How Much Certainty From God Should We Seek in Decision Making? Feat. Father Timothy Gallagher OMV

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Father Timothy Gallagher OMV is one of the top experts on Ignatian Discernment. He was a part of the God's Adventure Awaits Summit back in the Summer of 2020 and I am so excited to have him back on now! Father Timothy shares his priestly discernment story with me and together we talk about the role of desire in discernment. He also goes over the process of discernment, gaining counsel, judging, and executing a decision with peace and in relationship with Christ. We talk about what should be discerned, little every day decisions vs. big decisions. Also discussed is what true peace is and how to know the difference. Join us as we talk about how what God wants for you is to uncover the deepest layers of what you want, so that He can show you what his will is through those desires.

 

Topics Discussed

• What is worth discerning?
• Vocational Discernment and the importance of Come & Sees
• The Ignatian Spiritual Exercises 30 day silent retreat using meditations on the life of Christ to draw you deeper in to make decisions with Christ.
• The importance of desire and attraction in discernment
• Does God really want what we want? Why we need to trust in God's will for us, even if we are experiencing fear in Discernment.
• The Colloquy, a conversation with Christ as a friend to a friend.
• What prayer is, how to dispose ourselves properly to it, and who is the primary actor in it.
• Spiritual Consolation and Desolation and how to respond to both.
• How to use the virtue of prudence in your life for natural/non spiritual matters.
• How to discern peace correctly. It's more than a good feeling.

Resources

• St. Ignatius of Loyola
• Venerable Bruno Lanteri
• Book on Ignatian Discernment
• Book on Prayer
• Book on Rule #2
• Podcasts-Discerning Hearts
• Father Gregory Pine episode on Prudence
• Seekdirection.app
• Spiritualdirection.com
• Lanteri Center for Ignatian Spirituality
• What am I to do? Series on daily decisions. 
• Website: www.frtimothygallagher.org
• Facebook: Fr. Timothy Gallagher
• For a film on Venerable Bruno: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTmqtQv7SbM

 

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