The Holy Spirit called. He wants His gifts back.

After this evening's introductory session of the Called and Gifted Workshop, I settled down (with a Manhattan, thank you very much) to run through the spiritual gifts inventory.

I was told that zeros -- i.e., "Never"s on a scale from "Never" to "Often" -- are good, "discernment" coming from the Latin for "to separate apart" and zeros suggesting that I can separate myself apart from the charism associated with that question. Combine this predisposition to give myself zeros with the facts that a) a lot of the questions begin, "People often tell me..." and b) I don't often listen to what people tell me, and I managed to score a zero (on a scale of 0-15) on the following charisms:

• Administration
• Celibacy
• Craftsmanship
• Discernment of spirits
• Giving
• Healing
• Hospitality
• Leadership
• Mercy
• Missionary
• Music
• Service
• Voluntary Poverty

That should really speed up the discernment interview.

Labels: Charisms and Gifts

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