Are there any desires left unfulfilled in Heaven?

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A friend of mine gave me a book written by Randy Alcorn (he is a Protestant Author)

In the book he says:

“Desire is an essential part of humanity, a part that God built into people before sin cast its dark shadow on Earth; therefore, it will remain in us in Heaven. In Heaven, by the presence of God, there will be a complete fulfillment of all our desires - yet in Heaven, we still will desire more (insatiable satiety). We will have many desires in Heaven, but they won’t be unholy desires; in Heaven, our desires will always be in conformity with God’s desire for us.”

Is this what Catholic Church believe as well (that we will have desires in Heaven and that our desires in Heaven will always be in conformity with God’s desire for us)? Whether the answer is “yes”, “no”, or “don’t know”, could you clearly tell me what the answer is?

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I do not think it is correct to say that we will have desires unfulfilled in Heaven.

If that were so, then Heaven would not be a state of definitive happiness since happiness is the fulfillment of fundamental human desires.

But the Catholic Church teaches that heaven is a definitive state of happiness. The Catechism of the Catholic Church, in paragraph 1024, states:
This perfect life with the Most Holy Trinity - this communion of life and love with the Trinity, with the Virgin Mary, the angels and all the blessed - is called “heaven.” Heaven is the ultimate end and fulfillment of the deepest human longings, the state of supreme, definitive happiness.
So, if Heaven is a definitive state of happiness, and happiness is the fulfillment of fundamental human desires, then Heaven must be a state where all fundamental human desires are perfectly and definitively fulfilled.
 
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