Festival of St. Luke, Evangelist
Lutheran worship is
liturgical. While that often refers to
an order of worship, it can also refer to the calendar of the Church Year. The Church Year includes major festivals,
such as Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, Pentecost, etc... On Sunday, October 18 we will recognize a minor festival, the
Festival of St. Luke, Evangelist.
St. Luke was a close companion of
St. Paul. St.
Paul refers to Luke a number of times, particularly
that Luke was with Paul in the final days of Paul’s life (2 Timothy 4:11). Luke wrote the gospel that bears his name and
the book of Acts (which also demonstrates his association with Paul in the
portions that talk about what “we” did).
Not only was Luke a physician (Colossians 4:14), he was obviously a
historian which is seen throughout Luke’s Gospel and the book of Acts where
Luke is careful to date events and cite people and places. We are especially grateful that, under the
Holy Spirit’s inspiration, Luke “carefully investigated everything ... so that
(we) may know the certainty of the things (we) have been taught.” (Luke 1:3,4)
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