A Jubilee for the sick?

I learned this week that the Vatican celebrated (observed?) something called the “Jubilee for the Sick and Healthcare Workers” last weekend. Turns out, as it is a jubilee year, different types of events like this are planned and occurring, and this particular one focused on honoring those who suffer and the caregivers who support them. Here is a summary of Pope Francis’s very rich homily from the event. Appropriate, given his own illness, and he did appear in person - in a wheelchair and with oxygen - though someone else read the homily.

Anyway, I am always fascinated by the way Catholics treat sickness and suffering. That is to say, that it has meaning, and that God can use our illnesses, or any hardship, to transform us for the better. And I will be talking about this jubilee and the whole concept of redemptive suffering on Morning Air tomorrow at 8:20 am eastern. Tune in!