{"id":163515,"date":"2025-03-22T01:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T05:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=163515"},"modified":"2025-03-20T22:26:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T02:26:37","slug":"lent-2025-day-18-hungering-for-gods-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/lent-2025-day-18-hungering-for-gods-will\/","title":{"rendered":"Lent 2025 &#8211; Day 18 &#8211; Hungering for God&#8217;s Will"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"163515\" class=\"elementor elementor-163515\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbf6437 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cbf6437\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cba663a elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"cba663a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/5ziG3GZMsMyv4aedHJiG4y?utm_source=generator\" style=\"border-radius:12px\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bee7262 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bee7262\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Day 18<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Hungering for God\u2019s Will<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, discovering Christ is the finest adventure of your life. But it is not enough to discover Him just once. Discovering Him becomes an ongoing invitation to seek Him always more, to come to know Him still better through prayer, participating in the sacraments, meditating on his Word, through catechesis and listening to the teachings of the Church. This is our most important task.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 St. John Paul II, Message for World Youth Day, August 1989<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jesus is the center of every authentically Christian life. Loving God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength means loving Jesus more and more and more, because Jesus is God-become-man, God-with-us. And loving Jesus means following him, learning from him, obeying him, becoming more like him, and letting him be our strength and salvation, as he continually invites us to do:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCome to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.\u201d (Matthew 11:28\u201330)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What Made Jesus Tick?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the spiritual life is, in its most basic elements, nothing less than following Christ and imitating him \u2014 and that is precisely how St. Paul summed it up: \u201cBe imitators of me, as I am of Christ\u201d (1 Corinthians 11:1) \u2014 then Christ\u2019s deepest desire should be our deepest desire. During his life on earth, his very food, the thing that he hungered for and the thing that nourished and strengthened him, was \u201cto do the will of the one who sent me\u201d (John 4:34). So central was this idea to his life and teaching that he placed it at the very heart of the one prayer that he taught us, the Our Father: \u201cThis is how you are to pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven . . . \u201d (Matthew 6:9\u201310).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What Is God\u2019s Will?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Father\u2019s will \u2014 finding it, accepting it, and carrying it out with love \u2014 was the rule for Christ\u2019s life, and so it should be the rule for the life of every Christian. And indeed, if we make this our food, as Jesus did, then our heart, soul, mind, and strength will find themselves fully engaged in our task of loving God, because the essence of love is union, becoming one with the beloved.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God\u2019s will is his wise and loving project for the full flourishing of all his creatures, especially those of us created in his own image and likeness. By striving to identify with that project in the here and now of our daily lives, we become co-workers in bringing it to completion. What greater love could we show him than that? And what more direct way could we find to achieve the purpose for which we were created? This is why Jesus, who modeled perfectly the love and purpose we are called to pursue, hungered and yearned \u201cto do the will of the one who sent me\u201d (John 4:34). As he explained to his persecutors: \u201cI cannot do anything on my own. . . . I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me\u201d (John 5:30).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the phrase God\u2019s will can be abused. People have distorted it to justify irresponsible passivity in the face of evil, self-centered and damaging manipulation of others, and exaggerated asceticism. We need to unpack the term so we can better understand what Jesus wants and better unite ourselves to him. Breaking down the concept into two broad sub-categories will help avoid confusion. From our human perspective, God\u2019s will can be either indicative or permissive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>God\u2019s Indicative Will<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God can indicate that he wants us to do certain things. This is his indicative will (as opposed to his permissive will, the things he permits to happen without actually commanding them; this will be discussed in the next chapter). God\u2019s indicative will always flows from his wisdom and his love. In other words, whatever he wants us to do is for our greatest good. In this category we find the Ten Commandments, the commandments of the New Testament, the commandments and teachings of the Church, the responsibilities of our state in life, and specific inspirations of the Holy Spirit. If we want to know God\u2019s will for our lives, those are the places we need to start.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The field of God\u2019s indicative will is vast. It touches all the normal activities and relationships of every day, which are the arenas where, through our choices, we grow in virtue or in vice, thus deepening or dampening our communion with God. It also includes the endless possibilities of the works of mercy (feeding the hungry, instructing the ignorant, comforting the sorrowful, etc.), by which we carry out our Lord\u2019s commandment to \u201clove your neighbor as yourself\u201d (Mark 12:31).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Going Even Deeper<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet God\u2019s indicative will not only consists of what we do, but also in how we do it. This opens up another path of growth in Christian virtue, most especially the theological virtues. We can wash the dishes (responsibilities of our state in life) with resentment and self-pity, or with love, care, and supernatural joy. We can attend Sunday Mass (the third commandment and a commandment of the Church) apathetically and reluctantly, or with conviction, faith, and attention. We can drive to work (responsibilities of our state in life) seething at the traffic jams, or exercising patience. When we ask ourselves, \u201cWhat is God\u2019s will for me?\u201d 88 percent of the time (more or less), God\u2019s indicative will is crystal clear: lovingly follow the commandments, lovingly carry out our daily responsibilities, and look for practical ways to love our neighbors as God has loved us. To seek, accept, embrace, and fulfill this will for our lives is the surest way to engaging our heart, soul, mind, and strength fully in loving God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Much of the Church\u2019s tradition of spiritual teaching is dedicated to exploring the implications of and the reasons behind these indicative commandments; the more thoroughly we understand them, the more of our heart, soul, mind, and strength we can put into obeying them. And that obedience is the path to the wisdom, peace, and fulfillment we yearn for \u2014 what Jesus referred to as blessedness: \u201cBlessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it\u201d (Luke 11:28).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Questions for Personal Reflection or Group Discussion<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What idea in this reflection struck you most and why?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make a list of the responsibilities of your state in life and put them in order of importance. How easily and fully do you recognize and embrace God\u2019s will in those responsibilities?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How deeply do you hunger to discover and fulfill God\u2019s will in your life?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although most of the time we know what God\u2019s indicative will is for us (through the commandments, Christ\u2019s teachings, and our normal life responsibilities), there are times when we aren\u2019t sure: Should I accept this new job offer? Should we move? Should I join the seminary? Should I intervene in a family member\u2019s difficult situation? In these cases, the traditional path of discerning God\u2019s will for us consists in asking for light and guidance in prayer, getting good advice from trusted sources, and taking time to reflect on the different options. Usually in the end the path becomes clear. And even if it doesn\u2019t, as long as we have done our homework, so to speak, God will work with whatever we decide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What will you do today to become more aware of God\u2019s will for your life?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I will ask myself after each meal, \u201cGod, what is your will for me right now?\u201d And I\u2019ll listen for whatever answer comes to my mind and my heart.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I will find and read a good article describing one of my key life areas (a good article on fatherhood or motherhood, for example, or one on ethics in the workplace, etc.).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I will pay attention to my initial reaction the next time I am not sure what to do. How spontaneously do I involve God in my efforts to find an answer?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Write your own resolution) I will<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Concluding Prayer<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holy Spirit, gentle guest and consoler of my soul,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enlighten my mind to know the divine will for me;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inflame my heart to love it passionately;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strengthen my will to accomplish it as perfectly as you ask of me;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, Spirit of love, grant me the grace I need to respond faithfully to your holy inspirations. 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