“God speaks, we listen, and that's the whole process of discernment. Everybody has discernment all their life, what have I been blind to, and what do I need to do to recognize the presence of God in my life?”

—  William Joseph Dendinger

Bishop William J. Dendinger - The Samaritan Woman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk1eGos_--Y (April 10, 2014)

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