Field of Compassion How the New Cosmology Is Transforming Spiritual Life »

Judy Cannato is well-known as an author and has ministered as a retreat facilitator and spiritual director for twenty years. She is an associate member of the Congregation of St. Joseph and maintains an office at River's Edge wellness center in Cleveland. She is married with two grown sons. Cannato travels extensively-throughout the U.S. and in Ireland, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand-giving lectures, workshops, and retreats. Her work has been awarded by the Catholic Press Association.

In the tradition of Teilhard de Chardin and Thomas Berry, Judy Cannato invites spiritual seekers to embrace the way in which an understanding of religion and the spiritual path is informed and illumined by cutting-edge science. Cannato's newest book is a must-read for those interested in how the new cosmology and the Christian story can be understood in harmony with one another. She shows how modern scientific discoveries demonstrate that at the most fundamental of levels all life is connected and that humankind participates in the unfolding of the universe. This book's compelling and radical call to transformation will inspire readers to choose collaboration and peace over competition and conflict.

Endorsements:

"Judy Cannato writes like a poet, visions like a mystic, and weaves a story that is original, provocative and inspiring. Her ability to integrate the wisdom of field theory, Christian compassion and personal narrative provides the reader with nourishment for intellect and spirit alike. A message of reassurance and hope for troubled times."
Diarmuid O'Murchu
Author of Ancestral Grace and Quantum Theology

"I am absolutely enthralled with this book. I want to keep sitting inside its heart, to absorb more and more of the profound realities that Judy Cannato sets forth with such clarity and beauty."
Joyce Rupp
Author of Open the Door

"Synthesizing the brilliant insights of our era's most significant scientists and spiritual teachers, Judy Cannato provides as well an effective process for embodying this new understanding. "Field of Compassion" is a gateway into the future of the human species."
Brian Swimme
Professor ofCosmology
California Institute of Integral Studies.
Coauthor (with Thomas Berry) of The Universe Story

"We are all called to the compassion in which we are already held, challenged to become what we already are. "Field of Compassion" engages us in this process. It is written with prophetic honesty, clarity and directness, urging us toward the global as well as personal transformation so desperately needed in our day. The book is gentle and yet strong, visionary and yet practical, pointing us ever toward the resources present, available, and simply awaiting our engagement. 'Yes we can" be agents of healing and compassion! "Field of Compassion" shows us how."
Brabara Fiand, SND

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 The Significance of Story 13

Chapter 2 Morphogenic Fields 25

Chapter 3 The Universe Story and Christian Story 41

Chapter 4 Morphic Resonance: Two Stories Converge 63

Chapter 5 The "Kingdom of God" 81

Chapter 6 Emerging Capacities 97

Chapter 7 Meditation 115

Chapter 8 The Power of Intention 133

Chapter 9 The Fields Converge 143

Chapter 10 A Field of Compassion 161

Chapter 11 Manifesting a Field of Compassion 169

Chapter 12 Engaging the Grace We Imagine 181

Notes 195