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   -- Matthew 11:16-19    
      
    But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like   
   to children sitting in the market place.  Who crying to their   
   companions say: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have   
   lamented, and you have not mourned.  For John came neither eating nor   
   drinking; and they say: He hath a devil. The Son of man came eating   
   and drinking, and they say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a wine   
   drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is justified by   
   her children.  [Mt 11:16-19] DRB   
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   Jesus condemned the attitudes of his generation. No matter what he said or did,   
   they took the opposite view. They were cynical and skeptical because he   
   challenged their comfortable, secure, and self-centered lives. Too often we   
   justify our inconsistencies because listening to God may require us to change   
   the way we live.   
      
      
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   April 12th - St Joseph Moscati   
    (1880-1927)   
    Layman, Physician, Scientist, Professor   
      
   His canonization miracle involved curing a young ironworker who was   
   dying of leukemia; the patient‘s mother dreamed of a doctor wearing a   
   white coat; she later identified his as Moscati when shown a   
   photograph of him; soon after her son was cured.  He is the first   
   modern physician to be canonized.   
      
   Joseph Mario Charles Alphonse Moscati, 7th of 9 children born to a   
   prominent family, the son of Francsco Moscati, a lawyer and magistrate   
   who served as an altar server whenever possible, and Rosa de Luca dei   
   Marchesi di Roseto, whose family was Italian nobility. Giuseppe’s   
   family moved to Naples, Italy when the boy was four years old; he made   
   his First Communion at age eight, Confirmation at ten.   
      
   Friend of Blessed Bartolo Longo and Blessed Caterina Volpicelli, he   
   received his doctorate from the University of Naples in 1903. He   
   worked at and served as administrator of a hospital for the incurable   
   while continuing to study and do medical research. He assisted in the   
   preparation for and recovery from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 8   
   April 1906, but refused any recognition for the work. He also led the   
   work to stop cholera in Naples, and was a Member of the Royal Academy   
   of Surgical Medicine in 1911, and received a doctorate in   
   physiological chemistry.   
      
   He directed several hospitals and medical societies, and was one of   
   the first to experiment with the use of insulin for diabetes. Tried to   
   enlist in the army in World War I, but was refused and instead ran a   
   hospital for the wounded; personally treated almost 3,000 soldiers. He   
   healed (sometimes miraculously), taught at numerous universities and   
   hospitals, and supported the poor and outcast; could sometimes   
   diagnose a patient‘s illness and prescribe for it without having seen   
   the patient. And, knew when and how to use a patient‘s faith and the   
   sacraments to effect a cure.   
      
   Besides being an excellent doctor, Joseph Moscati was holy too. How   
   did he do it? Each morning he went to Mass and spent time in prayer.   
   Then the doctor would visit the sick poor in the slums of Naples. From   
   there he would go to the hospital and begin his rounds. For 25 years,   
   Joseph worked and prayed for his patients. He knew that the well-being   
   of the soul often affected the health of the body. Along with   
   prescriptions for medication, Dr. Moscati would prescribe prayer and a   
   return to the sacraments, often with dramatic results! He saw   
   Confession and Communion as the “first medicines”. He poured all his   
   strength into his life’s calling.   
      
   On the afternoon of April 12, 1927, Dr. Moscati did not feel well, so   
   he went to his office and relaxed in an armchair. There he had a   
   stroke and died. He was 47 years old.   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   “Let us daily practice charity. God is love. He who loves is in God   
   and God in him. Let us never forget to offer every day, nay, every   
   moment, our actions to God, doing all things for love…Love the truth,   
   show yourself as you are, without pretenses and fears…and if the truth   
   causes you persecution, accept it, and if it causes you some torment,   
   bear it.  And if for the sake of truth you should sacrifice yourself   
   and your life, be strong in your sacrifice.”   
   -St Joseph Moscati   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   Not rendering evil for evil, nor railing for railing, but   
   contrariwise, blessing: for unto this are you called, that you may   
   inherit a blessing. (1 Peter 3:9) DRB   
      
      
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   “Dear St Joseph Moscati, true model of Christian doctors, in the   
   exercise of your medical profession, you always took care of both the   
   body and soul of every patient.   
   Look on us, who have recourse to your heavenly intercession, and   
   obtain for us both physical and spiritual health, and a share in the   
   dispensation of heavenly favors.   
   Soothe the pains of our suffering people; give comfort to the sick,   
   consolation to the afflicted and hope to the despondent.   
   May our young people find in you an ideal, our workers an example, the   
   aging a comfort, the dying the hope of eternal salvation.   
   To all of us be a pattern of industriousness, honesty and charity; so   
   we may comply with our Christian duties and glorify God our Father.”   
   Amen.   
      
   St Joseph Moscati, Model for Laity, pray for us!   
      
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