Document final — Les jeunes

In so far as it is an “interior attituderooted inan act of faith” (Francis, Address to the First General Congregation of the XV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, 3 October 2018), discernment lies at the heart of the Church, whose mission is to bring every man and every woman to meet the Lord who is already at work in their lives and in their hearts. The ecclesial context favours a climate of trust and freedom as individuals search for their vocation in an environment of recollection and prayer; it offers concrete opportunities for rereading one’s history and for the discovery of one’s gifts and vulnerabilities in the light of God’s Word; it permits engagement with witnesses who embody a variety of life choices. And encounter with the poor rapidly deepens what is essential in life, while the sacraments – especially the Eucharist and Reconciliation – nourish and sustain those who set out on the path of discovery of God’s will. The horizon of community is always implied in every discernment, which can never be reduced to the merely individual dimension. At the same time every personal discernment puts a question to the community, inviting it to listen to what the Spirit is saying through the spiritual experience of its members: like every believer, the Church too is always in discernment. Conscience in discernment