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Mount Baker Middle School
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Mount Vernon WA 98274

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Pope Francis Original Address 15 Diseases 2014

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ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS

Clementine Hall
Monday, 22 December 2014

THE ROMAN CURIA AND THE BODY OF CHRIST

"You are higher than the cherubim, you who changed the pitiful plight of the world
when you became like one of us" (Saint Athanasius)
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
At the end of Advent, we meet for our traditional greetings. In a few days we will have the joy of celebrating the birth of the Lord: the event of God who became man in order to save us; the manifestation of the love of God who does not just give us something, or send us a message or a few messengers, but gives us himself; the mystery of God who took upon himself our humanity and our sins in order to reveal his divine life, his immense grace and his freely-given forgiveness. It is our encounter with God who is born in the poverty of the stable of Bethlehem in order to teach us the power of humility. For Christmas is also the feast of the light which is not received by the "chosen", but by the poor and simple who awaited the salvation of the Lord.

Before all else, I would like to offer all of you - co-workers, brothers and sisters, papal representatives throughout the world, and all your dear ones - my prayerful good wishes for a holy Christmas and a happy New Year. I want to thank you most heartily for your daily commitment in the service of the Holy See, the Catholic Church, the particular Churches and the Successor of Peter.

Since we are persons and not numbers or mere titles, I would mention in a particular way those who in the course of this year concluded their service for reasons of age, or the assumption of new duties, or because they were called to the house of the Father. My thoughts and my gratitude go to them and to their families.

Together with you, I want to lift up to the Lord a lively and heartfelt thanksgiving for the year now ending, for all we have experienced, and for all the good which he has graciously willed to accomplish through our service of the Holy See, while at the same time humbly begging his forgiveness for our failings committed " in our thoughts and words, in what we have done and what we have failed to do".

Taking this request for forgiveness as my starting point, I would like this meeting and the reflections which I will now share with you to be for all of us a help and a stimulus to a true examination of conscience, in order to prepare our hearts for the holy feast of Christmas.

As I thought about this meeting, there came to mind the image of the Church as the Mystical Body of Jesus Christ. This is an expression which, as Pope Pius XII explained, "springs up and in some way blossoms from the frequent teaching of sacred Scripture and the Fathers of the Church".[1] As Saint Paul wrote: "For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ" ( 1 Cor 12:12).[2]

The Second Vatican Council thus recalls that "a diversity of members and functions is engaged in the building up of Christ's body too, There is only one Spirit who, out of his own richness and the needs of the ministries, gives his various gifts for the welfare of the Church (cf. 1 Cor 12:1-11).[3] As a result, "Christ and the Church together make up the 'whole Christ' ( Christus totus). The Church is one with Christ".[4]

It is attractive to think of the Roman Curia as a small-scale model of the Church, in other words, as a "body" which strives seriously every day to be more alive, more healthy, more harmonious and more united in itself and with Christ.

In fact, though, the Roman Curia is a complex body, made up of a number of Congregations, Councils, Offices, Tribunals, Commissions, as of numerous elements which do not all have the same task but are coordinated in view of an effective, edifying, disciplined and exemplary functioning, notwithstanding the cultural, linguistic and national differences of its members.[5]

However, since the Curia is a dynamic body, it cannot live without nourishment and care. In fact, the Curia - like the Church - cannot live without a vital, personal, authentic and solid relationship with Christ.[6] A member of the Curia who is not daily nourished by that Food will become a bureaucrat (a formalist, a functionalist, a mere employee): a branch which withers, slowly dies and is then cast off. Daily prayer, assiduous reception of the sacraments, particularly the Eucharist and Reconciliation, daily contact with the word of God and a spirituality which translates into lived charity - these are vital nourishment for each of us. Let it be clear to all of us that apart from him we can do nothing (cf. Jn 15:8).

As a result, a living relationship with God also nourishes and strengthens our communion with others. In other words, the more closely we are joined to God, the more we are united among ourselves, since the Spirit of God unites and the spirit of evil divides.

The Curia is called constantly to improve and to grow in communion, holiness and wisdom, in order to carry out fully its mission.[7] And yet, like any body, like any human body, it is also exposed to diseases, malfunctioning, infirmity. Here I would like to mention some of these probable diseases, "curial diseases". They are the more common diseases in our life in the Curia. They are diseases and temptations which weaken our service to the Lord. I think a "listing" of these diseases - along the lines of the Desert Fathers who used to draw up such lists - will help us to prepare for the sacrament of Reconciliation, which will be a good step for all of us to take in preparing for Christmas.

1. The disease of thinking we are "immortal", "immune" or downright "indispensable", neglecting the need for regular check-ups. A Curia which is not self-critical, which does not keep up with things, which does not seek to be more fit, is a sick body. A simple visit to the cemetery might help us see the names of many people who thought they were immortal, immune and indispensable! It is the disease of the rich fool in the Gospel, who thought he would live forever (cf. Lk 12:13-21), but also of those who turn into lords and masters, and think of themselves as above others and not at their service. It is often an effect of the pathology of power, from a superiority complex, from a narcissism which passionately gazes at its own image and does not see the image of God on the face of others, especially the weakest and those most in need.[8] The antidote to this plague is the grace of realizing that we are sinners and able to say heartily: "We are unworthy servants. We have only done what was our duty" ( Lk 17:10).

2. Another disease is the "Martha complex", excessive busy-ness. It is found in those who immerse themselves in work and inevitably neglect "the better part": sitting at the feet of Jesus (cf. Lk 10:38-42). Jesus called his disciples to "rest a while" (cf. Mk 6:31) for a reason, because neglecting needed rest leads to stress and agitation. A time of rest, for those who have completed their work, is necessary, obligatory and should be taken seriously: by spending time with one's family and respecting holidays as moments of spiritual and physical recharging. We need to learn from Qohelet that "for everything there is a season" (3:1-15).

3. Then too there is the disease of mental and spiritual "petrification". It is found in those who have a heart of stone, the "stiff-necked" ( Acts 7:51-60), in those who in the course of time lose their interior serenity, alertness and daring, and hide under a pile of papers, turning into paper pushers and not men of God (cf. Heb 3:12). It is dangerous to lose the human sensitivity that enables us to weep with those who weep and to rejoice with those who rejoice! This is the disease of those who lose "the sentiments of Jesus" (cf. Phil 2:5-11), because as time goes on their hearts grow hard and become incapable of loving unconditionally the Father and our neighbour (cf. Mt 22:34-35). Being a Christian means "having the same sentiments that were in Christ Jesus" ( Phil 2:5), sentiments of humility and unselfishness, of detachment and generosity.[9]

4. The disease of excessive planning and of functionalism. When the apostle plans everything down to the last detail and believes that with perfect planning things will fall into place, he becomes an accountant or an office manager. Things need to be prepared well, but without ever falling into the temptation of trying to contain and direct the freedom of the Holy Spirit, which is always greater and more flexible than any human planning (cf. Jn 3:8). We contract this disease because "it is always more easy and comfortable to settle in our own sedentary and unchanging ways. In truth, the Church shows her fidelity to the Holy Spirit to the extent that she does not try to control or tame him... to tame the Holy Spirit! ... He is freshness, imagination, and newness".[10]

5. The disease of poor coordination. Once its members lose communion among themselves, the body loses its harmonious functioning and its equilibrium; it then becomes an orchestra which produces noise: its members do not work together and lose the spirit of fellowship and teamwork. When the foot says to the arm: "I don't need you ", or the hand says to the head, "I'm in charge", they create discomfort and scandal.

6. There is also a "spiritual Alzheimer's disease". It consists in losing the memory of our personal "salvation history", our past history with the Lord and our "first love" ( Rev 2:4). It involves a progressive decline in the spiritual faculties which in the long or short run greatly handicaps a person by making him incapable of doing anything on his own, living in a state of absolute dependence on his often imaginary perceptions. We see it in those who have lost the memory of their encounter with the Lord; in those who no longer see life's meaning in "deuteronomic" terms; in those who are completely caught up in the present moment, in their passions, whims and obsessions; in those who build walls and routines around themselves, and thus become more and more the slaves of idols carved by their own hands.

7. The disease of rivalry and vainglory.[11] When appearances, the colour of our clothes and our titles of honour become the primary object in life, we forget the words of Saint Paul: "Do nothing from selfishness or conceit but in humility count others better than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others" ( Phil 2:3-4). This is a disease which leads us to be men and woman of deceit, and to live a false "mysticism" and a false "quietism". Saint Paul himself defines such persons as "enemies of the cross of Christ" because "they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things" ( Phil 3:19).

8. The disease of existential schizophrenia. This is the disease of those who live a double life, the fruit of that hypocrisy typical of the mediocre and of a progressive spiritual emptiness which no doctorates or academic titles can fill. It is a disease which often strikes those who abandon pastoral service and restrict themselves to bureaucratic matters, thus losing contact with reality, with concrete people. In this way they create their own parallel world, where they set aside all that they teach with severity to others and begin to live a hidden and often dissolute life. For this most serious disease conversion is most urgent and indeed indispensable (cf. Lk 15:11-32).

9. The disease of gossiping, grumbling and back-biting. I have already spoken many times about this disease, but never enough. It is a grave illness which begins simply, perhaps even in small talk, and takes over a person, making him become a "sower of weeds" (like Satan) and in many cases, a cold-blooded killer of the good name of our colleagues and confrères. It is the disease of cowardly persons who lack the courage to speak out directly, but instead speak behind other people's backs. Saint Paul admonishes us to do all things without grumbling or questioning, that you may be blameless and innocent" ( Phil 2:14-15). Brothers, let us be on our guard against the terrorism of gossip!

10. The disease of idolizing superiors. This is the disease of those who court their superiors in the hope of gaining their favour. They are victims of careerism and opportunism; they honour persons and not God (cf. Mt 23:8-12). They serve thinking only of what they can get and not of what they should give. Small-minded persons, unhappy and inspired only by their own lethal selfishness (cf. Gal 5:16-25). Superiors themselves could be affected by this disease, when they court their collaborators in order to obtain their submission, loyalty and psychological dependency, but the end result is a real complicity.

11. The disease of indifference to others. This is where each individual thinks only of himself and loses sincerity and warmth of human relationships. When the most knowledgeable person does not put that knowledge at the service of his less knowledgeable colleagues. When we learn something and then keep it to ourselves rather than sharing it in a helpful way with others. When out of jealousy or deceit we take joy in seeing others fall instead of helping them up and encouraging them.

12. The disease of a lugubrious face. Those glum and dour persons who think that to be serious we have to put on a face of melancholy and severity, and treat others - especially those we consider our inferiors - with rigour, brusqueness and arrogance. In fact, a show of severity and sterile pessimism[12] are frequently symptoms of fear and insecurity. An apostle must make an effort to be courteous, serene, enthusiastic and joyful, a person who transmits joy everywhere he goes. A heart filled with God is a happy heart which radiates an infectious joy: it is immediately evident! So let us not lose that joyful, humorous and even self-deprecating spirit which makes people amiable even in difficult situations.[13] How beneficial is a good dose of humour! We would do well to recite often the prayer of St. Thomas More.[14] I say it every day, and it helps.

13. The disease of hoarding. When an apostle tries to fill an existential void in his heart by accumulating material goods, not out of need but only in order to feel secure. The fact is that we are not able to bring material goods with us, since "the winding sheet does not have pockets", and all our earthly treasures - even if they are gifts - will never be able to fill that void; instead, they will only make it deeper and more demanding. To these persons the Lord repeats: "You say, I am rich, I have prospered and I need nothing; not knowing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind and naked. So be zealous and repent" ( Rev 3:17, 19). Accumulating goods only burdens and inexorably slows down the journey! Here I think of an anecdote: the Spanish Jesuits used to describe the Society of Jesus as the "light brigade of the Church". I remember when a young Jesuit was moving, and while he was loading a truck full of his many possessions, suitcases, books, objects and gifts, an old Jesuit standing by was heard to say with a smile: And this is "the light brigade of the Church"? Our moving can be a sign of this disease.

14. The disease of closed circles, where belonging to a clique becomes more powerful than belonging to the Body and, in some circumstances, to Christ himself. This disease too always begins with good intentions, but with the passing of time it enslaves its members and becomes a cancer which threatens the harmony of the Body and causes immense evil - scandals - especially to our weaker brothers and sisters. Self-destruction, "friendly fire" from our fellow soldiers, is the most insidious danger.[15] It is the evil which strikes from within;[16] and, as Christ says: "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste" ( Lk 11:17).

15. Lastly: the disease of worldly profit, of forms of self-exhibition.[17] When an apostle turns his service into power, and his power into a commodity in order to gain worldly profit or even greater power. This is the disease of persons who insatiably try to accumulate power and to this end are ready to slander, defame and discredit others, even in newspapers and magazines. Naturally, so as to put themselves on display and to show that they are more capable than others. This disease does great harm to the Body because it leads persons to justify the use of any means whatsoever to attain their goal, often in the name of justice and transparency! Here I remember a priest who used to call journalists to tell - and invent - private and confidential matters involving his confrères and parishioners. The only thing he was concerned about was being able to see himself on the front page, since this made him feel "powerful and glamorous", while causing great harm to others and to the Church. Poor sad soul!

Brothers, these diseases and these temptations are naturally a danger for each Christian and for every curia, community, congregation, parish and ecclesial movement; and they can strike at the individual and the community levels.

We need to be clear that it is only the Holy Spirit who can heal all our infirmities. He is the soul of the Mystical Body of Christ; as the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed says: "I believe in the Holy Spirit, Lord and Giver of Life". It is the Holy Spirit who sustains every sincere effort at purification and in every effort at conversion. It is he who makes us realize that every member participates in the sanctification of the Body and its weakening. He is the promoter of harmony:[18] Ipse harmonia est", as Saint Basil says. Saint Augustine tells us that "as long as a member is still part of the body, its healing can be hoped for. But once it is removed, it can be neither cured nor healed".[19]

Healing also comes about through an awareness of our sickness and of a personal and communal decision to be cured by patiently and perseveringly accepting the remedy.[20]

And so we are called - in this Christmas season and throughout our time of service and our lives - to live "in truth and love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body's growth in building itself up in love ( Eph 4:15-16).

Dear brothers!

I read once that priests are like planes: they only make news when they crash, even though so many of them are in the air. Many people criticize, and few pray for them. It is a very touching, but also very true saying, because it points to the importance and the frailty of our priestly service, and how much evil a single priest who "crashes" can do to the whole body of the Church.

Therefore, so as not to fall in these days when we are preparing ourselves for Confession, let us ask the Virgin Mary, Mother of God and Mother of the Church, to heal the wounds of sin which each of us bears in his heart, and to sustain the Church and the Curia so that they can be healthy and health-giving; holy and sanctifying, to the glory of her Son and for our salvation and that of the entire world. Let us ask her to make us love the Church as Christ, her Son and our Lord, loves her, to have the courage to acknowledge that we are sinners in need of his mercy, and not to fear surrendering our hands into her maternal hands.

I offer cordial good wishes for a holy Christmas to all of you, to your families and your co-workers. And please, do not forget to pray for me! Heartfelt thanks!

[12] Ibid., 84-86.

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ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS Clementine Hall Monday, 22 December 2014 THE ROMAN CURIA AND THE BODY OF CHRIST "You are higher than the cherubim, you who changed the pitiful plight of the world when you became like one of us" (Saint Athanasius) Dear Brothers and Sisters, At the end of Advent, we meet for our traditional greetings.

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New role, new conversations – Leadership Scenarios

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Transparency, triaging and compassion.

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Adaptive Leadership provides a clear step by step process of collaborating and problem solving. Even though we obviously have out own methods, implementing this during staff meetings or decision making processes invites transparency, understanding and involvement. This is most helpful. I'm saving this bad boy for later! Qualities I feel are important: Service, Honesty and Mercy.

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Reading through the article made me reflect on some classroom practices as well and how they were very similar.
Some very common sense steps as well. I think sometimes we lose sight of what is really good for the school community (teachers, students and the wider community) and we get bogged down with the catch phrase of the day. Seems to me as teachers we look at our day or the coming day assess the situation, plan for it, reflect on what worked what didn't how can the lesson/s be better, how could i have dealt with a student in a more productive way.

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To serve is much more rewarding than being served. I want people to follow because they want to.

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As i read through each of the diseases i was ticking of in my head examples of leaders (and staff) at my school that fit the bill. I then reflected on my relationship with them and how i responded to their leadership. I also identified a couple of aspects in my own leadership style.

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In order to be an effective leader individuals need to be adaptive. Specifically, they need to utilise the resources around them including the expertise of staff, ensuring that they are guided and empowered in the process. The leader is to act as a backbone support, listening to the voices and perspectives of all staff in order to ensure collaboration as this is the most effective way for the school's vision to be achieved.

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It is the role of educators to serve rather than be served. As well as this we need to be models for our students as they imitate our actions. Therefore if we model compassion, love, kindness, generosity, etc. our students will be able to see such values and qualities in action and hopefully incorporate these in their own lives

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This article was very effective in stating many of the qualities and perceptions that leaders and teachers adopt in their practice. Specifically, I found that the "disease of rivalry and vainglory" is very relevant for staff when applying for positions of leadership as it can often become quite selfish as well as the "disease of idolising superiors" in order to benefit themselves. It are these diseases that take away from servant leadership and as individuals like to be served and forget that their role is to serve.