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Usual Clinic Schedule (Walk-in/Appt)
| Mon |
9A-2P and 3:30P-7P |
| Tue |
9A-2P |
| Wed |
By Appt Only |
| Thu |
11A-7P |
| Fri |
8A-1P |
| Sat |
Closed |
| Sun |
Closed |
| Other hours by appointment. |
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Contact Information |
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Clinic address:
St. Luke Hometown
Healthcare
Charrington Square Shopping Center
9912 E. Grand River,Suite 1000
Brighton, MI 48116
| Telephone |
810-623-8182 |
| Clinic Fax |
810-225-0790 |
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St. Luke, Evangelist and Physician
Feast of St Luke, October 18
 The figure of St. Luke looms large out of both the New Testament and the pages of documented human history so that nearly two thousand years after his death his awesome image is undiminished. His fellow apostle St. Paul called him the "glorious physician," but that was only one of the talents which this magnificent man applied in a service to God.
Hailing from the ancient city of Antioch, Syria, Luke was a well-educated Greek-speaking Roman citizen whose early conversion to Christianity is evidenced by his membership in the Christian community of Antioch. This was prior to his emergence as an apostle, which took place after meeting Paul and sailing with him from Troas. He employed the Greek language's idiomatic expressiveness in his beautiful narrative form of recording history. A full appreciation of the sheer beauty of his language is reserved to the privileged few who can comprehend classical Greek. He became the Church's most articulate historian and wrote with such sensitivity and clarity that his Gospel in the New Testament has been rightfully called the most beautiful book ever written. Luke joined St. Paul on his second missionary journey, as recounted in the Acts of the Apostles. Their odyssey, which began in Troas around 50 A.D., took them to Philippi, Rome, Caesarea, and Jerusalem. His prominence as a physician may have obscured his skills as an eloquent orator in the cause of Christ, but he was later to display a considerable talent as an artist whose icon of the Virgin Mary he gave to the Mother of God herself and which is now the prized possession of the Patriarchate of Constantinople (a copy of this icon is found in the Basilica Maria Maggiore (St. Mary Major) in Rome, dated to about 850 A.D.). Although his skill as a physician and his talent as an artist may have by themselves given St. Luke a small place in history, it was his consummate gift as a writer, displayed in the Gospel of St. Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, that made him one of the greatest figures in all Christendom. He is a patron saint of physicians and artists.
Copy of the icon by St. Luke, in St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome. |
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Saints Cosmas and Damien, physicians
Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damien: September 26 or 27
 Saints Cosmas and Damien were twin brothers born in Arabia (modern day Syria) around 270 A.D. They had three younger brothers; their father died, so their mother, Theodota, was left to raise all five of them herself. Cosmas and Damien were educated in science and medicine, and became physicians that were quite skilled and enthusiastic about their work. They offered their services primarily in the seaport Aegea (between Tarsus and Antioch), on the Gulf of Iskenderun in the Roman Province of Cilicia (modern day Turkey, south central coast). The following story of their work provides a meditation for our own lives: Cosmas and Damien saw in every patient a brother or sister in Christ. For this reason, they showed great charity to all and treated their patients to the best of their ability. Every chance they had, the two saints told their patients about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Because the people all loved these twin doctors, they listened to them willingly. Cosmas and Damien often brought health back to both the bodies and the souls of those who came to them for help.
Following is an example of a prayer that seeks the intercession of Sts. Cosmas and Damien: O My Jesus, Saints Cosmas and Damien were twins who became excellent doctors. They believed that when they treated patients, they were also caring for you. By conveying great love, they won the hearts of their patients as they taught them about the Faith. I ask them to pray for my special skills, that I use them for Your glory. I also ask them to pray for all those in the medical field, that they grow in generosity of spirit. Bring conversion to the unsaved and teach Christians to serve you through their professional lives. Saints Cosmas and Damien, pray for us. Amen.
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