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Catholic Classes|Our Heart's Desire Episode
Go to www.CatholicClasses.org for the complete article. What is your heartÃïïs desire? How do you know? What difference does it make in the way you are living your life, now and forever?Our heartÃïïs desire is something that people who were welcomed recently at the St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Holladay, Utah, sense in themselves or have seen it in others and want to know more about it. The conversation they shared inspired this podcast: Welcome Session 1A: Our HeartÃïïs Desire. In it, we explore with discussion, music, prayer and suggested spiritual exercises, how we see ourselves and the world, and then, most importantly, the inborn hunger of our heartÃïïs desire.It seems we long for the infinite, for the divine; that there is some element of human existence which draws us beyond ourselves to a happiness which words cannot fully say. We call it Ãïï(the) seed of eternity we bear in ourselves.Ãïï [GS 18,1; cf. 14,2) Acknowledge this longing, this desire of our heart, is a way of starting to acknowledge the Creator, of beginning a relationship which will grow in intimacy until it is true friendship.The journey of those interested in Catholicism is a conscious cultivation of this seed of eternity, a planting and nurturing where we come to certain knowledge of God. Catholics call this journey, the Catechumenate. During the Catechumenate, we get to know more about God, and hence about who we truly are; as we all learn more about ourselves, we learn more about God.In order to develop a relationship with God, we have to get to know who God is. Leaning about God, doesn't exhaust the mystery of God. Yet, the church teaches that God can be known because of the created world and by human reason. Thus, not only do humans have the seed of eternity as their heartÃïïs desire, but, also we have the capacity to comprehend GodÃïïs will on earth as it is in heaven.This conversation invites people who are interested in Catholicism, to do what everyone who responds ÃïïyesÃïï to GodÃïïs invitation doesÃïïopen our hearts to God so we can see with our heartÃïïs desire, hear with our heartÃïïs desire, and be touched by our heartÃïïs desire. Our heartÃïïs desire is God-given to every human being that each and all may live the fullness of life Ãïïthis is our faith!
[ Sun, 23 Jul 2006 04:47:00 GMT ]
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