Thursday, September 26, 2013

SAINTS COSMAS & DAMIAN






WITNESS


9-26-13


SAINT COSMAS AND DAMIAN
The Patron Saints of Doctors


Do you have healthcare
Can you afford it

Do you sometimes think
That the healthcare industry
Or maybe
Even some of the Doctors
Are more concerned with
How much money they are making
Than your personal health

If your answers
To any of these question are yes
LISTEN UP
To the story
Of two of our early physicians

Legend says
That they were twin brothers
And doctors

Who practiced their art
Without asking for fees

Can you imagine
Someone doing that today
In any profession

Reportedly
Numerous cures of healing
Were claimed by their intercession

They are
The patron saints of doctors
And their acts
Recount their skill
In both the healing
Of both men and animals

Their most famous medical achievement
Was their grafting of a new white leg
To the live body
Of a cancerous negro 

They reportedly
Had a reputation
For disinterestedness about financial gain

Their feast day
Is September 28th

Dear Lord
We pray
For many more people
As well as physicians
Like Cosmas and Damian
WHO HAVE COMPASSION FOR ALL

Robert P. Wallman
9-26-12


Ps        WITNESS        9-26-13




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