Discipleship

For most people, the discernment that we need in choosing a particular state in life is just prudence. It doesn't have to be some kind of divination where we figure out with absolute certainty what God's eternal plan for us is. In practice, the church doesn't operate this way. If you look at canon law, for example, for a man to be ordained a priest,. The bishop has to judge that he's suitable and would be of a benefit to the diocese. And it's the bishop who calls him to holy orders. Similarly, we talk about discernment of vocations, but it would sound crazy for someone to say they were discerning a vocation to