Wednesday, September 27, 2023

SAINTS COSMAS AND 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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