3/2/2024 0 Comments Listening vs hearing catholicHe pointed to the ongoing synodal process, asking for prayers “that it will be a great opportunity to listen to one another.” Comparing communion in the Church to a choir, the Pope said “unity does not require uniformity, monotony, but the plurality and variety of voices, polyphony.” He continued, “At the same time, each voice in the choir sings while listening to the other voices, and in relation to the harmony of the whole.” There is also “a great need to listen to and hear one another” in the Church, the Pope said, adding, “Freely giving of our own time to listen to people is the first act of charity.” Listening, he continued, allows people to exercise the art of discernment, the ability “to orient ourselves in a symphony of voices.” Listening in the Church Pope Francis insisted, however, that “listening is the first indispensable ingredient of dialogue and good communication.” Without listening, he said, there is no good journalism journalists need to listen to many voices in order to ensure the “reliability and seriousness” of the information they transmit. This is evident nowadays even in public life, the Pope said, where people often end up “talking past” one another. In many relationships, however, true communication is lacking, as dialogues end up as competing monologues, where the two sides refuse to listen to one another. Fundamentally, the Pope said, “listening is a dimension of love.” A condition of good communication Human beings are called in turn to “tune in, to be willing to listen,” as God calls them to a covenant of love. The Pope, quoting St Paul, noted that “faith comes through hearing.” In fact, he remarked, “listening corresponds to the humble style of God,” who reveals Himself by speaking, and by listening to men and women recognizes them as His partners in dialogue. True listening is a foundation of genuine relationships, and is foundational to the relationship between God and humanity. The title of this year’s message, “Listening with the ear of the heart,” invites us to reflect that listening involves more than simply the sense of hearing. These trends demonstrate that “listening is still essential in human communication.” Listening with the heart The Pope noted that today people are losing the ability to listen to one another, while at the same time listening is undergoing new developments, especially due to new forms of communicating. Pope’s Message for World Communications Day 2022 Download
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |