(N.B.: This was originally posted on my Facebook wall; but I decided to repost it here in my blog in order to encourage more of my fellow Catholics to take advantage of the gifts that the Church bequeaths upon the faithful as conduits of grace emanating from God and the sacraments He established.) Recently, I have been sick. My flu symptoms became really evident last week (I think that was a Monday or a Tuesday) where my sore throat was getting worse and I began sneezing so bad. I tried taking turmeric tea twice a day; although it alleviated a burgeoning discomfort in my trachea, still the throat area was aching profusely. I was in the thick of my work and some chores so I never paid things much attention, so when Thursday came, I felt sick to my core. The tea was not working and although I had already been considering preparing a saline solution for my throat, I’ve always never responded perfectly to it ever since before so I usually resorted to cough syrups and other over the…