Is there a hidden “cure” for modern diseases and cancer?

Applause!!!!

 

Were people doing this, demanding cures? I missed this Brian but I suppose that it doesn't surprise me. Although, imho it would make far more sense to ask our government to sure up our borders and not allow fentanyl etc into our country which is killing people here in huge numbers every day.

There are so many things in our world that can make us sick. I don't think that I have met a single human who has always done everything "right" and even if we think we know what is "right" there are always those lovely environmental issues that can make us sick. I'm talking about the stuff that humans have done to the environment that we have later learned causes illness.

I have an acquaintance who believes that she has figured it all out. She eats a lot of organic vegetables and exercises etc but when I asked her if she drinks alcohol she gave me this dumbfounded look like, of course. Well...hmmm. Personally, I think that just like cigarettes there should be a campaign that shows the ills of drinking alcohol which are many. A informative public service announcement would be wonderful but I won't hold my breath because I think that those in charge like the masses on these vices like alcohol and drugs.

I think that none of us are perfect just like when we are striving to be saints we fall the same goes for our struggles with are physical well being. We should strive to do our best and not beat ourselves up too much when we fail but start again.

I have always felt that we our all part of God's plan and that includes our "expiration date" which only He is aware of.

In addition, I think of all of the saints that passed on early from various diseases like Saint Bernadette and even Saints Jacinta and Francisco. Yes, God has a plan.+

 

Well said. Applause.

 

Thank you Ann, that means a lot coming from you.

 

God desires good for us. Temperance requires self-knowledge as to where my propensity to fall lies, and avoiding such temptations. Brian's suggestion to educate oneself is true, too; I think of St. Francis who at the end of his life concluded he had been too harsh on his body.

There is a Carmelite night prayer embedded in my bedtime routine. Part of it speaks to the need of determining where I am on the slippery slope, and responding appropriately:

On souls beset by temptation, have mercy. [ ]
On those who have fallen into sin, have mercy. [deep]
On those who are given up to worldliness and are forgetful of you, have mercy. [deeper]
On all frequenting haunts of sin, have mercy. [deepest]
By your scourging, save them Jesus.

God is always nearby ready to rescue no matter where we are on the trajectory!

O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee!

 

illness seems to be a means of shortening the years in purgatory if the sick person is fully united to the Church.

 

I don't know Terry. I just recall so many examples of saints who died young of various diseases. Two others that come to mind are Saint Therese of Lisieux and Saint Dominc Savio and there are many others.

Your prayer seems to speak more about the state of our soul and not our physical body. I was taught that God does not promise tomorrow to anyone or no?

 

Sorry to confuse you, Carol. I was speaking only to the portion of your thought process which I highlighted, and ended up taking it out of context. But certainly you are right in using the example of the Little Flower who greatly suffered from tuberculosis. Physical sickness such that St. Therese dealt with was prevalent at the turn of the 20th century before the creation of antibiotics.

 

When did “pleasingly plump” turn into the Body Mass Index?

 

Hahaha...you always give me a reason to smile.

 

That’s because I am pleasingly plump

 

I understand that. I do appreciate your post.
The point is, we are all sinners, we are all going to die of something or in some way. And that’s why Jesus came to save us.

 

Brian, I thought that you were beating up on yourself a bit, that's really what prompted me to reply to your post.