St Luke the evangelist

2 timothy 4:10-17; Ps 145 Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your kingdom; Luke 10:1-9

"Your friends O lord make known the glorious splendor of your kingdom."

On Thursday we celebrated the feast of St. Luke, the writer of the gospel according to Luke.  It is one of the longest gospel accounts of the life of Jesus.

Not only is it long but it has some of the most beautiful and breath taking images and stories about Christ's encounter with the men and women in the first century as well of the most striking parables that paint for us who God is from all eternity.

Luke the evangelist is an artist with a pen.  The pictures he paints truly captivate.

It is in the gospel of Luke we encounter the Angel Gabriel coming to MAry and inviting her to be the mother of the Savior, the very greeting we live and we experience with every recitation of the Rosary as the words of the angel are pressed upon our lips, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you."

It is from the lips of the Blessed Mother according to Luke that we get the true attitude of a disciple, "Behold, the handmaid of the Lord, be done to me according to thy word."

From the pen of Luke we get the beautiful story of Christmas with the angels singing  "glory to God in the highest..." as the shepherds are keeping watch over the flock.

Throughout his gospel we encounter Jesus touching the outcast and the forsaken,  Jesus constantly relates to the little people, those that do not matter according to society's standard.

In the gospel we have the beautiful tale of the prodigal son or the shepherd who leaves the 99 to look for the one lost sheep.

Luke tells us those who are cured and made whole by the presence of Christ, the cleansing of the leper, the paralytic that is able to walk.

Lue tells us how Jesus raises the window's son without ever having to be asked or the sinful women who cleans the feet of JEsus with her tears and her hair.

Luke informs us of the good thief who in an instant repents and is given paradise.

There is so much more contained in the gospel for us to cherish.

Luke truly is a friend of God for he does make known the glorious splendor of the kingdom of God.

What about us?
How do we tell the story  of God acting in our life?  How do we paint the picture for other to encounter Christ?

Someone told us the story and invited us to know Christ.  How do we keep the story alive in our life for future generations as St. Luke did for us with his gospel.

IT is time for us to pick up where Luke left off.   IT is time for us to tell the story of JEsus and let the world know the glorious splendor of the kingdom