"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him
who brings glad tidings of peace, bearing good news, announcing salvation!"
(Isaiah 52: 7).
Those beautiful feet upon the mountains are the feet of St Luke the Evangelist whose feast we celebrate today. St Luke abandoned his profession as a medical doctor to become an Evangelist of the Good News of Jesus Christ. He wrote two books in the New Testament, the Gospel that bears his name and the Acts of the Apostles, an inspired and reliable history of the early Church.
St Luke besides being a faithful and true chronicler of the events in his books has a character that appeals to me very much. He is reliable!
"Luke is the only one with me," says Paul after listing the people who abandoned him. (2 Timothy 4: 11).
This may be why God chose Luke "to reveal by his preaching and writings
the mystery of your love for the poor."
The core of the message of St Luke is that magnificent obsession of Jesus the Christ:
"The Lord sent out disciples to proclaim throughout the towns: The kingdom of God is at hand for you." (Cf Luke 10: 1, 9). Through our words and works we can propagate the glorious splendor of God's Kingdom. Making known to men God's love, justice and might.
No comments:
Post a Comment
23-Psalm1to2