tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post4434781300862811949..comments2024-03-25T20:03:03.657-06:00Comments on Καθολικός διάκονος: Hiatus interrupted to bring you this messageDeacon Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01385969740195992108noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-37714987349233941502008-08-11T07:57:00.000-06:002008-08-11T07:57:00.000-06:00I note your differentiation of "urge" fr...I note your differentiation of "urge" from "desire." Are these theological jargon? Can you explain the difference?kabloonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165220641826287110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-45818906070879871802008-08-11T09:12:00.000-06:002008-08-11T09:12:00.000-06:00Not being a theologian, I am unacquainted with suc...Not being a theologian, I am unacquainted with such jargon. This is why I love Von Balthasar, he was not, at least not by academic training, a theologian.<br><br>An urge is something physical. For example, I feel <i>horny</i>. This is expressive of nothing but an impulse, it can be purely biological, it may also be driven by psychological factors, even ones of which I am not aware. By contrast, desire, as it relates to sexuality, is when physical longing is in tune with what corresponds to my heart. It is something that happens of which I am aware, not unaware. <br><br>In order to be desire it has to correspond to my heart. Because my desire is for what it is infinite, I cannot completely grasp it. Nonetheless, in order count as desire, it must happen with awareness. So, it is awareness that keeps it from being an urge. If I am just aroused, because there is no awareness, it is an urge that must be subject to self-control, mortification, which, along with awareness, is necessary for true freedom.<br><br>Far from theological jargon, my explanation of the distinction comes right from Giussani's method.Dcn Scott Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994604395739905637noreply@blogger.com