I and Edwina Cooper were invited by the League of Friends of the West Berkshire Community Hospital to attend their Lukes tide service in the hospital on 21October. I had to admit I could not see the relationship between St Luke and the hospital so I looked it up in my Oxford English Reference Dictionary. Under Luke, St. it states;
An evangelist, closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally the author of the third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. A physician, he was possibly the son of a Greek freedman of Rome. Feast Day, 18 October.
So there you have it. St Luke is probably the patron saint of the medical profession, although I could not find anything on that.
We regrettably arrived a few minutes late in the Out Patients department and stood at the back while the first hymn, "Praise my soul the King of Heaven" was sung. The first reading was from Ezekiel Chapter 37 which is a very appropriate passage and I will leave it up to readers to dig out their bibles to read what it said about the bones! The second reading was from Luke himself Chapter 4 verses 38 -41 which talked about Jesus healing Simon’s mother-in-law and others. The last hymn was that old favourite, "Love Divine", all love excelling which was an fitting one for the service in the hospital.
The congregation was a mix of patients, staff and Friends and it was a fitting tribute to all the medical staff of the hospital who give such loving care and treatment to the sick and terminally ill.
An evangelist, closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally the author of the third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. A physician, he was possibly the son of a Greek freedman of Rome. Feast Day, 18 October.
So there you have it. St Luke is probably the patron saint of the medical profession, although I could not find anything on that.
We regrettably arrived a few minutes late in the Out Patients department and stood at the back while the first hymn, "Praise my soul the King of Heaven" was sung. The first reading was from Ezekiel Chapter 37 which is a very appropriate passage and I will leave it up to readers to dig out their bibles to read what it said about the bones! The second reading was from Luke himself Chapter 4 verses 38 -41 which talked about Jesus healing Simon’s mother-in-law and others. The last hymn was that old favourite, "Love Divine", all love excelling which was an fitting one for the service in the hospital.
The congregation was a mix of patients, staff and Friends and it was a fitting tribute to all the medical staff of the hospital who give such loving care and treatment to the sick and terminally ill.
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