Luke’s unique revelation of God (REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE 28TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR I (ST. LUKE) 18TH OCTOBER 2023
REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE 28TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR I (ST. LUKE) 18TH OCTOBER 2023 2Tim.4:10-17b; Ps.145; Luke 10:1-9 Luke’s unique revelation of God Today, we celebrate the feast of St. Luke the Evangelist. Luke was a native of Antioch and a physician by profession. This explains why his gospel gives more details about the condition of the sick and more miracles of the healing of the sick. He was consulted by St. Paul during an illness on his 2nd great missionary journey (cf.Col.4:14), thereafter, he was converted by St. Paul and became his companion recording and interpreting with the utmost fidelity the oral preaching and catechizing of the great missionary. Luke’s account of the gospel is unique for two main reasons. First, it was the only gospel that was written by a Gentile. All other gospels as well as New Testament books were written by Jews. Second, Luke’s gospel is the only New Testament book to be the first of the two part, with its companion found in Acts...