faced with a particular kind of grief—sudden traumatic grief. In such situations, the caregiver can communicate the steadfast love of God. Let us look at these three phases of the process of emergency caregiving and our possible patterns of action in each one. Stage One: Bring the Crisis under Control A person who has just heard that his or her spouse wants a divorce, or that a loved one has been killed in an accident, died suddenly of a heart attack, or committed suicide, or that a child has been