Memorial of Saint Anthony, Abbot

Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.

We are all sick with our own issues and sins. We all have an illness here or there in our souls. We all need the Heavenly Physician to heal us and make us whole. We might think we are righteous, good, and healthy, but only Jesus and his Holy Mother Mary can claim to be perfect or full of grace. We might have much grace in our lives, but there are wounds within us only God’s mercy and our contrition can cure.

What are the things which make us spiritually sick in this world? Do we consider ourselves righteous or above others? In what way can we imitate Christ and be physicians for others?

O Lord, we are sick heal us.

Amen.