What God is Not Learning to Listen
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Mar 11, 2026 How to quiet the mind through chanting and long prayer to notice a still, guiding voice. A blindfold hike story illustrates distinguishing helpful guidance from distracting voices. Practical habits are shared: daily prayer, scripture, watchful readiness, and caring for others as ways to become attuned to God's promptings.
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Two Hour Threshold For Hearing God’s Voice
- Extended prayer (about two hours) breaks through distractions so you can actually begin listening to God rather than your own thoughts.
- Fr. Michael relays a tradition that two hours of prayer or long chants prepare the body-mind to hear God’s voice clearly.
Blindfold Hike Shows How Voices Mislead
- A father-daughter blindfold hike illustrates how sin and other voices blind us and only the recognized father’s voice can guide back.
- The counselor’s voice misleads the girls into bushes until they remember the rules: dad never leaves, ask anything, trust only his voice.
Wisdom Trumps Simple Rule Following
- Wisdom in ambiguous moral questions requires prayerful listening, not rigid rules; the greater good (brother’s conscience) can trump personal liberty.
- Fr. Michael uses 1 Corinthians on food and scandal to show nuance needs discernment.