The Divine Physician

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

God our Father is the Divine Physician, the greatest doctor of both body and spirit in this entire universe.  In Jesus Christ the Divine Surgeon has expertly removed the cancer of our sin, through the Scriptures the Divine Physical Therapist gives us our necessary exercises, and in the Holy Spirit, prayer and the Eucharist the Divine Nutritionist gives us the sustenance necessary to be strengthened for the task.  God's love and mercy is that He provides all of this to us for free (who by no means deserve it and have no means of paying Him back).  But God's love and mercy can't do it for us - we have to work with these gifts to reap the healing benefits that are freely offered.  And in this treatment plan, we all, when we're totally honest with ourselves, know what our next step is.  This week, let' start with our own personal next step of that treatment plan.