Compassion
Extend Compassion
We are often our own worst critics, failing to extend compassion to ourselves when we would easily do so for a loved one. Use this prayer to find your center within God’s compassionate embrace.
The Heart of Discipleship
We don’t serve the poor out of guilt or fear—but because love demands that we see those the world ignores.
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A Call for Compassion
Reflect One of the last places we expect to find compassion is in a government bureaucracy or customer service center. Yet what unexpected delight to find a human touch there! No matter which end we’re on, it’s possible to bring ...
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Listen Respectfully, Act Lovingly
Christianity is spread by the Holy Spirit. St. Paul said, “My message and my proclamation were not with persuasive (words of) wisdom, but with a demonstration of spirit and power” (1 Cor 2:4). We do the faith more harm than good if ...
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Love at the Door
We are called not only to notice the suffering at our door, but to respond—not out of guilt or fear, but from love.
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Refill Your Cup
The world's stresses have emptied our compassion cups and left us feeling hollow. Most of us are suffering from burnout.
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Grace and Understanding
These days, compassion seems to be in short supply. In truth, now is when we need it the most.
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