Discernment means being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure; a power to see what is not evident to the average mind. It is evident through God and through prayer you can find your vocation.

The following are prayers of discernment to help you dig down way deep and discover your vocation.  These prayers will help connect you to God and His will for you.  So, relax, find a nice quiet space, light a candle and pray one or all of these prayers.

Prayer for One's Vocation in Life
(from Manual of Prayers, Rev. James D. Watkins, compiler.)

Lord, make me a better person:
more considerate toward others,
more honest with myself,
more faithful to you.

Help me to find my true vocation in life
and grant that throught it I may find happiness myself
and bring happiness to others.

Grant, Lord, that those whom you call
to enter priesthood or religious life
may have the generosity to answer your call,
so that those who need your ehlp may always find it.

We ask this through Christ our Lord
Amen

Meditation

by Cardinal John Henry Newman

God, you have created me
to do you some definite service:
You have committed some work to me
which you have not committed to another.
I have my mission –
I may never know it in this life,
but I shall be told in the next.
Somehow I am necessary for your purposes.

I have a part in the great work;
I am a link in a chain,
a bond of connection between persons.
He has not created me for nothing.
I shall do good, I shall do his work;
I shall be an angel of peace,
A preacher of truth in my own place.
Fulfill your high purposes in me,
I am here to serve you, to be yours.

Amen .

Prayer for Discernment

Loving Father,
You have blessed me with wonderful gifts.
Through baptism I am a member of Christ’s Body the Church,
And share in its mission of proclaiming the Gospel
And becoming a Holy People.
Keep my heart open to following Jesus’ way of serving others
In love and to the promptings of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

O, Lord,  You alone know my real needs,
and you love me more
than I even know how to love.
Enable me to discern my true needs
which are hidden from me.
I ask for neither cross nor consolation;
I wait in patience for you.
My heart is open to you.
For your great mercy's sake,
come to me and help me.
Put your mark on me and heal me,
cast me down and raise me up.
Silently I adore your holy will
and your inscrutable ways.
I offer myself in sacrifice to you
and put all my trust in you.
I desire only to do your will.
Teach me how to pray
and pray in me, yourself.

Amen.

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