Maxim Monday: Be attentive to the Holy Spirit

Likewise, be very faithful to the grace of the Holy Spirit, listening attentively, obeying promptly and entirely, attributing to the Holy Spirit, as is indeed just, the honor resulting from the success of your good actions. Maxims of the Little Institute, 15

As I explained in a recent blog post, 800 leaders of religious communities of women from all over the world are meeting this week in Rome. The focus of the presentations is the close unity between the mystical and prophetic dimension of consecrated life. Maxim 15 speaks to this same reality. In her revised second edition of Love’s Design, Marcia Allen, CSJ, writes this about Maxim 15:

This maxim calls me to discernment – that attentive listening to the world around and within me. The Holy Spirit draws and allures me and my response is one of entire self-giving.

Is this not another way of considering the interplay between the mystical and prophetic dimension of religious life?