Tag Archives: Compassion

What, Goodpeople, Are We to Do? ~ No. 1

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PART 1 of  2 Everything terrifying is, in its deepest being, something helpless that wants our help. ~ Rainer Maria Rilke What makes loneliness an anguish Is not that I have no one to share my burden, But this: I have only my own burden to bear. ~ Read more [...]

Paul Farmer: What a Christian Looks Like

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In 2016, I wrote an article for the Irish journal Spirituality titled "What a Christian Looks Like." It was a tribute to the Jesuit priest, poet, activist Daniel Berrigan (If you are interested, it can be found here). Below is the link for a good article Read more [...]

In the Bleak Midwinter, a Day to Re-Joy

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. . . everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. ~ Isaiah 35:10b Today, the Third Sunday of Advent, is known as GAUDETE SUNDAY or Rejoice Sunday. Guadete in Latin means Read more [...]

Compassion — The Index of Our Humanity

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To be a man or woman of compassion is to be present to those in pain in such a way that they feel safe enough, if they choose, to reveal their wound to us. Then after reverently receiving their storied-pain, we reverently reach out to touch them, at times Read more [...]

Consenting to Be Moved, Daring to Respond – A Life-Line

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Today’s Life-Line is: It is in our consenting to be moved, our conscious awareness of collaborating with the present moment, and in both our duty and daring to respond lest we betray our own humanity that the mystic and the prophet meet, the one Read more [...]

I Am a Traveler, too. And You?

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What would it mean if we led with compassion? This is what I'm chewing on this weekend. By led I'm not referring to showing the way, guiding by example or escorting others. I'm talking about how we present ourselves, how we step out each morning, encounter Read more [...]