Dear Cosmo, Your mother tells me that you are really making a name for yourself in college, winning all the academic awards and topping the grade charts semester after semester.\u00a0 That is, I will admit, a sign that you will probably get into a competitive medical school (I assume you are still on the pre-med track), but at the risk of deflating your ego, I feel it is my duty to tell you that academic excellence does not automatically make great doctors.\u00a0 As a Christian, you will be treating people, not \u201ccases.\u201d\u00a0 Medicine is inherently a noble profession; our Lord performed many miracles of physical healing that eloquently showed forth God\u2019s love.\u00a0 Nevertheless, temptations to greed, vanity, and pride loom menacingly behind every white coat.\u00a0 Stay close to today\u2019s saints, and you should be able to resist them. Cosmos and Damian were brothers.\u00a0 They studied the medical arts in Arabia, and practiced their trade there for many years.\u00a0 They made it a point to treat the souls of their patients with the healing truth of Christ in addition to treating their bodies.\u00a0 To emphasize the sincerity of their concern, they always offered their services for free.\u00a0 Their reputation for holiness and wisdom grew almost as rapidly as their reputation for being incomparable doctors.\u00a0 As a result, they were among the first Christians to be apprehended during a local wave of persecution.\u00a0 Under interrogation and repeated torture they courageously confessed their adherence to Christ, and the pagan authorities unceremoniously cut off their heads for it.\u00a0 Miracles abounded at their tombs, and their relics were venerated for centuries afterwards Maybe these two medical doctors didn\u2019t rack up a hefty bank account on earth, but I am certain that God made up for it upon their arrival in heaven.\u00a0 If you end up following their footsteps in the medical arts, I hope you won\u2019t neglect to follow them to holiness as well. God bless, Uncle Eddy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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