Whenever
I see so many poor brothers and neighbours of mine suffering beyond
their strength and overwhelmed with so many physical or mental ills
which I cannot alleviate, then I become exceedingly sorrowful; but I
trust in Christ, who knows my heart. And so I say, “Woe to the man
who trusts in men rather than in Christ.”
--
Saint John of God from a
letter
Saint
John of God's patronage:
against alcoholism; against bodily ills; against sickness;
alcoholics; bookbinders; booksellers; dying people; firefighters;
heart patients; hospitals; hospital workers; nurses;
publishers; printers; sick people; the mentally ill; and Tultepec,
Mexico.