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By Philip Kosloski, Aleteia - Ask "the Physician of Souls" to cure any spiritual ailments in your soul... Some historians believe St. Luke was a physician, and for that reason he is often invoked as a patron saint of doctors and healthcare workers... However, more importantly he was a spiritual physician, recalling the events of Jesus’ life and providing for us the remedy for our spiritual ills.

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - Born under Soviet rule, to fiercely loyal Catholic parents who were prisoners in the gulag, the future bishop was raised in the Catholic underground. His family routinely traveled sixty miles to attend Mass, taking night trains to avoid notice; they sheltered priests who were wanted by the secret police... So today Bishop Schneider speaks with some authority when he says that Catholics should be willing to suffer... for the sake of the faith. He has walked that walk.