Daily Retreat 10/18/06
2006 Oct 18 Wed: Luke, ev F
2 Tm 4: 10-17b/ Ps 145: 10-11. 12-13. 17-18/ Lk 10: 1-9
From today’s readings: “Luke is the only one with me.... Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of Your Kingdom.... The Kingdom of God is at hand for you....”
St. Luke
Each of the four evangelists offers a self-contained portrait of the life and ministry of Jesus - to be sure, many of the details overlap, but there’s also unique insights presented in each of the Gospels. Logically then, there are advantages to reading and studying each Gospel by itself, but there are also other benefits to comparing and contrasting the evangelists’ accounts.
The Sunday Gospel readings this year are mostly from Mark, but in the daily lectionary cycle, we’re now close to the middle of St. Luke’s Gospel, which we’ll continue reading through the end of November. With the coming of the first Sunday of Advent and the new Church liturgical year (which will be on December 3 this year), Luke’s Gospel will start to be featured for the Sunday readings again.
So, with St. Luke’s feastday celebrated today, this week is an ideal time to read through Luke’s Gospel in its entirety, an exercise which will both help to better put the daily Gospel readings in context, and also prepare for next year’s Sunday readings. And remember that St. Luke, like all the other evangelists, wrote his Gospel to help us get to know Jesus, so it’s not about reading words, it’s about listening to the Word!
2 Tm 4: 10-17b/ Ps 145: 10-11. 12-13. 17-18/ Lk 10: 1-9
From today’s readings: “Luke is the only one with me.... Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of Your Kingdom.... The Kingdom of God is at hand for you....”
St. Luke
Each of the four evangelists offers a self-contained portrait of the life and ministry of Jesus - to be sure, many of the details overlap, but there’s also unique insights presented in each of the Gospels. Logically then, there are advantages to reading and studying each Gospel by itself, but there are also other benefits to comparing and contrasting the evangelists’ accounts.
The Sunday Gospel readings this year are mostly from Mark, but in the daily lectionary cycle, we’re now close to the middle of St. Luke’s Gospel, which we’ll continue reading through the end of November. With the coming of the first Sunday of Advent and the new Church liturgical year (which will be on December 3 this year), Luke’s Gospel will start to be featured for the Sunday readings again.
So, with St. Luke’s feastday celebrated today, this week is an ideal time to read through Luke’s Gospel in its entirety, an exercise which will both help to better put the daily Gospel readings in context, and also prepare for next year’s Sunday readings. And remember that St. Luke, like all the other evangelists, wrote his Gospel to help us get to know Jesus, so it’s not about reading words, it’s about listening to the Word!
posted by FrPitstick | 10/16/2006
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