1. Disincarnate Spirituality is Real- looking at the reading of Matthew 11:16-19, we would notice that Jesus did not appreciate “children” unlike in Matthew 18:1-6 that Jesus used the image of children to describe the Kingdom of God. But in Matthew 11:16-19, Jesus rebuked the people using the image of children for the first time in a negative way. This illustrates that not all children can be used as descriptive image of goodness. Thus, in like manner there will be Christians, priests, religious, or lay people who would project a disincarnate spirituality. How did Pope Francis describe such people: 1) they did not refuse “the message, but the messenger” 2) To accept “the truth of Revelation” and not “the preacher” 3) “who do not allow themselves to dance when the preacher gives them good news of joy, who do not allow themselves to cry when the preacher gives them sad news” 4) who are closed, caged, who are not free for fear of the freedom of the Holy Spirit that comes through preaching”. Not all children can be images of the Kingdom, therefore not all lay and priests may be images of Christ but project disincarnate spirituality instead.

2. Disincarnate Spirituality lacks Contextual Experience- Pope Francis commented that not everyone is happy about the success of others. Not everyone appreciates the kindness and the gifts of others. He said: “In practice, men have always found reason to delegitimize the preacher. Just think of the people of that time, Pope Francis said, who preferred “to escape into a more elaborate religion: in moral precepts like the Pharisees, in political compromise like the Sadducees, in social revolution like the zealots, in gnostic spirituality like the Essenes”. “All of them,” he added, “had their well cleaned, well ordered system,” but they did not accept “the preacher”. That is why Jesus refreshes their memory by recalling the prophets who were persecuted and killed.” Pope Francis mentioned of his dream and vision of a Church that is lived out in the world today. In Evangelii Gaudium 49: a) I prefer a Church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a Church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security. b) I do not want a Church concerned with being at the centre and which then ends by being caught up in a web of obsessions and procedures; c) an incarnated church; “If something should rightly disturb us and trouble our consciences, it is the fact that so many of our brothers and sisters are living without the strength, light and consolation born of friendship with Jesus Christ, without a community of faith to support them, without meaning and a goal in life. d) More than by fear of going astray, my hope is that we will be moved by the fear of remaining shut up within structures which give us a false sense of security, within rules which make us harsh judges, within habits which make us feel safe, while at our door people are starving and Jesus does not tire of saying to us: “Give them something to eat” (Mk 6:37).

3. Disincarnate Spirituality has its own mentality- Pope Francis mentioned a life that is not animated by the Spirit. It is a life that is not open towards change and renewal, silence and openness, truth and freedom. He had similar words like “a life caged in precepts, compromises, revolutionary plans.” A person who has a disincarnate spirituality are those who could not adjust or adapt to peoples’ minds, local customs, and are incorrigible. “Pope Francis referred particularly to those Christians “who do not allow themselves to dance when the preacher gives them good news of joy, who do not allow themselves to cry when the preacher gives them sad news”; i.e., to those Christians “who are closed, caged, who are not free for fear of the freedom of the Holy Spirit that comes through preaching”.