This is a really good reminder from Pope Francis which I accidentally chanced upon in Joy Acerons wall. Discernment is key to distinguish between workaholicism and being mission driven. The problem is not always an excess of activity, but rather activity undertaken badly, without adequate motivation, without spirituality which would permeate it and make it pleasurable. As a result, work becomes more tiring than necessary, even leading at times to illness. Far from a content and happy tiredness, this is a tense, burdensome, dissatisfying and, in the end, u bearable fatigue. This pastoral acedia can be caused by a number of things . Some fall into it because they throw themselves into unrealistic projects and are not satisfied simply to do what they reasonably can. Others, because they lack the patience to allow processes to mature; they want everything to fall from heaven. Others, because they are attached to a few projects or vain dreams of success. Others, because they have lost real contact with people and so depersonalize their work that they are more concerned with the road map than with the journey itself. Others fall into acedia because they are unable to wait; they want to dominate the rhythm of life. Todays obsession with immediate results makes it hard for pastoral workers to tolerate anything that smacks of disagreement, possible failure, criticism, the cross. Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, page 63-64
Posted on: Sat, 10 May 2014 06:56:21 +0000
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