Working here

“Being doctors here in the Philippines where there is widespread poverty, my husband and I set up a modest private medical clinic in our small house. It’s certainly was not easy thinking of our colleagues who all have careers in the West. At times we ask if we did well to stay here. But the thought of so many needy people among our own people – children in need of medical care, married couples in need of guidance, the elderly with terminal illnesses. . . The Gospel motivates us to give a personal contribution towards improving society beginning from our own land.” L. R. – Philippines

Moses drawn from the street

“A large family: six children and one on the way, who then died before birth. The mother was saved, but for several days she lingered between life and death. During those days, some military had taken to the hospital in which she was being care for, a newborn that had been abandonend on the street. After some treatment, he recovered but was in need of a family. He immediately found it in that mother who had lost her child. His new parents named him Joseph-Moses, because the hospital is called St. Joseph’s, and Moses because he had been abandoned and found.”H. E. – Congo

I wanted to have my revenge

“I lost my mother just eight days before my marriage. She had been hit by a car, and I decided to have my revenge. I took a bus to the place where the driver lived. On the way, I recalled some words about love of God and neighbour and, little by little, my anger faded. When the other person saw who I was, he turned pale, but I calmed him: I was there only to find out how the accident had happened. After listening to his story, which he shared amidst tears, I tried to put him at peace and the joy promised by the Gospel accompanied me on the return trip.” F.A. – Rome

Source: The Gospel of the Day – March 2015 – Città Nuova editrice