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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With One Voice In the adorations and benedictions of the righteous The praises of all the prophets are kneaded together. All their praises are mingled into one stream, All the vessels are emptied into one ewer, Because He that is praised is, in fact, only One. In this respect all religions are only one religion,…
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The Queen of Morning offers a gracious gift whenever she layers a meadow with the mist we call fog. On the morning I made part one of this picture (top) she had spread her grayest robes across a golf course. Sunrise transformed playing field into fairyland. Her spotlight anointed the trees with mystery…
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May the Angel of Annunciationawaken in us God's profound heartfelt lovefor every kind of neighbor. May the star of inclusive, Poured out,Communing Love direct every decisionwe make on our journey. May our dreams lead us to profound reverenceas we bow before the Divine born in the stable ofevery heart and in the stable of the…
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Caregivers are tear-catchers as well as wound-menders. Day & night they bear witness to suffering, often hiding their own tears so that they may help others.
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Third Week of Avent, Joy
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It is nice to be proud of offspring. Yet, Love teaches that gratitude is far better than pride.
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Note: Excerpt of poem "Amazing Peace," a Christmas poem by Maya Angelou Something to consider this during this unfolding Advent week that calls us to cultivate Peace within. We hear a whisperAt first it is too soft. Then only half heard.We listen carefully as it gathers strength.We hear a sweetness.The word is Peace.It is…
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After essayist Anatole Broyard learned he was terminally ill he made a transcendent choice: To change his life story. “All of my old trivial selves fell away and I was reduced to my essence,” he wrote. Thus, he took control of the uncontrollable & gained an existential healing that restored hope.
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Note: This reflection is from several writings, over the years, on Advent by Sister Joan Chittister Dec 1st heralds the beginning of the Advent season, and is described as a “highly spiritual time as we prepare to birth the Christ (Love) into our lives” (Chittister). Although, Advent is traditionally a Christian…
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Some believe that all life exists as vibrations; that the bodies we occupy are waves of energy we perceive as human forms. Fear's energy visits all animals. I imagine it as traveling the air in tight, frenzied vibrations that shock through us. Love visits humans in more refined ways. Perhaps as slow, sweeping…
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