Sign in with Facebook
“Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into the places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish. Compassion challenges us to cry out with those in misery, to mourn with those who are lonely, to weep with those in tears. Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless with the powerless. Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human.”
―
―
“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.”
― Out of Solitude: Three Meditations on the Christian Life
― Out of Solitude: Three Meditations on the Christian Life
Mary’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mary’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
684 books
|
35 friends
196 books
|
62 friends
1,183 books
|
57 friends
435 books
|
134 friends
386 books
|
77 friends
1 book
|
68 friends
1 book
|
49 friends
1,569 books
|
30 friends
More friends…
Polls voted on by Mary
Lists liked by Mary
