I have been surfing the web for video clips and other dynamic resources for our Compassion and Justice Learning Community. Alas right before bedtime I found a great resource you should visit called The San Damiano Foundation http://www.sandamianofoundation.org/
Click on www.myspace.com/sandamiano -- The PROMO video is on the right side of the page with a picture of a man driving a car. The phrase that is etched on my brain is, "Christ is not looking for us to give our spare change, he's looking for us to give our lives." Hmmm I guess that will require some self investigation and trasformation. It kind of goes along with a book I am reading called "Compassion" by Henry Nouwen. It makes me realize that I think of compassion as a feeling, being moved by someone's sufffering -- shedding tears. True compassion is being with people in their suffering and may include doing something more. It requires more of a sacrifice than just shedding tears and moving onto the next task on my "To Do" list.
Acts of Compassion can be inconvenient but in acting compassionately we uncover a bit of His Kingdom here on earth.
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