In 1990 Jacek Mostwin, a young surgeon working in a large university hospital, began to sense there was a deeper, more timeless, meaning to his work and the lives of his patients. There was a spiritual dimension to medicine and he needed to be closer to it. He began to follow some of his patients to the shrine at Lourdes in France.
Dr. Mostwin has been traveling to Lourdes with the Order of Malta as a volunteer physician and has returned 17 times since his first pilgrimage in 1992. In 2004, he completed a film, Engaging the Spiritual Dimension: A Doctor’s Tale It is his attempt to show the human side of this experience, his own, and that of others, engaging the spiritual dimension. The mystery of Lourdes is timeless. It has given rise to many stories. This is one story, a doctor’s tale.
For more on Lourdes, see rhe chapter in Jo Marchant’s book “Cure : a journey into the science of mind over body.”
Lagniappe: See, also, Sandra Bertman’s video, “Art, Spirit and Soul.” (3 minutes)
If you still want more:
Read Anthony de Mello’s “The Song of the Bird”
as well as Victoria Sweet’s, "God’s Hotel".