Connecting Compassion

“...there now flows a constant stream of tenderness, a stream in which all petty desires seem to have been extinguished. All that matters now is to be kind to each other with all the goodness that is in us.” - Etty Hillisum

The image of the body of Christ is an image of compassion “If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it” (I Cor. 12:26) Each and every part of the whole has significance and worth.

We are all connected with all of creation, the divine presence dwells within each of us. “When I offer the cup of compassion to someone, it is God in me reaching to God in the other. There is a oneness of Love bonding us to all of life.”

Breathprayer:

Breathe in: Divine compassion....

Breathe out:...Connects us

Reflection:

Hold your cup and think of people within your life that you find it hard to have compassion for.

Imagine them within your cup

Notice your connectedness

Let your heart extend compassion to them.

Thank God for your connectedness with all creation.

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12-31

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body so it is with Christ...Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it (1 Cor. 12:27)

Journal:

I hesitate, or refuse to offer the cup of compassion to...because...

Prayer:

God help me to spread your love and live your compassion even with those I struggle with.