I am currently employed at Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City. This faith-based hospital is operated by the Catholic order, the Sisters of Mercy--originally established by Sister Catherine McAuley. The mission statement of Mercy is "to provide personalized quality health services based on Christian value." I am extremely impressed by this hopsital. Even the top management is committed to providing care based upon the values of Jesus Christ (and the CEO explicitly states this). James tells us that "faith without works is dead" (James 2:26). Well, the faith of the Sisters and Mercy's top management is alive and well.
Their concern for the poor, sick, weak, and oppressed is absolutely amazing. Mercy does not conduct abortions. Mercy does not turn any person needing care away.
Though Catholics have a differing view of Salvation than what is presented in the Bible, I cannot help but notice the genuine faith of the Sisters manifested through their self-sacrificial giving.
The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of mine, even the least of them, you did it to me.'
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