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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