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During the Pandemic Pope Francis has been writing and publishing a lovely book titled ‘Let Us Dream’. It is a timely reflection on what we have all gone through these past 12 months and provides inspiration and food for thought. As this edition of the newsletter comes in between the Ascension of Our Lord and the celebration of Pentecost we have a short quotation from the book encouraging us to seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit when we make decisions:
When we face choices and contradictions, asking what God’s will is opens us to unexpected possibilities. I describe these new possibilities as ‘overflow’, because they often burst the banks of our thinking……To enter into discernment is to resist the urge to seek the apparent relief of an immediate decision, and instead be willing to hold different options before the Lord, waiting on that overflow. You consider reasons for and against, knowing Jesus is with you and for you. You feel inside the gentle pull of the Spirit, and it’s opposite. And over time, in prayer and patience, in dialogue with others, you reach a solution, which is not a compromise, but something else altogether. [Page 21]