Miracles of the Gods: A New Look at the Supernatural (370 page)

'The sick man is God's gift to us, a direct favour and must be accepted by us as such. He (the sick man!) is an example of God's special favour because he enables us to put into practice that candour of heart called compassion ...' [34]. So says Lad-islaus Boros, a Jesuit instructor in divinity at Innsbruck.

Anyone who is not yet sick is bound to be made ill by such theological tripe. But this kind of dubious