45 la propuesta cristiana ante los desafíos de un mundo en cambio life. Look at what Layli Long Soldier says, “[…]Whereas, until recently, caring was largely person to person, now most of it is mediated through institutions- often large, complex, powerful, impersonal; not always competent; sometimes corrupt.” “If a better society is to be built, one that is more just and more loving… then the most open course is to raise both the capacity to serve and the very performance as servants of existing major institutions by new regenerative forces operating within them.” (Robert Greenleaf) I hope you perceive where I’m going in the theme of this conference. It’s not our job to stand apart from, sit apart from and be completely uninvolved with some of the institutions that we wish would work better, like the public health care system, the public education system, the political system, even, I’m sorry to say it: the church. In the way it sometimes functions in society, rather than being called to lead, part of our calling is to help make these institutions serve their role in society, in a more just and a more loving way. I know that for all of us, that will seem daunting, impossible, distasteful, but to help us with that let me share another quote about love from Pope Francis. who at one point said: “One who loves has the imagination to discover solutions where others see only problems. One who loves helps others according to their needs and creativity, not according to pre-established or commonplace ideas. He is a creator: love leads you to create, it is always in the lead…” (Pope Francis). Love is our style of being leaders as Christians. Love can make us more effective leaders, like earning their cooperation and competence and then the powers of love can even go further. Love often inspires us or gives us motivation to find solutions to problems that are important problems of justice that others don’t seem to focus on. Well, I have, in a short amount of time, I hope to have painted a very challenging canvas for all of us to show our leadership in the world and what I want to do, because I’m mindful of time and I want to give folks a chance to make a comment or raise a question if they wish for the moment. I’ll make one more point and then I will invite any comments or questions and, if we still have a minute at the end. I am a Jesuit, in the Jesuit tradition this is called the Examen. Our tradition tells us that every day we need to take some little break and step away from the leadership, love and civic engagement: our "calling" in vuca world
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