Born: At Antioch
Died: c74 in Greece
Name Meaning: Luke - Bringer of light.
Profile:
St Luke was a gentile Christian.
St. Luke is the patron of Physicians and Surgeons.
St. Luke was also identified as an artist, where he may have painted portraits of Jesus and Mary.
He wrote the Gospel According to Luke, much of which was based on the teachings and writings of St. Paul, interviews with early Christians, and his own experiences.
He also wrote a history of the early Church in the Acts of the Apostles.
St. Luke is described as 'The scribe of the gentle kindness of Christ'.
Each of the four evangelists has a symbol, St. Luke's is an ox (a farm animal) because this is the symbol of sacrifice -- the sacrifice Jesus made for all the world.
St. Luke was a Gentile (not Jewish) Christian responsible for both the Gospel of St. Luke and The Acts of the Apostles. His Gospel, rich with Parables and stories about the life of Christ, contains powerful imagery and challenges us to live with compassion, honesty, good intentions, care, concern, awareness, gentleness and be proactive members of our society. His powerful recount of the Journey to Emmaus, and this encounter with Christ, encourages us to collaborate, dialogue, support one another and be open to all. St. Luke's description of the growth of the early Christian communities parallels the development of our new school community.
He presents Jesus as the attractive companion in life who reveals God's love for us all.
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The Road to Emmaus [Luke 24: 13 ~ 35]
Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them, "What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?" They stood still, looking sad. Then one of them whose name was Cleopas answered him, "Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have taken place there in these days?"
He asked them, "What things?" They replied, "The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things took place. Moreover, some women of our group astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning and when they did not find his body there, they came back and told us that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see him Then he said to them "Oh, how foolish you are and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared! Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and then enter into his glory? Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures.
As they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he were going on. But they urged him strongly, saying "Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over". So he went in to stay with them. When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished from their sight. They said to each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?" That same hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven and their companions gathered together. They were saying "The Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread.
The Gospel of the Lord.
[Extract from...HOLY BIBLE Catholic Edition: The New Revised Standard Version 1993]
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