Mission Reflection

Mission Reflection is a series of easy-to-read, inspirational stories and messages to help us connect to God, to our deepest selves, to our work and to Creation.

The goal of these reflections is to foster greater humanity, authenticity, and sense of spirit in the workplace by providing thoughtful messages that can be read in a few minutes. It is our hope that we will come away assured that who we are and what we do at Catholic Health is of immense importance.

February Message

When I come, (what would you do?) by Kenneth Carveley

When I come in the guise of the needy, the helpless, the cold and the hungry,
the stranger, the lonely, will you look away?
What will you do? What will you say?

When I come close to home in the need of your neighbor, at times inconvenient
in places and faces that mask and conceal me…
What will you do? What will you say?

When I come in the message of prophet and preacher, in truths inescapable
or words which dismay, will you listen to me
And give me a welcome?
What will you do? What will you say?

When, face to face at the end of the journey, we look at each other, will you look away?
What will you do? What will you say?

God of the poor, teach us to listen to the cries of the oppressed, to see your image in the faces and give us courage to be a voice for the voiceless in our society. May we act with integrity of purpose and passion for the ministry. We pray in trust. Amen.