WHO CARES?

COMPASSION – THE FORGOTTEN VIRTUE

We talk now rather of 'Compassion Fatigue'.

‘The world is pitiless, a giant freezer, devoid of humane feelings.’

WHAT IS COMPASSION?

To be so drawn to another’s need that emotion flows over into action to meet that need even at a cost to oneself.

JESUS HAD COMPASSION

Feeding the five thousand.
Jesus had compassion on the people who had come so far to hear Him but had no food. His disciples needed rest, but He taught them that the needs of the people took precedence over theirs. He also taught them that God would provide the resources to meet the need.

THE ENEMY OF COMPASSION IS INDIFFERENCE

One feels as though one is beating the air and getting nowhere, speaking with only an echo in reply.

MAYBE A RETURN TO AN ETHOS OF COMPASSION?

'Time to set the Roman Lion of success, wealth and glory in abeyance and set the compassionate Lamb of Judeo-Christianity centre stage.'
Alain de Botton