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Luke's unique perspective on Jesus can be seen in the six miracles and eighteen parables not found in the other gospels. Luke's is the gospel of the poor and of social justice. He is the one who tells the story of Lazarus and the Rich Man who ignored him.
Mar 24, 2024 · St. Luke the Evangelist Feast day: Oct 18. On October 18, Catholics and other Christians around the world will celebrate the feast of St. Luke, the physician and companion of St. Paul whose...
October 18: Saint Luke the Evangelist—Feast. First Century, died c. age 84. Patron Saint of artists, bachelors, bookbinders, brewers, butchers, glassworkers, goldworkers, laceworkers, notaries, physicians, and surgeons. Pre-Congregation canonization. Liturgical Color: Red.
Mar 7, 2017 · Scott P. Richert. Updated on March 07, 2017. While two books of the Bible (the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles) are traditionally ascribed to Saint Luke, the third of the four evangelists is mentioned only three times by name in the New Testament.
St. Luke, Evangelist, Physician, Patron of Artists - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News. 18 October. San Luca (© Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana) The Gentile Doctor.
Catholicism. Seasons And Feast Days. St. Luke. Why do we celebrate the Feast of St. Luke? St. Luke was one of the four evangelists. A Gentile from Antioch in Syria, St. Paul calls him “the beloved physician” (Col. 4:14), indicating his previous occupation.
St. Luke mainly insists in his gospel upon what relates to Christ's priestly office; for which reason the ancients, in accommodating the four symbolical representations, mentioned in Ezekiel, to the four evangelists, assigned the ox or calf as an emblem of sacrifices to St. Luke.
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