The Boundless Compassion Journal: Creating a Way of Life - Paperback

by Joyce Rupp (Author)

Readers of Joyce Rupp's bestselling and award-winning book Boundless Compassion and facilitators and participants in compassion retreats have told her repeatedly that they want a guided resource to process and reflect on the content of her book.

The Boundless Compassion Journal is a result of those requests. While the journal can be used alongside the book or as part of the retreat experience, it also can be used on its own to help you better grow in compassion and share the virtue with those around you.

Each day of the six-week personal transformation journey includes a unique prompt to guide and encourage you on your path toward deeper compassion. You will have room to reflect each day with options such as writing a personal response, exploring a scenario, creating a meditative drawing, or exploring the prompt in whatever way feels most meaningful to you. In addition, each day includes a fresh quotation that illuminates a facet of compassion. Finally, each week includes a new prayer and poem by Rupp that relates to the heart of the week's theme.

Whether you come to this resource on its own, after having used the Boundless Compassion book, or have been on a retreat, this journal will help you explore deeper compassion in your life.

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How do you experience compassion in your life? How do you show compassion to the people around you and your world at large? How do you grow this virtue in your soul so you can offer it to both yourself and others without limits?

Readers of Joyce Rupp's bestselling and award-winning book Boundless Compassion, along with facilitators and participants in Boundless Compassion retreats, have long requested a guided resource to process and reflect on questions such as these. The Boundless Compassion Journal is the result of those requests. With engaging prompts that can be addressed alongside reading the book, as part of the retreat experience, or on their own as well as new prayers and poems, The Boundless Compassion Journal will be an invaluable tool as you grow in compassion and share this much-needed virtue with others.

Author Biography

Joyce Rupp is well known for her work as a writer, spiritual midwife, international retreat leader, and conference speaker. Her book Boundless Compassion was named one of the Top 50 Spirituality Books of 2018 by Spirituality and Practice and earned awards from both the Catholic Press Association (first place) and the Association of Catholic Publishers (second place). She is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Praying Our Goodbyes, Open the Door, Fragments of Your Ancient Name, and Prayers of Boundless Compassion.

Rupp is a member of the Servite (Servants of Mary) community. She is a consultant and resource person for the Boundless Compassion program's certified facilitators. She lives in West Des Moines, Iowa.