Honor The Doctor
Sacred Scripture has this to say about the physician, about medicine, about healing, and the role of the Most High in all of it.
Honor the doctor with the honor that is his due
in return for his services;
for he too has been created by the Lord.
Healing itself comes from the Most High,
like a gift from a king.
The doctor’s learning keeps his head high,
he is regarded with awe by potentates.
The Lord has brought medicines into existence from the earth,
and a wise man will not despise them.
Did not a piece of wood once sweeten the water,
thus giving proof it its virtue?
The Most High has also given men learning
so that they may glory in his mighty works.
He uses them to heal and to relieve pain,
the chemist makes up a mixture from them,
of his works there shall be no end.
For the peace of God is over all the face of the earth.
My son, when you are ill, do not be depressed,
but pray to the Lord and he will heal you.
Turn away from sin and keep your hands unsoiled,
and cleanse your heart from all offense.
Offer incense and a memorial of fine flour,
and make as rich an offering as you can afford.
Then let the doctor take over – the Lord created him too -
and do not let him leave you, for his works are necessary.
For there is a time when you must fall into their hands,
and they in turn will beseech the Lord
to grant them the grace to relieve
and to heal, that life may be saved.
He that sins in the sight of his Maker,
shall fall into the hands of the physician
Source: Ecclesiasticus 38:1-15