OUR LADY HEALTH OF THE SICK - FEAST DAY 28th AUGUST

 



OUR LADY HEALTH OF THE SICK

SATURDAY 28 AUGUST
We look to Our Lady, under her title, Health of the Sick, for spiritual assistance, as well as for ailments of body and soul. Her feast day is an opportunity to dwell on her love for the sick and her tender care for the dying. Nursing nuns such as the Little Sisters of the Poor and the Sisters of Charity have dedicated their lives to caring for the sick, part of their charism being that no person should be left to die alone.
This Feast Day is also a time to consider our approach to the elderly in our families today, as the intervention of the State into aged care may entail treatment at the call of agendas, rather than as the result of a recognition of the value of the individual person.
Psalm 33;2 is the Introit of the Mass for this Feast Day:
I am the health of the people. In whatever tribulation they are in, let them cry to me, and I shall hear their prayer.
I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall always be in my mouth.
Glory be to the Father.

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