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Medical Mission
ROSA
MYSTICA
organised
by ACIM ASIA
Sampaloc, Rizal, (Near Manila) Philippines
July 25 - 31, 2009
DAY 4: July 30
“Heal
the sick!
You have received….
…
Give!”
(Mt.10:8)
Previously
we had a father and son team,
today we have a mother and daughter,
the Kims which are together in the pediatric section.
Fourth day of the Mission, fourth day of sorrows, of smiles, of questions.
There are the eyes filled with tears of this little boy who cannot manage to squat… Diagnosis: myopathy.
There is the emaciated face of this breathless man… He shows his x-rays: tuberculosis in its final stage. The priest alone can bring him the first and last rites.
Again,
this young girl coughing and spitting her soul out. New diagnostic:
broncho-pneumonia.
Sometimes, cries of children, heart breaking screams of “Mommy!”
indicate that the pediatricians Dras. Kim or Viray are opening head
abcesses, also of the legs or of the neck.
Care
of bodies, care of souls:
Sr. Maria Filomena prepares a group of children for their first holy
communion.
In our makeshift pharmacy, the seriously burnt man a daily visitor to
our Mission, whose wound continues to show encouraging signs of healing,
falls, victim of an epileptic fit… which, thank God, was immediately
controlled.
This morning, an ophthalmologist brought her help which was most appreciated. But for her first patient, a devastating diagnostic: glaucoma, discovered too late. This little old lady will gradually become blind, and she leaves holding the arm of her daughter into the unknown of her dark future.
A great addition to the Mission, Dra. Elaine Araneta, ophthalmologist.
At the same time, evangelization is going full blast, and helps the
medical personal to bear the hard cases presented to them. Hundreds
of rosaries have been handed out, as well as scapulars, which have now
run out.
In the nearby local University of Rizal, Fr. Couture presents the wonderful Holy Shroud. He managed to captivate the crowd of about 500 students listening and questioning him on the various scientific, historical and spiritual aspects of this monument of the first century. Right after the talk, all the students rushed to take their own photos – both in positive and negative mode – of this Venerable Relic.
Reactions
are always the same worldwide:
the Holy Shroud fascinates by its mysteries.
True
photographic negative of the Passion of Our Blessed Lord,
the students want to immortalize it… in the positive mode!
The end of the day was darkened however by the announcement of two tragic
deaths hitting the family of one of the volunteers. All over the world,
prayer alone strengthens the soul at the moment of grief.
Sinead
(on the right) and Tara (on the left), respectively Irish and English,
gave a great boost to the Mission with the donations of the Irish and
English faithful:
€4,000 and STG 2,000.
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