Health and Wellness
A Meditation on Healing
Paula D'Arcy
January 26, 2021
Not long ago, I fell in a state park while hiking with friends.
Notes from a Friar: Pope John Paul II and Suffering
Jack Wintz, OFM
October 5, 2020
Throughout the last years of his papacy, Pope John Paul II relied on God to endure his failing health.
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You and Your Health: The Gift of Giving
Karen Zielinski, OSF
November 15, 2018
A life event can alter a person’s gift philosophy. It reminds me of the “readiness concept.”
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You and Your Health: God Bless Parish Nurses!
Karen Zielinski, OSF
October 12, 2018
Parish nurses take their ministry seriously. They blend health with spirituality. And that’s faithful medicine!
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You and Your Health: ‘Blessed Be the Middle’
Karen Zielinski, OSF
September 7, 2018
There can be no extraordinary feasts like Easter or Christmas—or a good diagnosis—without our work of Ordinary Time. Blessed be the middle!
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You and Your Health: ‘You Visited Me’
Karen Zielinski, OSF
August 17, 2018
Christ said, “[I was] naked, and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me” (Mt 25:36). We need to visit the sick.
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You and Your Health: Let Go, Let God
Karen Zielinski, OSF
July 12, 2018
Admitting that our bodies are facing physical change is not easy. Who wants to admit weakness?
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