Seeking God's Help in Developing the Catholic Intellectual Vocation

This chapter delves into the significance of seeking God's assistance in shaping one's intellectual life, vocation, and moral character, urging individuals to surrender both their hearts and minds to God for clarity and to nurture the Catholic intellectual calling. Through a reflection on Flannery O'Connor's prayer journal, it highlights how her prayers for aligning suffering with Christ's and depicting Christian mysteries in her art were answered by God, guiding her towards becoming a Catholic intellectual and artist.