Danger of activism
During his Angelus message last Sunday Pope Francis warned against the danger of activism:
“Jesus wants to make his disciples aware of a danger that is always lurking there for us too: the danger of being caught up in the frenzy of doing things, to fall into the trap of activism where what is most important are the results we obtain and the feeling of being absolute protagonists.
“How many times this happens in the Church: we are busy, we run around, we think everything depends on us and, in the end, we risk neglecting Jesus and always making ourselves the centre. This is why he invites his disciples to rest a bit with him on their own. It is not only physical rest, but also rest for the heart. For it is not enough to ‘unplug’ ourselves, we need to truly rest.”
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