Compassion can change a heart, change a life, change a world. But we have to learn how to be compassionate and Joyce Rupp--codirector of the Servite Center of Compassionate Presence--can guide us.

Forty original prayers, blessings, and meditations by Rupp will help us practice themes of compassion: as a way of life, welcoming ourselves, the river of suffering, from hostility to hospitality, a thousand unbreakable links, and compassionate presence.

To be used alone or as a helpful companion to Rupp's Boundless Compassion book and program, this collection of prayers will inspire anyone to change the world.