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I know we\u2019re not supposed to ask for a sign, but I sure would like one or two in my life.\u00a0 How about a sign about where to send our kid to kindergarten?\u00a0 A sign about how our family should live out its vocation?\u00a0 A sign about what to make for dinner? \"\"<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been going to Mass hoping I might see or hear a thing or two which tells me what to do.\u00a0 Let us pray.\u00a0 Fine.\u00a0 Lift up your hearts.\u00a0 Okay.\u00a0 The Body of Christ. \u00a0Amen.<\/p>\n

I feel like I already know <\/em>what to do about these things.\u00a0 But I want to know about what to do with my worries, my hopes, my concerns, my general yawp over the roofs of the world (thanks Walt Whitman).<\/p>\n

As you may have guessed, I am not getting any \u201csign.\u201d<\/p>\n

When we feel lost and unsure, or overwhelmed and stressed, directions and directives sure are nice.\u00a0 They tell us what to do, where to go, and what to do.\u00a0 But, as you likely already know, and to my own disappointment, liturgical worship isn\u2019t about directives.\u00a0 Liturgical worship is about discernment.<\/p>\n

Discernment involves choice: about noticing what attracts (or depresses) you, and a whole lot of \"\"listening.\u00a0 It\u2019s more than a science (where a nice sign would come in super-helpful).\u00a0 It\u2019s about trying to find the will of God, pondering it in prayer, and ultimately turning a decision back to God (before you sign any paperwork).\u00a0 Being filled with a sense of consolation about the choice, as Ignatius of Loyola describes, offers some confirmation that you\u2019ve made a good choice, perhaps even among several good options.<\/p>\n

This is a process which involves some time, of course.\u00a0 Unlike the immediate mental energy with which a \u201csign\u201d might task us, discernment demands an expansion of one\u2019s heart\u2014a choice to focus, quieting the besetting, unsettling worries which plague us\u2014and offering our wonders to Christ.<\/p>\n

How does the liturgy allow for discernment?<\/p>\n

Let us pray.<\/em>\u00a0 There are a lot of words in the liturgy (I\u2019ll reserve my thoughts on need for silence for another time).\u00a0 But this simple invitation to pray is a key to the Christian life.\u00a0 We are encouraged to choose<\/em> to come to the Living God in relationship.\u00a0 Prayer facilitates this relationship.\u00a0 Rather than leaving us to spin in worry, the liturgy offers us a space and a time to focus on hearing how God has loved us, calls us to conversion, and offers us mercy.\u00a0 That sounds like a good starting point.<\/p>\n

Lift up your hearts<\/em>.\u00a0 Well, there\u2019s nothing like trying to empty out whatever is in our overtaxed and burdened hearts and instead offer our hearts to God.\u00a0 Any burden which Jesus carries, we know, is light.\u00a0 Why not abandon the weight we\u2019re carrying?\u00a0 In liturgical celebration, we\u2019re bringing whatever is in and of ourselves to God; maybe he can do something with it while we join in thanks and praise.<\/p>\n

The Body of Christ<\/em>.\u00a0 Well, Jesus really does come back at us with a pretty specific answer every time we celebrate the Lord\u2019s supper and say \u201cAmen.\u201d\u00a0 This is Christ\u2014with us and in us.\u00a0 We become, again, part of his body\u2014and we are all Christ\u2019s body together.\u00a0 The liturgy reminds us that we are all invited to flourish, to have dignity, to know we\u2019re in the image of God.\u00a0 We\u2019re all invited to bring Christ\u2019s light which first dawned on us in our baptism to others.\u00a0 So, what choices can we make that will honor this reality\u2014and this duty\u2014today?<\/p>\n

Sure, these aren\u2019t \u201csigns\u201d\u2014so maybe we should still be annoyed.\u00a0 But signs don\u2019t allow for growth.\u00a0 Signs don\u2019t allow for conversion.\u00a0 Signs don\u2019t even allow much for the exercise of a well-formed conscience.\u00a0 Perhaps this is why neither Jesus nor the liturgy are interested in signs.\u00a0 The liturgy offers us a process\u2014and asks that we actively participate in it.<\/p>\n

So maybe I\u2019ll try to stop asking for weather forecasts from God when I show up at Mass.\u00a0 Instead, I can try to read the signs of the times (Matthew 16:3).\u00a0 What can I do\u2014in this time\u2014to serve the will of God?<\/p>\n

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