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Letters to Luke: From His Fellow Physician, Joseph of Capernaum - Hardcover

Holoubek, Joe E.; Joe E Holoubek

 
9780975376607: Letters to Luke: From His Fellow Physician, Joseph of Capernaum

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“Irresistible!” “Refreshing!” Epic re-telling of the gospels in letter form. Joseph and Elisa of Capernaum encounter Jesus as a mysterious healer, become friends and followers.  They bear witness--as only trained physicians could--to His redemptive sufferings on the cross, and return to Capernaum to carry on His work as early Christians. Writer’s Digest Award for Inspirational Literature.

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Author Joe E. Holoubek, a founder of LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport, La., is one of 50 members of the Catholic Academy of Sciences USA. His extensive list of published works includes articles on cardiology, medical ethics and health care of the clergy.Holoubek, a Nebraska native, graduated from University of Nebraska College of Medicine. He spent five decades in Louisiana as an internal medicine physician and consulting cardiologist. He served as president of the National Federation of Catholic Physicians Guilds, the Louisiana Heart Society and Tri-State Medical Society. He and his wife, Dr. Alice Baker Holoubek, undertook decades of study of the physical aspects of death by crucifixion. They presented more than 300 one-hour meditations at churches and meetings in the South, throughout the nation and in the Holy Land. Dr. Joe and Dr. Alice were appointed by the pope to the Order of St. Gregory the Great for outstanding church and community work. They achieved the highest level of honor in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, dedicated to keeping open the Christian places in the Holy Land.Dr. Joe retired from practice in 1990. He began writing Letters to Luke four years later and published it privately in 2004.

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LETTERS TO LUKE is the story of a doubter who becomes a believer, a man of science who becomes a man of faith.It is the story of a young couple in love who help each other discover greater meaning in their lives and greater respect for each other s gifts, and who find themselves among the first Christians who help establish a new church.This spiritual journey unfolds in letters from Joseph of Capernaum to his friend and fellow physician, Luke of Antioch.Author Joe E. Holoubek, a retired physician, delivers the Gospel of St. Luke in a simple love story richly layered with medical context, cultural history and biblical references.It sets Christ s ministry, death and resurrection in the fullness of God s love for man and forgiveness of sins.This book-length parable will find a ready audience among those full of wonder and questions, those open to the power of faith, those eager to embark on their own spiritual journey. RETIRED PHYSICIANS Joe and Alice Holoubek fondly known as Dr. Joe and Dr. Alice hold among the highest honors conferred by the pope on Catholic laity. They are noted for their presentations on the sufferings of Christ at Calvary.The author is a member of the Catholic Academy of Sciences USA. His published works include articles on cardiology, health care of the clergy, and medical ethics.They take great joy in travel, and Dr. Joe encourages believers to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. To walk in the places where Jesus walked is an unforgettable experience. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Medicine. She was among the first women to graduate from LSU School of Medicine New Orleans. For more than forty years, they practiced internal medicine together in Shreveport, La., where he chaired the founding committee for a new LSU School of Medicine. Dr, Alice and Dr. Joe met in 1937 during a summer fellowship at Mayo Clinic and wrote almost daily until they married in 1939. Dr. Alice continues to be Dr. Joe s greatest source of inspiration.

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