Excerpt from Sending Forth Compassion I stand at the door of a light-filled dawn where the gift of hope rises in my soul. I open my heart and send forth this gift to each and every person longing for joy, to all whose spirit grows dim with sorrow. (p. 80, Prayers of Boundless Compassion) The Companion Prayer Book to Boundless Compassion: Creating a Way of Life Compassion was the center of Jesus’ ministry and his mission for his disciples—and his call for us today. With forty original prayers, blessings, and meditations, bestselling and award-winning author and retreat leader Joyce Rupp gives you the words to develop compassion in yourself as never before and to reenergize your ability to offer loving kindness to those around you. To be used alone or as a helpful companion to Rupp’s Boundless Compassion book and program, this collection of prayers will inspire anyone to change the world. 1. Compassion as a way of life The Body of Compassion Let Us love One Another Competition and Comparison Seeds of Compassion Walk a Mile in My Shoes 2. Compassion for self The Feather Prayer Psalm 139: Compassion for Self Self-Acceptance of Elderhood Brief Meditations on Self-compassion The Four Guardians Meditation 3. Compassion and suffering A Prayer for Healing A Mirror of Compassion A Psalm of Compassion (Based on Psalm 23) A Refuge and a Strength Remembering Inner Resiliency 4. Compassion and marginalization People Pushed to the Edge Prayer for Refugees To the Far Corners We Are One Bridging the Wide Divide 5. Compassion for creation I Bow to You Lamentation of Endangered Species Meditation on a Pebble We Do Not Own the Land and Seas What Have We Done to Them? 6. Compassionate presence Activating the Fruits of the Spirit Treasure in Earthen Vessels Growing Seeds of Compassion Indwelling Light Sending Forth Compassion 7. Other prayers of compassion The Sound of the Bell Seed Packets of Compassion Release What Blocks Compassion The Gift of Compassionate Caregiving Growing in Compassion The Journey of Compassion External and Internal Stillness Recovering Lost Qualities of Compassion Twig Meditation Stepping Forward
✔ Author(s): Joyce Rupp
✔ Title: Prayers of Boundless Compassion
✔ Rating : 4.8 out of 5 base on (107 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 1932057161
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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