Today in the church we celebrate the memory of St. John Leonardi. He was a priest in the 16th century and dedicated his life to bringing to the worlds the "medicine of God which is Jesus Christ the "measure of all things."
St. John Leonardi was extremely enthused by herbs and medicine and for ten years he worked toward a profession as a pharmacist. After ten years of study before he began his profession he had a change of heart and he decided to become a priest and dedicate his life to bringing the "medicine of God...christ the measure of all things" to the world.
He was instrumental in bringing reform to the church.
He would often say that all humans need this rich medicine.
The true goal of the church was to be like a good doctor to "carefully diagnose the evils at the present so as to be able to prescribe for each of them the most appropriate remedy."
What is the remedy according to St. John Leonardi, "Raise your heart to God a bit more and measure things with Christ."
As St. John tells us, "either Christ or nothing." May we choose all in Christ.
St. John Leonardi died while serving the sick during the flu epidemic in the 17th century. May we ask him to pray for us as we live in this time of rising concern during the pandemic of the swine flu.
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