Called and Caffeinated

You Had ONE Job feat. Seminarian Greg Sheffield


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“If our whole will is to do God’s will, then God’s will is our will. God is not here to crush my will; he’s here to vivify it. Sin shrinks it, and sin dulls it. Sin makes our souls a very dull gray, but sanctity gives it a vibrancy and color.”

I have one job. That's not true right? As a mom I have MANY MANY jobs. Everyone I know is busy as heck. The questions are overwhelming: Where do I work? Whom do I marry? Where should I move? How many kids should I have? Which religious order do I join? If you ride the overwhelm train often like I do, you wonder if you're making the best choices and #livingmybestlife.

As my dear friend Greg Sheffield (seminarian for the Diocese of Rochester) is here to discuss, it turns out God's will is extremely simple: our holiness. We have one job: to be holy. We can stop stressing about everything else. If you think that's too simplistic, you need to hear this episode.

As I rush through my days trying to check off my endless to-do list, often feeling frustrated and wondering about where I'm "supposed" to be, it's hugely reassuring that God's will is actually easy to find. Yup I said it: easy. It's as easy to know as sleeping, eating, and drinking. If you think that's too simplistic you absolutely need to hear this episode! 

Topics Discussed

  • How to deal with frustrations and upsets
  • How to know God’s will in the present moment (and stop worrying about everything else)
  • Intuition and gut instinct: put there by God?
  • God’s commandments are largely about what we shouldn’t do, but he gives us the creativity to act on what we should do
  • Getting out of micro-managing, scrupulosity, and perfectionism
  • Resources

  • Lindsay Schlegel’s episode on Called and Caffeinated
  • Abandonment to Divine Providence by Jean-Pierre DeCoussad
  • “Don't Do the Things” Bible
  • How to Be Holy: A Festooning of Abandonment to Divine Providence by Peter Kreeft
  • Discernment article by Peter Kreeft
  • Lumen Gentium: Vatican II document on the Universal Call to Holiness
  • ...more
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