Father Mike Schmitz

I said to him, Sir, you know.

Part of God's revelation is the written word, but part of God's revelation is also the sacred tradition that he has handed on from the apostles through the bishops and through the teaching office of the church and the magisterium.

And he said to me,

These are they who have come out of the great tribulation.

They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb.

Therefore are they before the throne of God and serve him day and night within his temple.

And he who sits upon the throne will shelter them with his presence.

We recognize that divine revelation is not limited to sacred scripture, but is expanded into sacred tradition and in the magisterium of the church.

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore.

The sun shall not strike them nor any scorching heat.

For the lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd and he will guide them to springs of living water.

And so we read scripture within the living tradition of the whole church.

Number four.

we are especially attentive to the analogy of faith what's that mean analogy of faith the catechism says it means the coherence of truths of faith among themselves and within the whole plan of revelation so if you're reading something and you're interpreting it that goes against um any truths of the faith it goes against the whole plan of revelation that goes against what uh many saints have said what goes against the church we realize okay i have not been attentive to the analogy of faith

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God's elect with their knowledge of the truth which accords with godliness, in hope of eternal life which God, who never lies, promised ages ago, and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by command of God our Savior.

Okay, those are the first two tips to being able to hear God's voice.

To Titus, my true child in a common faith, grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Number one, know what you're reading.

Pay attention to the genre.

These are the words of God and the words of man.