Compassion for the Crowd:

Jesus taught the crowd of God, cured their illnesses and restored their faculties; he sought to find yet more needs of theirs to fulfill. During this holy season, try to seek out the needs of others and fill them as you are able.

Jesus’ Compassion:

In today’s Gospel, Jesus shows His deep compassion for the sick, crippled, blind, dumb and the hungry. Jesus knows the pains and problems of our lives. His Compassion is more than healing us physically and emotionally; He also wants to heal us spiritually so as to deepen our relationship with Him.

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What must you do to have life? Before all else, the first thing you have to do is pray for courage every day to carry the cross the Lord has assigned you. Then let each of you do your own work really well, the work proper to your state, as God wants it, and according to your condition, which means according to the spirit of the Lord.

- Blessed Philip Rinaldi (1856-1931)


Today God loves the world so much that he gives you, he gives me, to love the world, to be his love, his compassion. It is such a beautiful thought for us—and a conviction—that you and I can be that love and compassion.

—Mother Teresa