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In his speech to the members of the extraordinary synod at its conclusion today<\/a>, Pope Francis spoke of the \u201cjourney\u201d of the synod. There were moments of running fast, of fatigue, of enthusaism and ardor, of consolation and grace and comfort. And \u201cmoments of desolation, of tensions and temptations.\u201d Francis listed six (depending on how you count them) temptations:<\/p>\n

– One, a temptation to hostile inflexibility, that is, wanting to close oneself within the written word, (the letter) and not allowing oneself to be surprised by God, by the God of surprises, (the spirit); within the law, within the certitude of what we know and not of what we still need to learn and to achieve. From the time of Christ, it is the temptation of the zealous, of the scrupulous, of the solicitous and of the so-called \u2013 today \u2013 \u201ctraditionalists\u201d and also of the intellectuals.<\/p>\n

– The temptation to a destructive tendency to goodness [it. buonismo], that in the name of a deceptive mercy binds the wounds without first curing them and treating them; that treats the symptoms and not the causes and the roots. It is the temptation of the \u201cdo-gooders,\u201d of the fearful, and also of the so-called \u201cprogressives and liberals.\u201d<\/p>\n

– The temptation to transform stones into bread to break the long, heavy, and painful fast (cf. Lk 4:1-4); and also to transform the bread into a stone and cast it against the sinners, the weak, and the sick (cf Jn 8:7), that is, to transform it into unbearable burdens (Lk 11:46).<\/p>\n

– The temptation to come down off the Cross, to please the people, and not stay there, in order to fulfil the will of the Father; to bow down to a worldly spirit instead of purifying it and bending it to the Spirit of God.<\/p>\n

– The temptation to neglect the \u201cdepositum fidei\u201d [the deposit of faith], not thinking of themselves as guardians but as owners or masters [of it];<\/p>\n

or, on the other hand, the temptation to neglect reality, making use of meticulous language and a language of smoothing to say so many things and to say nothing! They call them \u201cbyzantinisms,\u201d I think, these things\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And then he said that \u201cthe temptations must not frighten or disconcert us, or even discourage us\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Go, Francis!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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