Today's Saint (October 18): Luke the Physician

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Luke was a Greek physician and Gentile of Antioch. The author of the third gospel and the Book of Acts, he was also a disciple of Paul, whom he accompanied on many a missionary journey.

His gospel narrative is unique in that it describes the birth narrative of Christ, and includes many parables emphasizing the compassion of Our Lord. St. Luke is represented by an ox, because he begins his gospel narrative by mentioning Zacharias, a priest of the Temple, who offered sacrifices to God. This ties in with Ezekiel's vision of four animals representing the four evangelists, one of which was an ox.

The accompanying picture is a representation of a Russian Icon, and was done by long- time iconographer and artist Del Yoakum, founding member of Saint Luke's, Sedona. Mr. Yoakum's icon hangs in the church, together with his oil on canvas work entitled "The Resurrection."

"Their sound is gone out into all lands: and their words into the ends of the world" (Ps. 19). (From the day's gradual, page E 125, The People's Anglican Missal).

Vigil Propers
The Day's Propers
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Books Worth Considering
Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (Oxford Paperback Reference)
The Penguin Dictionary of Saints: Third Edition (Dictionary, Penguin)

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