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Some historians believe St. Luke was a physician, and for that reason he is often invoked as a patron saint of doctors and healthcare workers.
However, more importantly he was a spiritual physician, recalling the events of Jesus' life and providing for us the remedy for our spiritual ills.
Here is a prayer from the 19th century that invokes his intercession for the healing of spiritual disease.
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