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Discerning God’s will?

Maureen Mullarkey, Studio Matters

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Are you never even a bit uncomfortable when someone claims to have discerned God’s will in this or that decision of their own? I certainly am. It is one thing to pray for discernment, but quite something else to announce being in receipt of it.

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