Journal of Sacred Work
Caregivers have superpowers! Radical Loving Care illuminates the divine truth that caregiving is not just a job. It is Sacred Work.
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Caregiving, like any other form of work, can involve ordinary transactions, or it can be elevated to the level of the highest art. The role of leaders is to put caregivers in context. Leaders can raise energy by putting a sort of frame around the calling of caregiving. In so doing, they celebrate the nobility,…
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The most powerful theory of time may not, for us, be Einstein’s theory. Instead, it may be the time theory by which we live our lives. Life is not, contrary to what our daily planner may suggest, about packing as many activities into each half hour as possible. Living fully in the present may well…
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Now reading again the opening lines this meditation, I hear a different meaning. Dante is not afraid of being lost. He is celebrating the great quest of life, the great unknown that is yet to be discovered. I hope for all of us that we seek opportunities to go into the dark to discover a…
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Today is another opportunity to practice the message of Love. Spiritual living calls to the best in us. It is a moment-by-moment opportunity engage our gifts on behalf of others in need – whether they be patients, or our fellow caregivers.
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In a world where war is always occurring in one place or another, we may know that the voices of Love are always quiet. The voices of strife and hatred are always loud. How does Love’s voice win our attention in the middle of such noise? As we celebrate, perhaps we can find moments of…
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Monastic life for these nuns is austere and difficult. They live an extremely disciplined life that includes a constant state of sleep deprivation, a meager diet (especially by standards here in the United States), exposure to the extremes of weather (when it is cold, the monastery is cold, when it is hot, the monastery is…
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Solitary as caregiving can often feel, no caregiver acts in a vacuum. When we are doing our best work caring for others, we are living an energy beyond our own. It is Love’s energy, the energy that powers everything good in life. The energy that is spring’s scent, and her song.
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Around the dinner table, or in the intimacy of the kitchen, we have the chance to share life experiences with those who we love, and who love us. In this way, we learn “the stuff that helps us live a life worth remembering.”
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Today, lilacs will bloom, rivers will break free of winter’s claw, mothers will give birth. And in certain, special pockets of refuge, loving caregivers will offer Love’s sanctuary to those who have been unlucky enough to land in environments poisoned by striking hands and hateful words. It will be a cruel month. And it will…
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We live our lives in communion. And then we go about our week. It is a day and a week during which we may remember this day two millennia ago, the final week of Christ earthly life. We can forget Love, or we can remember and honor her in each act of our lives.
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