CATHOLIC NURSE
NURSES OPPOSED TO EUTHANASIA
'Proponents of a positive right to die would encourage the right to be killed and an obligation to kill...Health care rationing may soon change into an explicit- and expanding- duty to die'
Extract from article by Norah McCarthy, editor, Catholic Nurse ,Spring 2005
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ONE OF A KIND
Abridged extract from an article by Fr James Hurley ecclesiatical advisor
Catholic Nurse, Winter 2003
The Caesars, Charlemagne, Napoleon, Hitler and Stalin- they are all gone now and no one seems to care,but the humble Jesus continues to be venerated. On the shelves are found books by mighty minds-Socrates,Plato, Dante, Shakespeare, Freud and many others......... But the Gospels, the records of Christ's words and actions, are read in 1500 languages and dialects, and the Bible is still the top of the best seller lists after 19 centuries ....It is safe to say more books have been written about this one man than about anyone else............ What is the secret of His long term success? The answer is simply this : He was One of a Kind......
Truth ,you see,is not really truth until it is experienced,until it becomes a part of us, until it is lived, felt and thought. Grief, for instance, can be explained, described and analysed, its chemistry and psychology laid bare, but until we lay a loved one in the bosom of the earth we do not know the truth about grief. Love can be explained , described and analysed, its chemistry and psychology laid bare , but until we love, until we give ourselves to another , we do not know the truth about love . The uniqueness of Jesus Christ can , similarly, be explained , described , analysed, documented , proof-read and proved, but until He becomes unique to us we will not know the truth of Christ. Only when He becomes part of our life experience will we really understand that He is One of a Kind....Millions of people -rich and poor , male and female , young and old. have found that He provides the peace of mind that tranquillisers cannot give......in today's confusing sea of conflicting ideologies.Others can point the way but only Jesus can say 'I am the way ,the truth and the life' (John 14:6) He is, truly,one of a kind.
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Abridged extract from an article by Fr James Hurley ecclesiatical advisor
Catholic Nurse Winter 2003
EASTER MESSAGE
'I have no diificulty believing that Christ was crucified .The details are very convincing - they nailed Him to the Cross , pierced His side with a lance , blood and water flowed out. He said "it is finished " and gave up His spirit...It's easier to believe in death because it's something with which we are familiar...
But resurrection ! Maybe His followers imagined the whole thing ? You know the way people get carried away by rumours..The trouble is that the account in the four gospels doesn't tally with that. It doesn't suggest that they got carried away...
One famous commentator on the scriptures ,a man called Wescott , said "taking all the evidence together , there is no single historic incident that is better suppported than the ressurection of Christ"...
'Faith and reason go hand in hand .I believe in the resurrection now because all the evidence pushes me that direction.I'm happy to believe it ,happy to celebrate it , happy to give thanks for it .I hope you're happy about it too.
Abridged extract from article by Fr James Hurley Ecclesiastical Adviser Catholic Nurse Spring 2004 |
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OUR PRECIOUS LITTLE ONES WHO HAVE NOT COME TO BIRTH ALIVE
'The intensity of the grief experienced following miscarriage and stillbirth have not always been fully appreciated. Neither have we understood the diverse ways in which different family members express grief, men and women grieve differently, and this can create a sense of isolation and abandonment within the family ,even in the most loving families.
This can in turn affect other children.
'We now know that community support and encouragement for the expression of grief is essential if families are to survive the loneliness and desolation felt at this time . When birth and death both come at once it becomes the ultimate contradiction and we are left confused ,bewildered and broken , not knowing how to make sense of God in our lives' At a parish 'family Mass of rememberance and healing for miscarriages and stillborn babies ' families were met with a multi-sensory ritual journal. The service abounded with symbol and movement and audible flowing of water. As one doctor said "the light on the spray of water made me feel that I was before the throne of God with hundreds of dancing children"....
..Modern theology emphasises God as the merciful healer. The prayers of the Church for miscarried babies contained in the Order of Christian Funeral are very beautiful ,and we hope they bring comfort to the bereaved parents, family and friends.'
National Miscarriage Week 1998
Extracts from Catholic Nurse article Spring 1998 by Pauline Kearney Practice Nurse Croydon |
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