Compassion

Matthew 9:36

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Matthew 14:14

When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

Matthew 15:32

Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”

Mark 6:34

When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.

Mark 8:2

“I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat.

Luke 7:13

And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.”

Luke 10:33

But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion.

Luke 15:20

And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

Compassion — from the Greek word splagchnizomai — which means: “to be moved as to one’s bowels.”

“As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” ~ John 9:1-5

Through the rivers of tears in Haiti may our heart move like the heart of Jesus. To the core… shared pain… mobilized to action… abundant in hope.

Bringing light not explanation.