Mexico City, Mexico, Feb 9, 2011 / 16:03 pm
Archbishop Jose Luis Chavez Botello of Antequera-Oaxaca, Mexico recently recalled that illness is an opportunity to appreciate life and to unite the family in difficult times.
The archbishop spoke in a reflection published Feb. 7 for the upcoming World Day for the Sick. Archbishop Chavez Botello cited Pope Benedict XVI’s message for the day, in which he “calls for a new approach to the suffering of millions of brothers and sisters.
“He invites us to show compassion, not in the sense of pity but in sharing the experience of the sick moved by love.”
The World Day for the Sick will be celebrated Feb. 11.