vocation to be a magnus dux
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VOCATION OF A
MAGNUS DUX
Borgjie B. DisturaDTF CONSULTING NETWORK
ALL ARE CALLED.EVERYBODY HAS A CALLING.LIFE HAS A PURPOSE TO BE DRIVEN.
What on earth am I here for?
As people in the business, especially the business leaders, we are also called, we have a vocation– to practice charity in all that we do. (CIV 7)
PCJP came up with a reflection about the vocation of the business leader.
The CONTEXT of the Document
THE ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE (the positive and negative
sides)
CULTURAL/SOCIAL LANDSCAPE
CARITAS IN VERITATE
CARITAS IN VERITATE
THE CRISIS OF TRUTH
RELATIVISM
COLLAPSE OF CULTURE IN THE WEST
THE PRINCE (MACHIAVELLI) – LEADER MUST BE CUNNING AND INTIMIDATING.
The Biblical Foundation of the document
What then is the vocation of business people?
Business people have been given great resources and the Lord asks them to do great things
What can business do?
It can bring either good or bad.
Positive or negative
POSITIVE RESULTS
Material / Spiritual well being of the individual
Enhance the dignity Develop virtues Vehicle for peace and prosperity
These are the reasons why the Church has interest in the business world.
NEGATIVE RESULTS
Disorder Injustice Social fragmentation Corruption Marginalization
The Church is concerned because of these negative results hence this VOCATION OF A BUSINESS LEADER
Business people must SHARE in the work of GOD
– as a co-worker
God works – Man must also work.
He is created in the image and likeness of God.
Khalil Gibran
Work is love made visible. And if you cant work with love but only with distaste, it is better to leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of the people who work with joy.
OBSTACLES TO BEING A CO-WORKER
External
Internal
Dichotomy
Split Divided Life
The fundamental error which contributes to much of the damage
MATTHEW 6:24
If you don’t serve God there is a void
We tend to fill what is empty in us
Sometimes with less worthy thing - IDOLATRY
IDOLATRY
ADDICTION MISPLACED
DEVOTION
SURROGATES OF GOLDEN CALF
SOLE CRITERION IS MAXIMIZATION OF PROFIT PERSONAL WEALTH POLITICAL INFLUENCE
THE OBSTACLES MAY SEDUCE THEM TO BELIEVE:
SERVANT LEADERSHIP
This is how to respond to the obstacles
The important part of DOING GREAT THINGS is practising ethical, social
principles while conducting the normal
rhythms of the business world
This entails:
This entails:
JUDGING with principles
This entails:
SEEING
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES THE LIGHTS AND SHADOWS
JUDGING
Good business decisions are those rooted in principles at the foundational level: RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY SERVICE TO THE COMMON GOOD BUSINESS AS A COMMUNITY OF PERSONS
ACTING
RECEIVING GIVING
charity which is at the heart of the gospel means love received and given –p. benedict xvi
MAJOR CHANGES
GLOBALISATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY FINANCIALISATION CULTURE CHANGE - relativism
Relativism
The Paradox of our Time
(Dr. Bob Moorehead)
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less.
We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too seldom, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We've learned how to make a living, but not a life; we've added years to life, not life to years.
We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor. We've conquered outer space, but not inner space; we've done larger things, but not better things.
We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul; we've split the atom, but not our prejudice.
We write more, but learn less; we plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait; we have higher incomes, but lower morals; we have more food, but less appeasement; we build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication; we've become long on quantity, but short on quality.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; tall men, and short character; steep profits, and shallow relationships. These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare; more leisure, but less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition.
These are days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw away morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer to quiet to kill.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS
TO GOD BE THE GLORY
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