Two Dear and Glorious Physicians

Taylor Caldwell's novel on St. Luke, popular since the "50's borrows a reference to Luke made by St. Paul to his dear friend Luke, adding the adjective, glorious.  And certainly he was and remains so, for his Gospel brings the compassionate Jesus to us, the tender story of his conception and birth, and the parable of the Prodigal Son, among other unique stories and incidents.  He presents a Jesus for the poor, for all of us.  His Gospel far outshines what we know of him as a doctor and artist, combining both of these vocations into an artistic work that stresses the healing power of Jesus.
Last night, another physician, Dr. John Bruchalski, spoke at the annual Pregnancy Care Center Fundraising
Banquet, telling of his own conversion from an abortionist to a healer of women with crisis pregnancies and the founder of  Divine Mercy Care, which performs spiritual and corporal works of mercy in Northern Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia.  Like Luke, he blends his medical prowess with the healing power of Jesus to care not only for the bodies of the women he treats, but also their souls.  Good health, he said, has to include the elements of faith and love.
In our own dealings with one another, we too can be "dear and glorious physicians", by allowing the healing power of Jesus to flow through our words and actions.
Bro. Rene