"don’t look for anything from God except God"

Wellcome Collection

"Many people . . . have been much improved by a bout of illness and ruined by good health. Many have caught an illness for their good, been restored to health for their undoing."

"multi enim per infirmitatem correcti sunt et per sanitatem praecipitati sunt. multi bono suo aegrotauerunt, malo suo conualuerunt."

     St. Augustine, DOL Sermon 23.5, an expansion upon Sermon 374 (Epiphany, 409 (406/412)), trans. Hill and Rotelle (WSA III/11, 394).  Headline:  "nihil quaeras a deo nisi deum."
     Image:  An old couple lying in their sick bed receive charity from a reluctant girl, a nun stands in the background. Pen and ink drawing after J.B. Greuze. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).