The rapid explosion of innovation in AI technology has been unleashed and there is no turning back. We can embrace advances in research, medical break throughs and the good it offers in addressing challenges. Yet in a complex and chaotic world, it is increasingly difficult to know truth from distortion and worrisome to consider what can happen in the hands of the nefarious. As Erie has previously cautioned, we are at risk of losing our humanity. Now more than ever cultivating compassion, human connection, and our relationships is of primary importance. May we fan the flames of compassion and be the torch bearers of Radical Loving Care.
In the words of Judy Cannato,"Compassion changes everything. Compassion heals. Compassion mends the broken and restores what has been lost. Compassion draws together those who have been estranged or never even dreamed they were connected.”
Sending Forth Compassion by Joyce Rupp
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.
I stand at the window of midday
where the flurry of the day’s activity
beats upon the pane of urgency.
Opening my heart to where peace resides,
I send forth this abiding harmony
to all who are caught in the claws of poverty,
whose endless work seems never enough.
I stand at the gate of the lengthening dusk,
the transitional place between light an dark;
I send forth confidence from my heart
to those who are unsure in their transitions,
to each person who questions the future.
As I stand at the entrance of the dark
I open my heart to send forth compassion
to those whose bodies or minds knows pain,
to all whom the nighttime brings burden, not rest.
Throughout the day and into the nighttime
I stand with the Holy One by my side, calling out:
“Peace to one. Peace to all. Hope resounding.
Love indwelling. Compassion abounding.
Joyce Rupp
May we offer loving kindness to all beings and oursleves.
May you be safe.
May you be peaceful.
May you be well.
May you be free of suffering
May you live with ease.
Shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel
Photo by my gifted niece, Chrissy Connors
Journal of Sacred Work 
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