Homily for the White Coat Mass for the Diocese of Fort Worth
October 14, 2024
St. Patrick Cathedral
Fort Worth, Texas
Galatians 4:22-24, 26-27, 31-5:1
Psalm 113:2
Luke 11:29-32
Medicine is both a profession and art. This statement applies to each of the professions associated with health care: physicians, nurses, therapists, social workers, and those who professionally aid the professions. As a profession, medicine requires both established credentials to warrant the trust of patients who are always involved in a fiduciary relationship. These credentials of the profession are then further established and justified by how the art is freely practiced by the physician or other health care professional in an ever-changing culture of expectations and demands.
Read more…
Life on the Chrism Trail 