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Employees at St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Hospital in Chicago showed their high regard for a coworker named Epifania Castro by choosing her to be "employee of the month." She was honored for "giving beyond the call of duty and for her exceptional care to patients." Castro, a nurse and a mother of two children, has worked at the hospital for twelve years, and has been the head nurse of the thirty-nine-bed medical and surgical unit of the hospital for the past seven years. She is known as a nurse who goes the extra mile to make patients and co-workers happy. "You can only win the award once," said a hospital spokesman. "It's based a lot on patient care -- not only physical, but on the support the patients get." The unit in particular in which Castro works requires staff who are able to help calm the fears of patients as they go through varying degrees of suffering and treatment. One can appreciate how much a sympathetic and understanding presence means in such a situation.
Isn't it great to know that Jesus feels sympathy for all of our weaknesses? Isn't it comforting to know that he is sensitive to our problems and pains? And isn't it good to know that he is close to us to give help just when we need it?
-- Clausen
Employees at St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Hospital in Chicago showed their high regard for a coworker named Epifania Castro by choosing her to be "employee of the month." She was honored for "giving beyond the call of duty and for her exceptional care to patients." Castro, a nurse and a mother of two children, has worked at the hospital for twelve years, and has been the head nurse of the thirty-nine-bed medical and surgical unit of the hospital for the past seven years. She is known as a nurse who goes the extra mile to make patients and co-workers happy. "You can only win the award once," said a hospital spokesman. "It's based a lot on patient care -- not only physical, but on the support the patients get." The unit in particular in which Castro works requires staff who are able to help calm the fears of patients as they go through varying degrees of suffering and treatment. One can appreciate how much a sympathetic and understanding presence means in such a situation.
Isn't it great to know that Jesus feels sympathy for all of our weaknesses? Isn't it comforting to know that he is sensitive to our problems and pains? And isn't it good to know that he is close to us to give help just when we need it?
-- Clausen
