𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟖 • 𝐒𝐭. 𝐋𝐮𝐤𝐞

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𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲: 𝐀 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟖 • 𝐒𝐭. 𝐋𝐮𝐤𝐞

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Luke, the writer of the Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, has been identified with St. Paul’s “Luke, the beloved physician” (Colossians 4:14). We know few other facts about Luke’s life from Scripture and from early Church historians.

It is believed that Luke was born a Greek and a Gentile. In Colossians 10-14 speaks of those friends who are with him. He first mentions all those “of the circumcision” — in other words, Jews — and he does not include Luke in this group. Luke’s gospel shows special sensitivity to evangelizing Gentiles. It is only in his gospel that we hear the parable of the Good Samaritan, that we hear Jesus praising the faith of Gentiles such as the widow of Zarephath and Naaman the Syrian (Lk.4:25-27), and that we hear the story of the one grateful leper who is a Samaritan (Lk.17:11-19). According to the early Church historian Eusebius Luke was born at Antioch in Syria.

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𝘈𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘴𝘵 𝘓𝘶𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭, 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭: 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘥; 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘚𝘰𝘯 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥.

𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯.