St. Luke offers details that help us consider the humanity of Jesus Christ and the normality of the life of the Holy Family: how Our Lord was wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger, the purification of Mary and the presentation of the Child in the temple, the loss of Jesus in Jerusalem... Probably any family of that time lived through similar situations. And surely it was Our Mother the Virgin Mary who told it to them firsthand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Presenting the truth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
He was not an apostle of the first hour, no; his vocation<\/strong><\/a> was the same as that of any Christian, but it was a call to investigate, to order and to present the Truth with the precision of a physician and the soul of an artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From very early times, St. Luke received the title of painter of the Virgin. Because he is the evangelist who most clearly traces the figure of Mary as a model of correspondence to God. Of her he emphasizes that she is full of grace, she conceives by the Holy Spirit, she will be blessed for all generations.... <\/p>\n\n\n\n At the same time, it expresses that she responds with fidelity and gratitude to all these divine graces: she receives with humility the angel's announcement, she surrenders herself to the divine plans, she observes the customs of her people....<\/p>\n\n\n\n His story does not begin with a miraculous catch of fish or a direct call to the seashore. St. Luke was a learned man, instructed in the science of Hippocrates, a Gentile whose mind was trained to observe in detail and contrast. That attentive gaze allowed him to approach with precision and clarity the life and figure of the carpenter of Nazareth. His gospel<\/strong><\/a> is, in a sense, a detailed history of salvation from birth to death, resurrection, ascension and appearance to different groups of disciples and the apostles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Providence weaves threads in unsuspected ways. Luke's path crossed that of Saul of Tarsus, the persecutor turned Paul, apostle to the Gentiles. In the Acts of the Apostles, the second part of his work, where Luke himself, with humility, uses the pronoun \"we,\" he includes himself in the missionary adventure of St. Paul<\/a>. He became his inseparable companion, confidant and, as Paul himself calls him in the letter to the Colossians, 'the beloved physician'\"' (Col 4:14).<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is easy to imagine these two great saints conversing during long voyages across the Mediterranean or during nights in prison. Paul, the passionate apostle; Luke, the methodical observer. Perhaps from these dialogues, from this sharing of faith and mission, or perhaps at the invitation of St. Paul, the conviction was born in St. Luke to put down in writing, and in an orderly way, everything that had happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He was not satisfied with what he had heard; as a good investigator, \"it seemed to me also, after I had accurately reported everything from the beginning, to write it down for you in an orderly fashion, distinguished Theophilus\" (Lk 1:3), interviewing the eyewitnesses, those who had seen, heard and touched the Word made flesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a very ancient tradition, who better to tell her the mysteries of Jesus' infancy than Jesus herself? Virgin Mary<\/a>? Your Gospel<\/strong> is the most Marian one, the one that gives us the Magnificat<\/em>It is the one that allows us to look into the Immaculate Heart of Our Mother Mary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is not known how St. Luke's<\/strong> died and appeared before the Judgment of God. Some sources indicate that he may have been martyred, but other traditions indicate that he died at the age of 84, after a patient, meticulous and God-inspired work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n His work: the Gospel<\/strong> and the Acts of the Apostles, two books, one story: the story of the love of God who became man and who continues to live and act in his Church by the power of the Holy Spirit<\/a>. And with St. Luke as a faithful companion of St. Paul on his missionary journeys, he documented the beginnings of the Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If we were to define the third Gospel<\/strong> with a single word, it would be mercy. Luke presents a Jesus who constantly comes to heal human frailty. It is the parable of the Good Samaritan, of the lost sheep, of the prodigal son.... <\/p>\n\n\n\n It is the Gospel that shows us a God who never tires of forgiving, who runs to embrace the repentant sinner and who celebrates a feast in heaven for every conversion. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church reminds us in number 125, \"the Gospels are the heart of all the Scriptures because they are the chief witness to the life and teaching of the Word made flesh, our Savior.\" Luke's work is an eloquent witness to this truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/staging.fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Giorgio_vasari_san_luca_ritrae_la_vergine_oratorio_di_san_luca_annunziata-941x1024.webp\"){kind=spacer}
The beloved doctor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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To God through letters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Gospel of Mercy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n