discernment should be a primary, ongoing spiritual discipline of the Christian life and the Christian community. “Discernment is necessary not only at extraordinary times, when we need to resolve grave problems and make crucial decisions,” Pope Francis continues. “We need it at all times, to help us recognize God’s timetable, lest we fail to heed the promptings of his grace and disregard his invitation to grow. Often discernment is exercised in small and apparently irrelevant things, since greatness of spirit is manifested in simple everyday realities. It involves striving untrammeled for all
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