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of what really matters...Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-82701842030142358412018-03-27T21:01:00.005+01:002018-03-27T21:01:51.576+01:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Some perspectives on healthcare chaplaincy recorded for Transforming Chaplaincy initiative <div>
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Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-86252610446534381252018-02-06T22:33:00.003+00:002018-02-06T22:33:52.628+00:00The impact of stillbirth on bereaved parents<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> article draws on and gives voice to the experiences of bereaved parents </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">following</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> what is </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">unquestionably</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> one of the most difficult </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">bereavements. These voices and experiences are important for us as health professionals to hear so that we can provide the highest quality of sensitive and professional bereavement care. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sadly, we can not change the reality of death, but we can change how parents and families are cared for during what is a very difficult experience. Parents in this study said that they appreciated clear communication, kindness and empathic care from healthcare </span>professionals. Key moments such as when a diagnosis of intrauterine death or fatal anomaly was made, or the birth/ death of their baby were remembered in vivid detail by parents. Parents experience a bewildering array of emotional distress when birth and death collide and they move from a trajectory of expectation to one of grief.</div>
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This<span style="font-family: inherit;"> study was carried out with colleagues in the Pregnancy Loss Research Group at the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at University College Cork. @pregnancyLossIE</span></div>
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Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-73971392432160668002016-10-22T13:55:00.001+01:002016-10-22T13:55:05.632+01:00Palliative Care is about more than dying<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Delighted to contribute to this article on Palliative Care by June Shannon in the Irish Times this week.<br />
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It is a privilege to work in the area of palliative care and I am inspired daily by the people I care for and work with.</div>
Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-71717179252233408252016-09-11T07:53:00.004+01:002016-09-11T08:00:03.259+01:00SAVE THE DATE: International Stillbirth Alliance Conference comes to Cork. 22-24 September 2017<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-50126598787212064002016-08-17T20:28:00.000+01:002016-08-17T20:28:10.560+01:00New Irish Perinatal Bereavement Standards launched<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As a <a href="http://ireland.anglican.org/news/6500" target="_blank">chaplain</a> I was delighted to be invited to be part of the Expert Development Group and was honoured to work with over twenty other healthcare professionals over the last two years to bring this work to completion.<br />
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The challenge now is to move toward implementation which is being ably lead by Dr Keelin O'Donoghue, Consultant Obstetrician and Fetal medicine specialist at Cork University Maternity Hospital and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at University College Cork. Dr O'Donoghue also leads our multidisciplinary <a href="http://www.ucc.ie/en/obsgyn/plrg/" target="_blank">Pregnancy Loss Research Group</a> at CUMH/UCC.<br />
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On a personal note I acknowledge the support of the Diocesan Council of <a href="http://www.cork.anglican.org/" target="_blank">Cork, Cloyne and Ross</a> and the Board of Directors of <a href="http://www.stlukeshome.ie/" target="_blank">St Luke's Home, Mahon</a> who together fund my chaplaincy post. In addition to providing pastoral ministry at Cork University Hospital and Maternity Hospital this funding has enabled me to contribute to this important national process.<br />
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Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-69411805296135955282016-07-24T23:39:00.001+01:002016-07-25T08:01:35.429+01:00A PhD is a team effort<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I was recently conferred with a <a href="http://wp.me/p1GvjR-154" target="_blank">PhD </a>from University College Cork. A PhD is very much a team effort and I wish to acknowledge with gratitude the encouragement and support of my family, close friends, supervisors, and wonderful work colleagues. I also wish to acknowledge the support of the St <a href="http://www.stlukeshome.ie/" target="_blank">St Luke's Home</a> Charity who generously co-fund my chaplaincy post with our Diocesan Council. Above all I thank the bereaved parents, obstetricians and chaplains who participated in my research. Your stories are treasure. Thank you</div>
Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-44191653459836385882014-05-01T21:14:00.004+01:002014-05-01T21:14:22.778+01:00A very special specialty...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://imn.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5598:a-very-special-specialty&catid=61:news&Itemid=28" target="_blank">A very special speciality</a>... An interview with journalist <a href="https://twitter.com/juneshannon" target="_blank">June Shannon</a> from <a href="http://www.imn.ie/" target="_blank">Irish Medical News</a> on my work as a Healthcare Chaplain</div>
Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-60149288831051749132013-06-05T21:11:00.001+01:002013-06-06T08:35:30.760+01:00Sometimes the obstacles bring blessings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTU0kxHxIl0-fFDgC3y7kC9cJ6CFhC01vN9rsDlPqqfkpDjQmTjc90mP3bNtBLpENT6L-2TBkm3WFSCXdgBOg0GTnH_vSYzryme4bStGQ0r9mAeTBaOzSLTJhMquMSHGFxTYmoUKQ5xI/s1600/IMG_1240.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTU0kxHxIl0-fFDgC3y7kC9cJ6CFhC01vN9rsDlPqqfkpDjQmTjc90mP3bNtBLpENT6L-2TBkm3WFSCXdgBOg0GTnH_vSYzryme4bStGQ0r9mAeTBaOzSLTJhMquMSHGFxTYmoUKQ5xI/s200/IMG_1240.jpg" width="150" /></a>I had an interesting experience in a cafe yesterday. having ordered a coffee and standing at the front of the queue I realised to my horror as the lady handed me my Americano that I had no money with me. Rather apologetically I was mentally preparing myself for a hasty and hopefully understated retreat to keep my dignity intact! I smiled and hesitantly said "I'm really sorry but I have forgotten my money. Would it be OK if I paid next time?" As I asked the question there was something about the lady that struck me, a recognition, but then I meet many people in my work so maybe she was just a familiar face.<br />
She fetched a pen and paper to make a note of my name and number. As I gave my name she looked up at me and said "I know you". And there in a few moments conversation the economic scales fell from our eyes as we realised we knew each other in a former life and in another place: how we had both changed! I had bought coffee from her many times over the last year and here in the day when I was embarrassed and asking a favour a moment of awkwardness rekindled a connection from long ago. This experience was a beautiful icon of humanity. A powerful reminder to me that the obstactles in our life often make us stop and take note and this particular obstacle was a great blessing indeed...</div>
Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-3245434622029983342013-04-26T22:45:00.005+01:002013-04-26T22:46:37.366+01:00Palliative Care: does it mean we are giving up?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-82431856272831464052013-04-12T13:51:00.000+01:002013-04-12T13:52:59.773+01:00Were our hearts not burning within us? Alleluia beyond words.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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John <i>(not his real
name)</i> had lived with Motor Neurone Disease for many years but over a period
of months John’s illness progressed rapidly and it became obvious to John that
he had little time to live. It was a huge loss when John lost the ability to
use words: a vibrant man had now become silent. Now, instead of words John used
his familiar ‘thumbs-up’ gesture to say that all was ok. John loved the story
of the road to Emmaus and I read it with him often. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The story of the Road to Emmaus from St Luke’s Gospel is one
of my favourite resurrection stories. Cleopas and his friend were walking to
Emmaus in a downcast way. Jesus –unknown to them- was walking alongside them
listening to them as they told his story. At the time it seemed that nothing
was happening. Only when they sat down to eat and they broke bread did they
suddenly recognise that Jesus was in their midst. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It is a wonderful example of how gently God can become known
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I will never forget one particular evening when I came to
that phrase about our “<i>hearts burning
within us” </i>when although frail, John confidently gave his thumbs-up
gesture. Here, when words would no longer flow for John somehow his gesture
proclaimed louder than any speech that God was near. Our hearts burned within
us.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We are not defined by illness but by the image of God that each
of us radiates even when our physical bodies let us down. Alleluia! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-19270639646965181302013-03-31T02:30:00.000+01:002013-03-31T08:04:49.387+01:00Alleluia! new life has begun<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">'Resurrection' from icon in the Chapel of Christ the Healer, <br />Cork University Hospital</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Alleluia!</b></span> is the clarion call in Easter.<br />
<br />
It shouts out the joy and thrill of new life. As a word it is bursting with hope, victory and newness. When sung it reverberates deep within us as we literally embody the word.<br />
<br />
In a hospital environment it is a feeling experienced when we receive good news, when we receive results that an illness or a disease has been cured; that a treatment or surgery has been successful. It is a feeling that many survivors of cancer long to feel when the dreaded 5 year check-up looms.<br />
<br />
For Christians, Easter Day is the day that brings hope that pain, suffering -even death- is transformed by God in Christ.<br />
Now, there is nothing that cannot be transformed and healed even when physical cure is not possible. This is good news indeed.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Alleluia! Christ is Risen.</span></div>
Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-86219042589912918202013-03-30T22:00:00.000+00:002013-03-30T23:03:13.512+00:00Paschal Moon: Cosmic Significance<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<br />
Every time I attend the Easter Vigil, I take a few moments to savour the full circled 'Paschal Moon' and marvel. As we lit the paschal fire outside our hospital tonight to bring the light into the chapels the long night of waiting and darkness brightened by the unassuming light that simply is.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Paschal Candle at the <br />
Chapel of Christ the Healer tonight</td></tr>
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Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-8862860413303103972013-03-30T02:30:00.000+00:002013-03-30T10:51:51.786+00:00Visiting the grave: reality sets in<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ivDM5S7rjZyoXuzJfM9nJXHFDK1uZmuUGlR_KLMhw5yDWers20_s6nmjFmsC63us9eEKRvImhxX6sC3kHJbYluONQ9rDvnXFdF_8AMkJZ2R6G3RHHrXbjRucLcIu_q8itlOmr-QO9co/s1600/IMG_1974.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ivDM5S7rjZyoXuzJfM9nJXHFDK1uZmuUGlR_KLMhw5yDWers20_s6nmjFmsC63us9eEKRvImhxX6sC3kHJbYluONQ9rDvnXFdF_8AMkJZ2R6G3RHHrXbjRucLcIu_q8itlOmr-QO9co/s320/IMG_1974.jpg" width="239" /></a>Today in our Holy Week journey we find ourselves in that strange zone that grieving families experience when everyone has gone home after a funeral and somehow while their lives go on, we are left trying to make sense of what has just happened. It is a numbed place where the reality of the death of a loved one begins to set in. The pain that was somehow numbed by the funeral, the presence of loved ones, the cards, the sympathy now begins to wear off and the reality of the rest of our lives without the person we love begins. They are gone. We miss them.<br />
<br />
A visit to a grave the day after a funeral is a sobering experience. Seeing the mound of clay clung like a mounded and body-shaped blanket over the place that yesterday was a hole into which our loved one was laid makes it so real that this is indeed reality. '<i>Earth to earth, ashes to ashes..</i>.'<br />
<br />
This photograph is of my father's grave the day after his funeral: his birthday is today...<br />
<br />
Today, Easter Eve, there is a strange 'nothingness' as we reflect on the enormity of what God has given to us by sharing the most painful experience of death to give us hope...<br />
<br />
And so until tomorrow... we wait...<br />
<br />
<span style="color: blue;">Almighty God,</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">your son through his death and burial</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">hallowed the grave.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Be with us as now we journey on in the hope of resurrection.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Be our companion and our guide.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: blue;">May we live by faith, walk in hope and be renewed in love,</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">until the world reflects your glory</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">and you are all in all.Amen </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(adapted from the <i>Book of Common Prayer</i>,
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Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-38081006191948968632013-03-29T03:00:00.000+00:002013-03-29T03:00:03.061+00:00Good Friday: Join us for prayer by Twitter and SMS from 19:30 GMT<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Join us this evening for our live tweet Taizé Prayer around the Cross as we pray for all who carry the cross of illness.<br />
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Many names have been sent to us already and we will include them all. If you are in the hospital you can also use the small cards provided to write the first name of someone for prayer and place in the basket in the chapel.<br />
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<b><i><span style="color: blue;">Eternal God,</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="color: blue;">in the cross of Jesus</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="color: blue;">we see the cost of our sin</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="color: blue;">and the depth of your love:</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="color: blue;">in humble hope and fear</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="color: blue;">may we place at his feet</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="color: blue;">all that we have and all that we are,</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="color: blue;">through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen </span></i></b><br />
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<b><i>We adore you O Christ and we bless you for by your cross you have redeemed the world.</i></b><br />
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Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-54594277256615956912013-03-28T04:30:00.000+00:002013-03-28T04:30:04.149+00:00Maundy Thursday: loving the dirty, smelly parts of me too.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Food is essential to human life and wellbeing. When our insides, our guts, let us down, food can become be hard to stomach -often literally. The pain associated with a diseased gut can have us writhing. A very powerful and external manifestation of when our gut lets us down is when things get so bad that a colostomy is the treatment. </div>
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We don't find it easy to talk about such things which adds to the stigma of now having to handle in a new way what we rarely have to face head-on -our faeces. It takes a lot of getting to used to. Our faeces now leaves our body through our abdomen and is collected in a bag. </div>
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It can have an enormous impact on our sense of being, our sexuality, our desirability, our body image, our confidence. Today as we hear again the story of Jesus washing the disciples' feet let us give thanks for all our bodily functions. As Christ washed dirty, dusty feet so too today if you feel undesirable and self-conscious, feel the embrace and love of the God who adores you: all of you.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Heavenly Father,</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Help me to love my body even when it lets me down.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Even in illness your image shines from deep within me. Awesome! Amen</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">This reflection is to accompany the spiritual space and Lenten Reflection at the Chapel of Christ the Healer, </span><a href="http://www.cuh.hse.ie/" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Cork University Hospital</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">.</span><br />
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Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-90872674069322295322013-03-27T06:00:00.000+00:002013-03-27T06:00:02.184+00:00Wednesday in Holy Week: betrayed by our own cells<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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When our cells mutate to become cancerous it can feel like a huge betrayal. A betrayal of something that should by its very nature work with us and for us.<br />
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Why would or should one of our own cells turn from working with and for us to be so virulently against us and try to take us over?<br />
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There is something very frightening about cells that turn cancerous. These are cells that cannot even be seen by the naked eye and yet they can topple our bodies from health to despair. All can seem well on the outside and yet deep within destruction can be at work.<br />
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Going for a biopsy to test for cancer brings us into a place where we realise that there are many things we cannot control in life. The picture above shows a slide of cancerous cells on the left as seen through a microscope.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Dear Lord,</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">every cell in my body needs to work together in harmony to keep me well.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Help me to appreciate every cell of my body.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">When cells let me down and I feel betrayed</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">help me to lean on your love where you care for every part of my wellbeing. Amen</span><br />
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Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-40291251634677996672013-03-26T06:00:00.000+00:002013-03-26T10:28:11.639+00:00Tuesday in Holy Week: Save me from this suffering<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane prayed that the cup of suffering might be taken from him. A very human response to an overwhelming pain that he was enduring. And yet deep down he knew that there was no way around what was a path of suffering but only a way through.<br />
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The diagnosis of illness can bring us to a 'Garden of Gethsemane' experience where we want to bargain with God to find an easier way. Yet, we know deep down, like jesus did, that there is usually no way around but only a way through. A way through that we somehow find the strength to accomplish despite the odds and our human fears. While we may hold our hands up to our face to block the view ahead we know that it also opens our eyes to see that there is no other way but to journey on.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Dear Lord,</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">like you I want this cup of suffering to pass from me</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">yet I know that I must journey through.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">be my companion, my strength and my guide</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">and walk beside me all the way. Amen.</span></div>
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Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-88753592578821765322013-03-25T06:00:00.000+00:002013-03-26T10:29:10.222+00:00Monday in Holy Week: fragrant love & anointing. Thank God for our feet<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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On this Monday in Holy week as we journey with Jesus towards the cross we hear again the gospel story of Mary anointing Jesus feet with perfume. (<a href="http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=231230484" target="_blank">Click here if you would like to view the reading</a>) A beautiful act that in many ways points towards his death and burial. The feet that walked into jerusalem yesterday to the victory shouts of Hosanna and welcome are now set on a very different path where 'hosanna' will quickly become 'crucify'.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Dear Lord,</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">as you journey towards the cross this week</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">journey with me in my illness and pain.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">As Mary anointed your feet with ointment and love</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">so please anoint me with your healing love and presence.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Amen</span><br />
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Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-20188736279581383982013-03-24T04:00:00.000+00:002013-03-24T08:03:51.227+00:00Palm Sunday: facing illness head on to find God<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Illness can be a bit like that. Life is going along nicely and then completely out of the blue something can go seriously wrong and our lives can be changed forever. It might be a heart attack, a stroke, an accident, a sudden attack of a dormant illness. It can feel that the world is against us and we want to cover our faces to stop us from looking at whatever it is that is in front of us. Yet, we know that in order to move forward we need to look at whatever it is and to look at it head on and face it. Only then can we start to move forward.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Almighty God,</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">On this Palm Sunday as Jesus faces an uncertain future</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">give me the courage to face whatever is ahead</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">with confidence and trust in your presence</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">where nothing can shake your love and care for me. Amen</span><br />
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Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-27510086789255476162013-03-17T06:00:00.000+00:002013-03-17T06:00:02.858+00:00Sensual, tender, extravagant and scandalous love<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Imagine the scene, Jesus is at a dinner party and Mary opens a jar of expensive balm and warms it in her hands and then rubs it into Jesus feet. The touch of her hands made more gliding as the balm melts and is absorbed by both her hands and Jesus feet. An effortless-life motion as the balm is rubbed in. Meanwhile the perfume from the balm starts to fill the room. People didn't usually take such liberties. Even in our day it would be considered an intimate act. This is not something that can be disguised or hidden.<br />
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This causes discomfort and Judas the 'money man' tucks into Mary about the waste of money. Imagine what could be done with the money? Yes, the money could be spent on the poor; but would it?<br />
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Here in this act Mary wastes her treasured perfume on Jesus in an action that would never be forgotten and that was poignant beyond measure as he journeyed towards death.<br />
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It is a wasteful extravagance and for me it speaks so powerfully to how we care for those who are ill. It speaks so powerfully about how we lavish the best care, skill, science, research and -above all- love on those who may never be able to pay it back. Palliative care is perhaps the best example of this.<br />
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In your illness, suffering and pain may you know the overflowing and extravagant love that God wants to lavish on you for no other reason than simply because he loves you.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Tender God,</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">thank you for lavishing your love</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">generously, wastefully and lovingly on me.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">May I sense the perfume of your presence</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">in the midst of illness.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Amen</span><br />
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If you live in the locality of CUH you can listen in and join us for worship through hospital radio every Sunday morning at 09:15 on CUH102FM</div>
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Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-44022506755083156422013-03-10T06:00:00.000+00:002013-03-10T20:02:45.348+00:00Love that no illness can take away: Finding God and Life in illness.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This week as we continue our Lenten reflections on finding God and life in the wilderness of illness we hear in our Gospel reading from St Luke today about the story of the 'Prodigal Son' and the overflowing, generous love that is demonstrated in the actions of a father towards a wayward son.<br />
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A powerfully emotional story about unconditional love and a window onto the love that God lavishes on each of us. If you wish to read the parable please <a href="http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=229851616" target="_blank">click here</a>.</div>
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As God embraces you and holds you tightly have the courage to embrace whatever frightens you today, befriend it and allow God to create and recreate even in illness, even in you.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Dear Lord,</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">you lavish your overflowing and unconditional love beyond measure.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">As I journey through illness</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">touch me, hold me, embrace me and love me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Amen</span><br />
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This reflection is to accompany the spiritual space and Lenten Reflection at the Chapel of Christ the Healer, <a href="http://www.cuh.hse.ie/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Cork University Hospital</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">If you are in the chapel when you click on this page please feel free to add your prayer to the prayer card on the altar.</span><br />
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If you would like us to pray for you at our weekly eucharist on Sunday mornings at 09:15 please send an email to <a href="mailto:daniel.nuzum@hse.ie" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">daniel.nuzum@hse.ie</a> .<br />
If you live in the locality of CUH you can listen in and join us for worship through hospital radio on CUH102FM</div>
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Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-16732556789478924902013-03-09T18:44:00.003+00:002013-03-09T18:50:46.382+00:00Pearls of Life: Spirituality for today<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I was privileged to lead a series of workshops today on spirituality for young people in our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Church-of-Ireland-in-Cork-Cloyne-and-Ross/198591360267122" target="_blank">Diocese</a> who are to be confirmed by the Bishop this year. This annual gathering is always engaging and inspiring and I always learn more than I share from the young people who come. A wonderful team of leaders from our <a href="http://cdyc.squarespace.com/" target="_blank">Diocesan Youth Department</a> join the Bishop and his team to make the event a meaningful experience for young folk on their confirmation journey.<br />
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I used the <a href="http://webshop.verbumforlag.se/52647240-product" target="_blank">Prayer Beads</a> that were created by <a href="http://verbum2.delta-projects.com/pearls-of-life/martin-lnnebo/1307691-martin-lnnebo-eng" target="_blank">Bishop Martin Lönnebo</a> from the <a href="http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/default.aspx?di=657804" target="_blank">Church of Sweden</a> as a resource for thinking about life and faith. These prayer beads are close to my own heart and I have used them in many different contexts with people as a means to pray and reflect. These have ranged from young parents holding vigil with a seriously ill baby, a teenager battling chemotherapy, an older man with a brain tumour who lost the ability to speak to an elderly woman following a stroke. At the Chapel of Christ the Healer, <a href="http://www.cuh.hse.ie/" target="_blank">Cork University Hospital</a> the stock of beads is depleted within days of becoming available.<br />
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In each case I try to write or record an individual guide for each situation so that they can be truly connected and relevant and ultimately the user creates their own prayer that makes sense of their own situation. Somehow, the prayer beads capture the imagination of the user and are flexible enough to be adapted to the situation of the user.<br />
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Today however I used the Prayer Beads to allow the young people to think of their lives in totality -to explore how faith is connected with every part of life and how every part of life is connected to and part of the person that God loves utterly. These beads through touch, texture, colour and invested meaning are a wonderful way to open our minds to a connected, integrated and incarnational spirituality and faith that goes a long way to helping to make sense of the experience of God in our day. Hopefully in a small way they will be a useful and meaningful tool for our young people as each person was gifted a set of beads from the Bishop.</div>
Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-52590312753330605752013-03-03T16:54:00.001+00:002013-03-03T16:57:50.750+00:00Finding God and life in illness this Lent: Our feet carry our heaviest loads<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This week as we continue our lenten reflection looking at the body I invite you to think about your feet. Our feet are often covered up and if we're honest they are not usually a part of our body that we display at large. Yet our feet carry all our weight and connect us to the ground we tread on. Our feet are sensitive to touch and pressure. When our feet start to give trouble it affects so many aspects of our lifestyle. It is only then that we realise how much we take them for granted. The loss of our mobility is very challenging and yet those who use a wheelchair or mobility aids have much to teach us about the true value of our body.<br />
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Today, as you journey through lent think about the loads you are carrying and the impact they are having on your life. Are there any that you can let go of? Are there any that you can invite Jesus who walks beside us on our journey to share with you?</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Dear Lord,</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">you journey beside us in good and hard times.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Be our friend, our companion </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">and carry the loads we find hard.</span></div>
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This reflection is to accompany the spiritual space and Lenten Reflection at the Chapel of Christ the Healer, <a href="http://www.cuh.hse.ie/" target="_blank">Cork University Hospital</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">If you are in the chapel when you click on this page please feel free to add your prayer to the prayer card on the altar.</span><br />
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If you would like us to pray for you at our weekly eucharist on Sunday mornings at 09:15 please send an email to <a href="mailto:daniel.nuzum@hse.ie">daniel.nuzum@hse.ie</a> .<br />
If you live in the locality of CUH you can listen in and join us for worship through hospital radio on CUH102FM</div>
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Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-88267267630700459912013-02-22T21:25:00.002+00:002013-02-22T21:26:04.012+00:00Lent 2013 (2) Finding life and God in the midst of Illness<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue;">Dear Lord,</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">you have created me in your image: beautiful, loved, unique.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Even when my body, mind or spirit is frail through illness</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">I see you. Awesome!</span><br />
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This reflection is to accompany the spiritual space and Lenten Reflection at the Chapel of Christ the Healer, <a href="http://www.cuh.hse.ie/" target="_blank">Cork University Hospital</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">If you are in the chapel when you click on this page please feel free to add your prayer to the prayer card on the altar.</span><br />
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If you would like us to pray for you at our weekly eucharist on Sunday mornings at 09:15 please send an email to <a href="mailto:daniel.nuzum@hse.ie">daniel.nuzum@hse.ie</a> .<br />
If you live in the locality of CUH you can listen in and join us for worship through hospital radio on CUH102FM<br />
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Daniel Nuzumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856598335265880428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510334403278057280.post-6395566643692770402013-02-20T19:48:00.000+00:002013-02-23T13:50:24.350+00:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The invitation to reflect on wellbeing and illness this Lent at the Chapel of Christ the Healer, <a href="http://www.cuh.hse.ie/" target="_blank">Cork University Hospital</a> has brought many prayers from patients, staff and visitors to be placed on the Altar for inclusion in our Sunday Eucharist. I am always struck by the openness and honesty of these heartfelt prayers to God. Each prayer is placed on the prayer board using a sticky note. It will be my privilege on Sunday to weave these prayers into our 09:15 Sunday corporate prayer in the Eucharist that is broadcast throughout the hospital and city by Hospital Radio CUH102FM. Where is God to be found in the midst of illness? Why do our bodies let us down? Is physical physique the marker of wellness such as that represented in the male torso that is our image this week? Surely we are more than this.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Loving God, </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">who inhabited our human frame in the person of Jesus Christ</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">fill me with your holy and life giving spirit</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">that I may have inner peace, and health</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">that goes beyond my physical body when it aches or groans. Amen</span></div>
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