10/18/2026
What if you could sit down with the Blessed Virgin Mary and hear her tell the story of Jesus? ❤️🙏
Today, the Church celebrates the Feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist, a man whose Gospel gives us some of the most beautiful and beloved stories of our Christian faith.
An ancient Christian tradition tells us that Luke spent time with the Blessed Mother, listening as she shared her memories of Jesus. While we cannot know for certain whether this meeting took place, I find the image incredibly beautiful. Another beloved tradition even remembers Luke as the first person to paint an icon of Our Lady!
And how grateful we should be for the Gospel he left us! It is Luke who gives us the Annunciation, the Visitation, the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, the Good Samaritan, and the Prodigal Son.
But what I especially love about Saint Luke is his attention to those whom society so often overlooks. Women, the poor, the outcast, the forgotten, and those whom others have judged unworthy. Again and again, Luke reminds us that God’s mercy knows no boundaries!
It is also Luke who preserves Mary’s magnificent song of praise, the Magnificat, in which she proclaims a God who lifts up the lowly, fills the hungry with good things, and challenges the powerful.
What a beautiful reminder that the Gospel is not about building walls around God’s love, but about breaking down the barriers that keep people from experiencing it!
May Saint Luke inspire us to proclaim that same Good News, not only with our words, but through lives of compassion, inclusion, and mercy.
Saint Luke the Evangelist, pray for us! 📖⛪️🙏