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Dr. Joseph White, Author and Speaker
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The Art of Accompaniment in Faith Formation
Posted on June 10, 2018 at 8:37 AM |
The following is the text of my talk at the NCCL breakfast on June 1, 2018. Good Morning. In The Joy of the Gospel, Pope Francis
says, and I quote: The
Church will have to initiate everyone – priests, religious and laity – into
this “art of accompaniment” which teaches us to remove our sandals before the
sacred ground of the other. The pace of this accompaniment must be steady and
reassuring, reflecting our closeness and our compassionate gaze which also
heals, liberates and encourages growth in the Christian life. In the ministry
of faith formation, this “art of accompaniment” is essential. If we want to
accompany others along the road of faith, we must resist the temptation to call
out to them, saying, “Hey what are you doing way over there. Get over here with
us.” It is far more effective to go to the other, meet them where they are on
the journey and say, “May I walk beside you?” To do this
takes humility. We must understand that God has the same love for each and
every one of us. God loves each of us with a full, passionate and unselfish
love. In fact, Pope Francis says, God’s love for us is the only bond that
unites all of humanity – the one thing each of us has in common with the other. Accompaniment
requires listening with empathy and reflection. In today’s hectic and noisy
world, too often we fail to take time with one another, to listen without
worrying about what we will say next. Accompaniment means sitting with
the other, listening to the words they speak and reflecting on the feelings
behind the words. It means recognizing what a gift we are being given when
others trust us with their stories. To accompany
others, we must get in touch with the joy and good humor that comes from
openness to God’s grace. Pope Francis cautions us against “a defeatism which
turns us into querulous and disillusioned pessimists, ‘sourpusses’.” The word
he uses in Spanish is “caras de vinaigre” or “vinegar faces.” I think
that image says it all. Pope Francis begins every day by praying St. Thomas More’s
“Prayer for Good Humor.” It goes like this: Grant
me, O Lord, good digestion, and also something to digest.
Grant me a healthy body, and the necessary good humor to maintain it.
Grant me a simple soul that knows to treasure all that is good
and that doesn’t frighten easily at the sight of evil,
but rather finds the means to put things back in their place.
Give me a soul that knows not boredom, grumblings, sighs and laments,
nor excess of stress, because of that obstructing thing called “I.”
Grant me, O Lord, a sense of good humor.
Allow me the grace to be able to take a joke to discover in life a bit of joy,
and to be able to share it with others. Finally,
accompaniment takes courage. The courage to step outside of ourselves. The
courage to encounter and accept differences. Pope Francis says that differences
are uncomfortable for us because differences make us grow. We will experience
some growing pains when we embrace the art of accompaniment. But unless we are
willing to grow, we will never become the people God made us to be – the Church
God calls us to be. |
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