There is no special way that is required when you pray for discernment but there is a rich tradition of ways to approach such prayer. The essential element is your own desire to let the Holy Spirit help you to perceive any situation in your life in the light of God’s love for all his people. This openness of mind and heart can be brought to whatever prayer form appeals to you. God does respect our differences and knows what works best for us.

One of the traditions is that of St. Ignatius of Loyola and you will find an explanation of his approach in a prayer knows as an
Examen of Consciousness. It is a means of increasing our everyday awareness of God’s presence in our life and our openness to the Spirit journeying with us.

We’d like to offer you a variety of prayers from which you may find one or more that suits your own personal journey as you seek to grow in holiness and prayerful intimacy with the good Lord.