General Audience of 12 October 2022 with the Holy Father Francis
Catechesis on discernment. 5.The elements of discernment. The desire
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
In queste catechesis stiamo passando in rassegna gli elementi del discernimento. Dopo la preghiera e la conoscenza di sé, cioè pregare e conoscere se stesso, oggi vorrei parlare di un altro “ingrediente” per così dire indispensabile: oggi vorrei parlare del desire.
In fact, discernment is a form of research, and research always arises from something we lack but which we somehow know, we have a nose for.
Di che genere è questa conoscenza? I maestri spirituali la indicano con il termine “desiderio”, che, alla radice, è una nostalgia di pienezza che non trova mai pieno esaudimento, ed è il segno della presenza di God in noi. Il desiderio non è la voglia del momento, no.
The Italian word comes from a very beautiful Latin term, this is curious:de-sidus, literally "the lack of the star", desire is one Read more…
Pope Francis audience on 12 October 2022
The Lord has a great desire for us: to make us sharers in his fullness of life. In dialogue with him, we learn to understand what we really want from our lives. #Discernment#General Audience
Cookies: To make this site work properly, we sometimes place small data files called "cookies" on your device. Most of the big sites do the same too. Read more
accept Cookies
Cookie settings
Cookie box settings
Cookie box settings
Privacy Settings
Choose which cookies you want to authorize. You can change these settings at any time. However, this could result in the subsequent unavailability of some features. For information on deleting cookies, consult the help function of your browser FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE COOKIES WE USE.
With the slider, you can enable or disable various types of cookies:
This web site will do
This site will not do
Essential: remember the setting of cookie permissions
Essential: allow session cookies
Essential: Gather information you enter into contact forms, newsletters, and other forms across all pages
Essential: keep track of what you put in a shopping cart
Essential: authenticate that you are connected to your user account
Essential: Remember the selected language version
Functionality: Remember social media settings
Functionality: Remember selected region and country
Analytics: Keep track of your visited pages and interactions taken
Analytics: Keep track about your location and region based on your IP number
Analytics: Keep track of the time spent on each page
Analytics: Increase the data quality of the statistics functions
Advertising: Tailor information and advertising to your interests based on eg the content you have visited before. (Currently we do not use targeting or targeting cookies.
Advertising: Gather personally identifiable information such as name and location
Remember your login details
Essential: remember the setting of cookie permissions
Essential: allow session cookies
Essential: Gather information you enter into contact forms, newsletters, and other forms across all pages
Essential: keep track of what you put in a shopping cart
Essential: authenticate that you are connected to your user account
Essential: Remember the selected language version
Functionality: Remember social media settings
Functionality: Remember selected region and country
Analytics: Keep track of your visited pages and interactions taken
Analytics: Keep track about your location and region based on your IP number
Analytics: Keep track of the time spent on each page
Analytics: Increase the data quality of the statistics functions
Advertising: Tailor information and advertising to your interests based on eg the content you have visited before. (Currently we do not use targeting or targeting cookies.
Advertising: Gather personally identifiable information such as name and location
