Ignatian Audio Meditations

Discerning Advent - Week 3: Preparation

Ignatian Audio Meditations

Show Notes

People had to discern John the Baptist's message. Was he the messiah? What were the signs they saw? Discernment includes many signs, consolation and desolation, and movements from the spirits that prepare the way to a choice.

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