Jerry Reynolds

Tribute to Pope Francis

 

The walls of hospitals have heard more honest prayers than churches.

They have witnessed far more sincere kisses than those in airports.

It is in hospitals you see a homophobe being saved by a gay doctor.

A privileged doctor saving the life of a beggar.

In intensive care, you see a Jew taking care of a racist.

A police officer and a prisoner in the same room receive the same care.

A wealthy patient waiting for a liver transplant,

ready to receive the organ from a poor donor.

It is in these moments, when the hospital touches the wounds of people,

that different worlds intersect according to a divine design.

And in this communion of destinies, we realize that alone, we are nothing.