Midwife for Souls: Spiritual Care for the Dying: A Pastoral Guide for Hospice Care Workers and All Who Live with the Terminally Ill
This classic work on the spirituality of caring for the dying is now expanded with moving stories and lessons gleaned from the author's experience as a hospice nurse. Caregivers, friends, and family members often feel unsure of what to say or do as they care for the terminally ill. Midwife for Souls provides insight, showing how the support of one's Catholic faith and the power of prayer can guide one in ministering to a dying person. Written in a style that is poetic and beautiful, practical...
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This classic work on the spirituality of caring for the dying is now expanded with moving stories and lessons gleaned from the author's experience as a hospice nurse. Caregivers, friends, and family members often feel unsure of what to say or do as they care for the terminally ill. Midwife for Souls provides insight, showing how the support of one's Catholic faith and the power of prayer can guide one in ministering to a dying person. Written in a style that is poetic and beautiful, practical and credible, this book is essential reading for anyone who accompanies others to the edge of life-and helps in their birthing to eternal life.About the Author:Kathy Kalina is a certified hospice and polliative nurse (CHPN) in Forth Worth, Texas
Foreword ixPreface xiAcknowledgments xiiiHospice Care 1The Dignity of the Dying 1The Death Event in a Fragmented Society 4Midwifery for Souls: Birthing to Eternal Life 6Family: The Basic Unit of Care 8Wounds and Battle Scars 8A Privileged Guest on the Journey 10You Are Not in Charge 12You Can't Fix Sick Families 15...But God Can 16The Work of Dying 18The Urgency to Love 19Life Review 20Reconciliation 21Am I Going to Die? 22Spiritual Distress 23Signs of Active Labor 27Dying Is a Physical Process 27Dying Is a Spiritual Process 30"An Angel from Heaven Appeared..." 32A Time for Detachment 34Praying Them over the Wall 35Soul-to-Soul Time 35A Time of Ultimate Choice 36Complications in the Dying Process 37Depending on Miracles 40Near "Bad Death"Experiences 41The Request for Death 42Timing 45Death of the Young 45Sudden Death Experience 46"A Time to Die" 47Calling in the Family 49The Final Farewells 51Ministering to the Bereaved 52Pastoral Care 57Working with the Family Minister 57Praying for Those Who Don't Pray 58Prayer with Families and Patients 60Spiritual Exercises for the Midwife 62Become a Pray-er 62Spiritual Reading 66Live in a State of Grace 66Live a Life of Forgiveness 67Live a Life of Joy 67The Problem of Suffering 70The Cause and the Cure 70The Question of "Assisted Death" 73The Presence of Christ 74Harvested Fruit 76Allow Yourself to Receive 77Allow Patients to Float Their Own Boat 81Bow Your Head to the Mystery of Suffering 84Practice Unconditional Love 87Learn How to Pray Out Loud 90Speak When Inspired 93Take Care of the Story 95Listen Well 99Be Able to Beg Forgiveness 102Suspend Judgment 104Get Bossy Sometimes 108Honor the Patient's Journey 111Don't Ever Think It's Easy 114AppendicesPrayers 121Prayer for the Dying 121Prayer at the Time of Death 122Prayer for the Family 123Midwife's Prayers 123Chaplet of Divine Mercy 124The Rosary 124Scriptural Comfort for the Dying and Their Families 128Suffering 128Hope 131Fear 135Forgiveness 137Heaven 142
