“The spirit of curiosity generates confusion and distances a person from the Spirit of wisdom, which brings peace, said Pope Francis in his homily” on the readings for the Thursday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time.
“The Pope began his homily by commenting on the first reading from the Book of Wisdom, which describes ‘the state of the soul of the spiritual man and woman’, of true Christians, who live ‘in the wisdom of the Holy Spirit. And this wisdom carries them forward with this intelligent, holy, single, manifold and subtle spirit’. . . .
“In the Gospel, the Pope underlined, ‘we find ourselves before another spirit, contrary to the wisdom of God: the spirit of curiosity’.
“‘And when we want to be the masters of the projects of God, of the future, of things, to know everything, to have everything in hand . . . the Pharisees asked Jesus, ‘When will the Kingdom of God come?’ Curious! They wanted to know the date, the day . . . The spirit of curiosity distances us from the Spirit of wisdom because all that interests us is the details, the news, the little stories of the day.”
A recent Vatican Radio broadcast reported on this homily by Pope Francis, including his encouragement to “allow the Spirit to lead us forward in that wisdom, which is like a soft breeze.”
To access this Vatican Radio report, please visit:
Vatican Radio: Pope: the spirit of curiosity distances one from God (14 NOV 13)
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