Kathy Coffey

For many people, self-compassion is an atrophied muscle. Yet how can we connect with others’ pain if we can’t open to our own?

Many churches are taking the lead in the environmental crisis by educating parishioners and neighborhoods about the impact of their carbon footprint.

The communion of saints is marked by huge variety. Future generations will celebrate us, because God never loses sight of one beloved daughter or son. All are held in God’s embrace.

While empathy is knowledge of the other’s suffering and feeling for it, compassion takes that a step beyond by acting to alleviate suffering.

Francis of Assisi once told a cardinal, “The Lord has told me that he wanted to make a new fool of me.” We all want to look good, but Francis is showing us another way.