and met me in that real reality of that thirst, and transformed me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then I wait. So then how does God respond. Okay, so maybe I\u2019ve just shared with Him, yeah, a desire for deeper love in my vocation, or a desire for purity. Maybe my experience of loneliness, or my fear of sacrifice. Whatever I\u2019ve shared, how does God respond? Well, a lot of people would jumpstart this listening part by reading scripture, taking out either the gospel of the day, or maybe little by little they\u2019re working through a gospel, the whole of a gospel, and to read through it prayerfully and say \u201cOkay, well what is my heart\u2019s&#8230; where is my heart\u2019s attention going as I read this.\u201d You know, maybe it\u2019s something that\u2019s really attracting to me, that\u2019s pulling me in, and I can sense that, right. Maybe it\u2019s \u201cWow,\u201d I\u2019m reading this gospel and I\u2019m like \u201cOh, I don\u2019t like this, I don\u2019t get it,\u201d you know. \u201cWhy did You say that or do that Jesus?\u201d Right. Or maybe there\u2019s just a curious detail, and I\u2019m like \u201cWow, I never noticed that.\u201d But today it\u2019s popping out at me, right. So whatever it is, to stay there, linger it. Like, kind of like a little teabag, just let yourself seep there and say \u201cJesus, why?\u201d You know, \u201cReveal to me in my own heart what is it that You want to speak to me about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And over time, even 6 months of doing this, like, what have I been constantly sharing in myself. What do I bring up, or what do I not bring up, right? And then when I give Him a chance to speak and respond, what does He seem to be bringing up? And this takes patience. You know, some days it might be loud and clear, other days it\u2019s gentle, very soft. But His voice becomes like an acquired taste, like a dark chocolate or an aged cheese, and we start to recognize it and be sensitive to it, which is a beautiful thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"distinguishing-hallmarks-of-god-s-voice\">Distinguishing Hallmarks of God&#8217;s voice<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>And so, as we spend this time in the silence of our heart, what are some of the distinguishing hallmarks of His voice? Well, as Sisters of Life, we are privileged to serve women who are pregnant, in crisis, walk with them, help them to follow with their heart\u2019s desire to choose life for their child. This one woman, Ellen, came to us, and she had grown up Christian, and she remembers hearing for years, you know, that people were hearing God\u2019s voice and talking to Him, and she was like \u201cOh my goodness, that\u2019s impossible for me. That\u2019s never happened to me.\u201d And she found herself pregnant, and in the midst of a lot of difficulty she decided she couldn\u2019t do it. She just couldn\u2019t do it. So she went to seek out an abortion, and she went twice, but both times she left because she was still so conflicted, you know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the third time she went in to the abortion clinic for an appointment, she sees a group of people praying outside, and it made her realize \u201cWow, there\u2019s something going on here that\u2019s worth fighting for.\u201d At the same time, she, yeah, she was a bit in denial, thinking \u201cIt\u2019s not that big of a deal.\u201d And as she was prepared for the procedure, and she was about to have it done, the abortion, she hears this voice in her heart that says \u201cGet up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And something inside her immediately responded, and she leapt off the table, knowing that it was the voice of her Father, the voice of a Father that was looking after her, loving her, drawing her closer to Himself, protecting her, fighting for her. And she says, in a beautiful way, that that day she said \u201cEver since that day, God has been speaking to me. I was obedient to that voice, and I will follow Him. He\u2019s talking to me in my heart, and I\u2019m going to listen.\u201d So she not only made a definitive choice for life that day, but a definite choice to listen to God\u2019s voice, to believe that He speaks to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-heading\" id=\"god-s-voice-draws-our-hearts-to-him\">God&#8217;s Voice Draws Our Hearts to Him<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>And so the first kind of hallmark of God\u2019s voice is that His voice draws our hearts to Him. You know, His is the voice that encourages us, that says \u201cI believe in your capacity to love. Not only your capacity to love, I believe in your capacity for holiness, to do beautiful things with your life.\u201d You know, His voice is never discouraging us, or demeaning us or our sufferings, or throwing us to despair. His voice never accuses us, you know. And He will invite us, because He\u2019s drawing us to Himself, to get rid of things in our life that obstruct that relationship, or that hurt us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"his-voice-reveals-our-own-hearts\">His Voice Reveals Our Own Hearts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\">Also, His voice, secondly, reveals to us our own hearts. It\u2019s really beautiful, because we all want to know more about ourselves so that we can live our lives more intentionally, more fully, more freely. And prayer reveals to us our own hearts, not only what I\u2019m passionate about, what makes me angry, what gives me joy, but also reveals to me my goodness, my deep goodness precisely, and oftentimes right in the midst of my weaknesses, that I can know that I am loved. That is my <a href=\"https:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/deepest-identity-lent-2018\/\">identity<\/a>. That I am loved not for what I can do or I can earn, but for who I am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And prayer also reveals to us our own selves in that it can reveal deeper desires that I didn\u2019t even know I had, right. And cast out lies that I believed about myself, that I have maybe been living my life based off that aren\u2019t true. And it can reveal to me also who\u2019s in the driver seat of my life. Is the Lord really in the driver seat, in the pilot seat, or is it fear driving my actions? Is it Money? Is it to please others? Right. In a beautiful way, it can bring our life to new direction as He reveals our hearts to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"god-s-voice-brings-us-peace\"> God&#8217;s Voice Brings Us Peace<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\">And thirdly, only God\u2019s voice brings <a href=\"https:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/blessed-are-the-peacemakers-lent-2021\/\">peace<\/a>. A deep peace, you know. Peace comes with living in accordance with God\u2019s will, what\u2019s best for us, really what\u2019s good for us. And even in the midst of difficulty or suffering, there is a deep peace that gives us the strength that we can rest in, to say that \u201cGod is here, He\u2019s supporting me.\u201d It\u2019s a false peace when it\u2019s paired with something sinful, and therefore it won\u2019t last, and God will continue to stir our conscience, right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then lastly, there\u2019s a movement to God\u2019s voice. When God speaks, He\u2019s inviting us to come on a journey with Him. So what are the invitations in my heart that God\u2019s putting, kind of washing on the shores of my heart as I enter into prayer? Is He inviting me to forgive somebody, to let go of something, to get involved with a group that volunteers or, yeah, to love in a new way, to talk to somebody, a friend or a counsellor, about something that\u2019s bothering me? Right. And so you\u2019re going on the right direction, kind of on the right train, if you\u2019re growing in freedom and peace. This is the movement of God\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\">And sometimes we can\u2019t hear where the Lord is moving our hearts, where He\u2019s drawing our hearts, because there\u2019s a work of <a href=\"https:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/how-you-may-be-preventing-your-healing-healing-2018\/\">healing<\/a>, you know, a deep suffering, a wound that God\u2019s healing. And as that resolves, then we\u2019ll be more awake to see what His next invitation will be. Sometimes it\u2019s because we haven\u2019t made a recent or honest confession, and that can clear a lot of noise in our hearts to then begin to hear the Lord\u2019s voice more clearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\">But whatever method of prayer you use, whether it\u2019s with the scriptures, with <a href=\"https:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/praying-through-lectio-divina-healing-2021\/\">Lectio Divina<\/a>, meditation, contemplation, whether it\u2019s something more vocal, Liturgy of the Hours, praying the rosary, of course going to Mass, the greatest prayer, it is crucial to learn to listen with your heart, to share with your heart, to bring in this beautiful depth of relationship and openness of heart, to receive however He wants to lead us. That is a part of every type of prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I\u2019m excited for you, I\u2019m excited for you to dive in deeper into your prayer, to know more who you are and know more who He is. To receive the gift of His love and let it blossom you into the bold lover that you are and the church needs. God bless you. Let\u2019s end with a prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ending-prayer\">Ending Prayer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Father, we know that You have entrusted to us this beautiful, open relationship. You\u2019ve given us Your Son, Your beloved Son in whom You\u2019re well pleased, that we may listen to Him. Help our hearts be open to You and honest with You, to bring into our hearts the fullness of life. We ask all this in Your holy name, Jesus. Amen. In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"about-sr-faustina\">About Sr. Faustina<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:29% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Sr.-Faustina-headshot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2642 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/speaker-sr-faustina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sr. Faustina<\/a><\/strong> is the youngest of eight children and has a twin sister. She&#8217;s originally from Connecticut. She studied psychology and nursing prior to entering the Sisters of Life in 2009. She currently serves as the assistant Vocation Director. She loves life, all things rustic, but Jesus most of all! 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