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One of the most compelling calls to compassion comes from one of the worst places: a Nazi concentration camp. There, the dying Betsie ten Boom told her sister, “there is no pit so deep that [God] is not deeper still.”
“The people who haven’t earned it, who haven’t even sought it, are the most meaningful recipients of our compassion… “
We may never see the fruits of our labors. We won’t know how a word or a kindness affects another person. But if we plant the first seed, then God can pour forth an abundant harvest.
Reflect The way we see others is determined by the lens through which we look. Maybe our own limitations and biases cloud the picture. Perhaps
Reflect Scientists who study compassion underline and enrich what religious traditions teach. Research at the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley,
Reflect St. Bonaventure said creation was God’s first book, leading us back to God if we “read” it properly. Choose some natural wonder: a leaf,
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