PUBLIC HEALTH HERO

BISHOP TIMOTHY FREYER WAS HONORED BY THE COUNTY HEALTH EXECUTIVES ASSN. OF CALIFORNIA FOR HIS EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED. PHOTO: DREW KELLEY BISHOP TIMOTHY FREYER IS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE VACCINATED

BY BRADLEY ZINT

BISHOP TIMOTHY FREYER was recently named a Public Health Hero by the County Health Executives Assn. of California (CHEAC) for his ongoing efforts to help curb the COVID-19 pandemic.

In addition to his membership on the Orange County Health Care Agency’s Coronavirus Vaccine Taskforce, Bishop Freyer helped author a public health statement in December, urging Catholics to get a coronavirus vaccine.

He also contributed to the Diocese’s PSA video released in April about the effectiveness and moral acceptability of the vaccines, he spoke at a press conference in March when Christ Cathedral was named a mobile clinic vaccination site, and he publicly received his vaccination in January at St. Jude Medical Center, where he has served as a front-line healthcare worker comforting COVID-19 patients and blessing the workers. C

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common denominator is order. As God created order to change chaos into orderly cosmos, so too are Christ’s agrarian parables aimed at living a wholesome ordered life.

When applied to everyday life, these principles touch upon its very core.

Much of my priestly ministry deals with marriage problems. One major reason of the problems is a husband or wife dominating the other. Suffocation often leads to animosity and subsequent divorce.

As plant life needs space to expand and grow, so do couples need their private space to breathe. When each of them respects the other’s space, marriage becomes much more blissful. However, as weeding is required for plant growth, so too is an earnest effort to weed out the tendency to dominate.

During the pandemic, cases of depression increased dramatically. To counter this, the principle of fertilization is needed: The mind requires fertilization for strength to combat depression. Inspiring reading, friends and praying for wisdom are that fertilization for coping successfully.

In the farm community I served, we once experienced a heavy rain that drowned the fields and hindered farmers from planting. Lost time meant lost crops. Good timing is ever so important. When, for example, a friendship falls on rocky ground and a moment comes to say, “I am sorry,” the principle of timing encourages us to jump on it.

This meditation on wise farming principles reflects why Christ employed them to enhance our life. C

Father Eugene Hemrick writes the Catholic News Service column “The Human Side.”