Spiritual counselors adapt to serve faithful in pandemic

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Spiritual counselors always face a daunting task in bringing faith and connection to the sick and bereaved, and honoring the dead. That job has been rendered life-altering by the pandemic.

In this April 16, 2020 photo. Mount Sinai chaplain Silvia Mejia stands outside of the hospital in New York. Mejia, who is one of many young spiritual counselors helping families cope with the coronavirus pandemic, says, "This feels bigger than a job right now. It feels like a purpose."

As the coronavirus claims tens of thousands of American lives, spiritual counselors like Roman are facing an already daunting job, rendered life-altering by the pandemic: bringing faith and connection to the sick and bereaved and honoring the dead. Younger religious leaders have stepped into bigger leadership roles, assuming more risk or wielding more technological know-how, but the virus has taken a toll on the pastoral care of clergy, rabbis and imams of all ages.

Another New York hospital chaplain who helps families cope with the pandemic, Mount Sinai’s Silvia Mejia, is largely barred from entering patients’ rooms while she watches some of her own loved ones battle the virus. Latif, his eyes closed and his hands raised, prayed for those battling the virus — one person was on a ventilator, he said; another is suffering from both coronavirus and cancer. He then somberly read the names of some of those who have died.

Rev. Roger Jackson, senior pastor at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Brooklyn, said he would only be permitted to spend 15 minutes at the graveside service for one of his church’s two members who recently died.

 

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'Whatever', he said, in whisper. Dies hanging...blood dripping (FADE TO BLACK)

STOP don't tell me, I bet you seen Pelosi praying, she prays all the time, just ask her

Bless them all🙏🙏

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